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NFL Preseason Preview - Minnesota (1-0) at San Francisco (1-0)

At The Capitol / Vikings stadium plan to be offered

Favre still has pain in ankle

Are the Minnesota Vikings the Modern-Day Brooklyn Dodgers?

Minnesota Vikings: Percy Harvin Possibly Out with Migraines

Brett Favre, Glenn Beck, Michael Jackson's children on list of Barbara Walters' most fascinating in 2009

Explore Minnesota Viking Jared Allen's crib

Zygi Wilf: Minnesota Vikings won't pursue Brett Favre again

Here is the latest Minnesota sports from The AP

Vikings camp countdown: With the right QB, Minnesota could have Super Bowl team

Peterson Trusts Coach to Make Decision on Favre

Favre's Diva Act Isn't Welcome In Minnesota

Without Brett Favre in Number 4 Jersey, Odds Stacked Against Minnesota Vikings

Favre in purple? Vikings coach says team will likely discuss potential interest in ex-Pack QB

Vikings' Robison taking his shot at track and field

Trial looms, but Minnesota Vikings' Kevin Williams says, 'We'll be ready when season kicks off'

Minnesota Vikings star Jared Allen meets some real defenders in the Persian Gulf

Vikings coach optimistic about Winfield contract

Vikes Sign CB Cedric Griffin To Contract Extension

Free-agent cornerback Karl Paymah is scheduled to visit the Minnesota Vikings this morning

Vikes re-sign linebacker, special teamer Farwell

Vikings acquire QB Rosenfels from Texans

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress says Tarvaris Jackson and Gus Frerotte will both have chance at starting QB job

Vikings turning up the (stadium) heat

Kenechi Udeze on track for OTAs with Minnesota Vikings

Brown: Passing attack was all Vikings lacked

Frazier back with Vikes after being passed over

St. Louis Rams have strong interest in Minnesota Vikings' Leslie Frazier

Minnesota Vikings sorely missed Heath Farwell on special teams

Eagles, Vikings both counting on star running backs to keep their seasons going

Win and they're in: Vikings control their own playoff destiny

Grant Pushing For New Vikings Stadium

Vikings' Williams Wall to survive

Backup QBs hope to make decision tough for Vikings

NFL Preview - Minnesota (5-5) At Jacksonville (4-6

The Vikings are Really Lucky

Vikings' Allen Misses Another Practice

Vikings QB Jackson Still Hoping for a Shot to Start in 08

Vikings star Peterson trying to practice patience

Top Ten Rush Defenses: Minnesota Vikings At Chicago Bears

Kevin Williams piles up sacks, tackles for Vikings

Erin Henderson practices for Vikings

Vikings-Saints: Great backs are worlds apart

Vikings' Peterson questionable for Titans game

Trojans' Williams runs a good route

Vikes thinking outside the box for blocking Colts

The long wait is over for USC's Mark Sanchez

Vikings host Steelers tonight

Vikings camp report: Success of Super-loaded roster hinges on Jackson

Former ASU QB throws well for Vikings

Backup QBs hope to make decision tough for Vikings

Williams hopes to be a big hit

Booty's fundamentals will ease NFL transition

USC football team gets commitment from JUCO defensive lineman

Wade still hopes to start

Rookie QB Booty arrives in Minneapolis

NFL Draft Analysis: Linebackers

Carroll Names Sanchez Starting QB For USC

2008 NFL Draft Preview - Quarterback

John David Booty completes his job well at USC pro day

Trojans' youthful offensive line switching it up at practice

2008 NFL Draft Preview: Sam Baker

Trojans in two different places at once

Dates Of USC's 2008 Spring Football Practices Announced

Trojans loaded but searching for QB replacement

Hazelton has surgery to repair torn stomach muscles

Trojans in second after opening round

Trojans again finish strong in recruiting

USC's Daniel Hackett vastly improved; might be able to play against Arizona State

Booty Hopes to again rise to the occassion

Post-Bowl, Pre-Spring 2008 Preseason Top 25

The clock is ticking, which QB would you hire?

COMMENTARY: Booty's Success Shouldn't Be Debated

USC's Booty has excelled despite injury

Booty and Trojans pound Illinois for Rose Bowl victory

Rose Bowl Recap - USC Trojans 49 - Illinois 17

USC's Booty has excelled despite injury, criticism

Booty reflects on career as a Trojan

Illini sell out Rose Bowl tickets

Competition starts to replace Booty

Rose Bowl QBs set for New Year's duel

USC-Illinois accents Rose Bowl tradition

UCLA To Play In Las Vegas Bowl

Oklahoma, West Virginia Earn Fiesta Bowl

USC Rose Bowl-bound after taking down rival UCLA

USC-UCLA preview

USC-UCLA's unexpected Rose arrangement

John David Booty leads 11th-ranked USC to 44-24 victory over No. 7 Arizona State

Coaches kept Booty on a roll

COL FB: Southern Cal 24, Oregon State 3

Stewart leads Oregon over Southern California

Sanchez's four touchdowns lead Trojans' rout of Irish

Can USC Get Back Into The BCS Race?

Southern Cal may see Sharpley at QB

Louisiana State 37, Kentucky 43

COL FB: USC 20, Arizona 13

Arizona Wildcats (2-4) Southern California Trojans (4-1)

Stanford Cardinal (1-3) Southern California Trojans (4-0)

No. 1 USC overcomes own mistakes to beat Washington

Carroll, USC wary of an ambush

Booty tosses four TDs as USC plows through Washington St.

USC opens Pac-10 schedule against Cougars

USC drops Nebraska to 1-10 all-time against No. 1s

USC vs. the Red Sea

Rating the QBs

Booty Leads No. 1 USC Past Idaho 38-10

USC-Idaho preview

Predicting the future for LSU

USC's Booty won't be shaken

QBs, Oregon RBs will boost Pac-10 power rankings

Trojans retool, reload around Booty

Pac-10 Preview: One year left, but it's still Booty time

Trojans' offense not on track in scrimmage

Pac-10 may have its best QB crop ever

Booty could engineer a happy 'dome-coming

Booty carrying on USC's quarterback tradition

USC: Leader of the Pac

Booty has the tools to take himself, USC a long way

Brutal schedule awaits Notre Dame

Booty at top of Heisman list

USC's Booty aims to go home for BCS title

USC Stuck in LSU's Craw

USC's Booty could return to Louisiana for BCS title game

Peyton Manning Practices With USC

Overrated USC not deserving of early No. 1 ranking

Big 12 schedule rankings

Jeff Haney takes a look at college football betting lines, with USC atop nearly seven months before the finale

Calhoun puts the 'air' back in Air Force

New Trojan Damian Williams Injured Till '08

The Pac-10's Impact Players for 2007

Editorial: 2006-2007: the good, the bad and beating ’SC

Big 12 Insider: Valero move a huge step

A Stock to watch

USC talent pool deeper than ever

Trojans prep to remain dominant force in the Pac-10

It's Official: Former Arkansas QB Mitch Mustain Is A USC Trojan Now

OPINION: Sorace heading to ski in Washington

USC enters Memorial Stadium for rematch

Depth of talent

Slaton, Booty and McFadden; Odds-On-Favorites to win 2007 Heisman Trophy

Are these incoming QBs better or worse?

Pac-10 Spring Wrap-Up Part I

Early front-runners for the 2007 Heisman

2007 Pac-10 Football Prospectus

Mustain transfer official, joins Williams at USC

Mitch Mustain To Become a Trojan

The Heavyweights of College Football

Top 10 reasons why Oakland wanted Booty

Players happy with rule changes

Move Those Chains: Huddle edition

College Football Notebook: Turnovers mar USC's 94-play scrimmage

SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY

Willingham all but declares Locker will be UW's starting QB

Sarkisian alone will make the offensive calls

Sunday scrimmage recap

Holland tries to get on fast track

Receivers filling in nicely

Booty is in his comfort zone

Are these incoming QBs better or worse?

Mustain should think it over

Sarkisian not shy about shotgun

Star system not looking so credible, eh!

Booty glad to have Sarkisian back

USC too good for Notre Dame
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Heisman News and Updates

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award (often known simply as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman), named after former college football player and coach John Heisman, is awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the U.S. Although not the only award honoring the best player in college football, it is considered the most prestigious individual player honor in American college football. It is awarded in December before the postseason bowl games.

2007 - 2008 Heisman Trophy Race:
Heisman Trophy News 10/09/07
Heisman Trophy News 10/04/07
Heisman Trophy News 09/25/07
Heisman Trophy Race as of 09/14/07
Heisman Trophy Race as of 09/08/07

The trophy serves in part as a representation of a collegiate player's chances in professional leagues, such as the NFL (to which many Heisman winners go after their collegiate careers). Most Heisman winners have amazingly high stock, and are considered among the absolute best players available on draft day in any given year. However, winning the Heisman Trophy does not guarantee future success at the NFL level. Only eight members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame have won the Heisman,[1] but four winners have also been named Most Valuable Player in a Super Bowl.

The trophy itself is modeled after Ed Smith, a leading player in 1934 for the now defunct New York University football team. The trophy is made out of cast bronze.

The prestige in the award stems from a number of factors. Though balloting is open for all football players in all divisions of college football, the winners usually represent Division IA schools. The closest that a player outside of the modern Division I-A came to winning the Heisman is third place. Steve McNair, from Division I-AA Alcorn State, finished third in the voting in 1994. Gordie Lockbaum, from Division I-AA Holy Cross, finished third in the voting in 1987. (Although Chicago is now a Division III school and Yale and Princeton are now Division I-AA, all three schools were considered major programs at the time their players won the award.) In addition to incredible personal statistics, team achievements play a heavy role in the voting - a typical Heisman winner represents a team that had an outstanding season and was most likely in contention for the national championship at some point in that season

Further prestige is granted by experience: - no freshmen or sophomores have ever won the award, and only a few juniors have held the bronze trophy; the rest have been seniors. While no freshmen or sophomores have ever won the Heisman, several have come close. Angelo Bertelli, Glenn Davis, Doc Blanchard, Doak Walker, and Herschel Walker all finished in the top three of the Heisman voting as underclassmen before eventually winning the award. Clint Castleberry, Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Rex Grossman, Larry Fitzgerald, and Adrian Peterson also received top-three placement as underclassmen, but never won the Heisman. In 2006, Darren McFadden came in second to Troy Smith as a sophomore, and in 2007 he will be the only active college player with top-three Heisman placement as an underclassmen. The first junior to win the award was Doc Blanchard ("Mr. Inside") for Army in 1945.

Finally, the Heisman is frequently awarded to a running back or a quarterback; very few players have won the trophy playing at a different position. Charles Woodson is the only primarily defensive player to win the award, doing so as a defensive back for the University of Michigan in 1997.

Balloting for the Heisman is selective. The fifty states of the U.S. are split into six regions, and six regional representatives are selected to appoint voters in their states (the regions include the Far West, the Mid Atlantic, Mid West, North East, South, and South West). Each region has 145 media votes, for a total of 870 votes. In addition, all previous Heisman winners may vote, and one final vote is counted through public balloting. The Heisman ballots contain a 3-2-1 point system, in which each ballot ranks the voter's top three players and awards them three points for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The points are tabulated, and the player with the highest total of points across all ballots wins the Heisman Trophy.

The award was first presented in 1935 by the Downtown Athletic Club in Manhattan, New York, a privately owned recreation facility near the site of the former World Trade Center. The first winner, Jay Berwanger, was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles but declined to sign for them. He never played professional football for any team. The Club was forced to close its doors in 2002 due, in part, to financial troubles resulting from the 9/11 attacks.

The first black player to win the Heisman was Ernie Davis of Syracuse. Tragically, he never played a snap in the NFL, as he was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after winning the award, and died in 1963.

Heisman News:

No preseason Heisman hype for Big 12 quarterbacks Quick, name a Big 12 quarterback being mentioned as a Heisman Trophy candidate. Sam Bradford is now in the NFL after the 2008 Heisman winner's injury-shortened time at Oklahoma. So is Colt McCoy, a two-time Heisman finalist who set the NCAA record with 45 victories at Texas. Zac Robinson? Todd Reesing?

NCAA suspends 'Bama's Dareus for two games TUSCALOOSA, Ala.(AP) -- Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus has been declared ineligible for two games for accepting nearly $2,000 in improper benefits during two trips to Miami.

Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram of Alabama to miss opener with knee injury TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram will miss No. 1 Alabama's season opener against San Jose State after injuring his left knee during practice.

SEC Heisman Trophy watch The Heisman Trophy returned to the SEC last season when running back Mark Ingram became the first player in Alabama history to win college football’s most prestigious individual award. It was also the second time in the last three years that an SEC player had won the Heisman. Florida’s Tim Tebow won it in 2007. Overall, nine SEC players have won the Heisman Trophy. Florida leads the way with ...

No clear Heisman favorites this year The Heisman Trophy race is wide open for 2010 with fewer known names than any time in recent years and certainly nothing like last year when three highly regarded quarterbacks appeared to be locks for the top spot.

FanHouse: Passing on Pryor's Heisman candidacy Terrelle Pryor is everybody's preseason Heisman Trophy favorite. To hear the pundits and listen to the prognosticators, Pryor is a shoe-in, the guy to beat when it comes to voting for college football's best player in 2010. Which is fine.

NCAA FOOTBALL: Pitt's Lewis rushing into national spotlight PITTSBURGH - Mark Ingram of Alabama won the Heisman Trophy a year ago, but he's not the leading returning rusher in the nation. Pittsburgh's Dion Lewis is.

NCAA award offers graduate scholarship money There's an added incentive to prove which college or university has the best athletic program in America -- $200,000 in graduate scholarship money. On Wednesday, the NCAA and corporate sponsor Capital One announced they were joining forces to create the Capital One Cup, which will be awarded to best all-around men's and women's Division I programs.

Reggie Bush's Heisman Trophy: Should It Be Awarded To Next Best? If the Heisman Trust comes to the decision to take the Heisman Trophy awarded to Reggie Bush back, should it be awarded to another player?  University of Texas head coach Mack Brown thinks it should and he thinks it should be awarded to former Texas quarterback Vince Young. Young was an amazing college football player with incredible speed and elusiveness and had Bush not been playing that year ...

'Bama's Dareus out for accepting benefits The NCAA has declared Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus ineligible for two games for accepting improper benefits. National Collegiate Athletic Association - sport - Alabama - Marcell Dareus - Games

 
 
 
 
 
  

 
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