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December 3. 2012 – The Heisman Trophy race is shaping up to be one of the
closest in the award’s 78-year history. cheap moncler
jackets On the day the Heisman Trust
announced Texas A&M redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, Notre
Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o and Kansas State
senior quarterback Collin Klein as the three finalists for the award, moncler femme the final survey of
37 USA TODAY Sports Media Group
voters Monday revealed a dead heat between Manziel and Te’o.
Manziel
received 85 points in the final survey compared to 84 for Te’o. Klein was third
with 36, the only other player with a two-digit point total. BOWL SCHEDULE:
Matchups, dates and times for all games Te’o learned of his finalist status
while signing autographs prior to the Nagurski Award ceremony in Charlotte,
N.C. «I can’t wait to get to New York!» he said. air max A victory by Manziel
or Te’o would be a historic moment for the award, which never has gone to a
freshman or a linebacker.»Manziel was more of a difference maker than Te’o,»
said columnist and voter Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press. «A&M had an
outstanding season, doudoune femme
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country and produced the single biggest victory this season, a win at No. 1
Alabama. Notre Dame benefited from a woefully overmatched Big Ten this season.»
Bob
Kravitz, voter and columnist with The Indianapolis Star, said, «Te’o is the
heart and soul of the best defense on the best team in college football. If
ever there was a right time to vote for a defensive-only player, this is it.
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Notre Dame isn’t sniffing the national championship game.» The closest vote in
Heisman history was 2009, when Alabama
running back Mark Ingram won with 1,304 points, 28 better than runner-up Toby
Gerhart, a Stanford running back. The next closest was 1985, when Auburn ’s Bo Jackson won with 1,509, 45 more than Iowa ’s Chuck Long.
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