"Late-season surges factor into Heisman voting"

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"Late-season surges factor into Heisman voting"

« on: December 08, 2011, 04:47:10 AM »

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TUSCALOOSA — The statue with its leather-helmeted player and stiff-arm pose evokes memories of the game as it was.

The Heisman Trophy is timeless — easily the most recognizable symbol of individual success in American sports. But as the bronze embodiment of that achievement remains frozen in time, the process of carrying it home is evolving.

The very makeup of the five finalists heading to New York for the Saturday night ceremony shows how much times have changed. And like most transformations these days, technology plays both primary and secondary roles.

Votes have been cast by email the past three seasons, thus allowing the 900-plus with ballots to watch every snap of every game before submitting their choice. No longer is there a fear of the post office losing the envelope before votes are tallied the Monday before the ceremony.

Three of the five finalists played the final Saturday of the season, while Alabama’s Trent Richardson and Stanford’s Andrew Luck sat idle. In the course of a few hours, Wisconsin’s Montee Ball scored four touchdowns and LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu gashed Georgia’s punt defense twice. Both were fringe contenders before winning conference title games and finalists after...

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