
Cash and carry Heisman? Blame all the money-grubbers for turning voting into wait-and-see the ordeal I'm a Heisman Trophy voter, and, these days, I'm wondering. I'm wondering whom I'm voting for. I'm wondering what I'm voting for. Auburn quarterback Cam Newton had me locked up. How many times do we get a college quarterback who's 6-6, 250, can run like a tailback and throw like, well, a quarterback? Never. Back in the day, there weren't even defensive linemen Newton's size. What do I think about a gigantic dude who can run for 217 yards and two touchdowns one week and throw for 317 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions the next week? A kid in the top 10 in the nation in rushing, with a 182.8 passer rating? I hand him the Heisman. Except maybe not in Newton's case. The 21-year-old from Atlanta already left the University of Florida after he was involved with a stolen laptop that, for some reason, went sailing out of his dorm window as police arrived. Newton left the Gators, spent time at a place called Blinn College in Texas, where he led his team to the 2009 national junior college title, and then, boom, he was hot recruiting stuff all over again. The trouble is that now, more than halfway through the 2010 season, just after Sports Illustrated ran a glowing story about the young man and his apparent rebirth from the Florida unpleasantness and his mortal lock on the Heisman, it has been alleged that Newton went to Auburn only because his father was looking for the <b>...</b>
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