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    Frank Schwab is a writer at Dr. Saturday, and occasionally Shutdown Corner. He covered a Heisman Trophy winner (Ron Dayne), before covering the NFL for 10 years. He has been fortunate enough to be a voter for the NFL MVP and Heisman Trophy, very fortunate to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, and currently lives outside of Denver with his wife and daughter.

    • Three-time national championship quarterback found dead at age 30

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      Cullen Finnerty, who quarterbacked Grand Valley State to three Division II championships, was found dead at age 30, a couple days after an unusual disappearance.

      Finnerty was found dead in the woods on Tuesday night near his family's cottage, the Associated Press reported, although foul play wasn't suspected. He wasn't found in the water, but rather in a wooded area in Northern Michigan near the cottage. An autopsy will be needed to determine the cause of death, the AP said.

      Finnerty had been missing since Sunday. His disappearance set off a huge search that included "dozens of current and former Grand Valley State players, coaches and staff" who bussed up north to help look for the quarterback who won 51 college games and titles in 2003, 2005 and 2006.

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      It's not like people, including fellow coaches, haven't taken shots at Nick Saban before. But Tim Davis' "the devil himself" comment really has had a life of its own.

      Saban was still discussing the issue at the SEC spring meetings this week. Earlier this month Davis, a Florida assistant who used to be on Saban's staff, said the regrettable "devil himself" remark. In a rare show of emotion Saban seemed hurt by the comment.

      This week he said Florida coach Will Muschamp and athletic director Jeremy Foley personally apologized to him for it.

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    • We're not saying Derek Carr's trick shot beats the stuff we've seen from the Dude Perfect crew or anything, but at least those guys could see the target.

      This trick shot by Carr, the Fresno State star quarterback, is really hard to fathom considering he threw it over a house and never even saw the football go in the hoop.

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      This offseason we will count down various topics from Monday through Friday, bringing you the top five of the important and definitely some not so important issues in college football. It's the Doc Five, every week until we will thankfully have actual games to discuss.

      REASONS JOHNNY MANZIEL WILL WIN A SECOND HEISMAN

      NO. 4, HIS OFFENSE AND COACHING

      Texas A&M ran 1,025 plays last year. Only 14 FBS teams ran more.

      This is important to a quarterback's statistical bottom line, obviously. Being the quarterback of a fast-tempo offensive team will give a player more opportunities to compile the necessary numbers to impress Heisman Trophy voters.

      Johnny Manziel's 2012 Heisman season wasn't built on quantity over quality. His 8.5 yards per passing attempt were 12th in FBS, and his 7 yards per rush ranked eighth among FBS qualifiers. He was very efficient.

      But having the ability to run 1,000 plays or more this season in Kevin Sumlin's offense won't hurt his chances at a repeat, even with a small downtick to those averages.

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    • Bob Stoops shows up to clean up tornado debris, goes unnoticed for half hour

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      Bob Stoops has been one of the people at the forefront of getting the word out about the help Oklahoma needs to clean up from the devastating tornado that swept through Moore last week.

      The Oklahoma coach is not just going on television to talk about Moore and retiring to his living room. Stoops also isn't just going out to the site of the tornado to shake hands and pose for pictures while others do the work.

      Stoops was just a regular guy with work gloves on, cleaning up at a site for a half hour before someone noticed it was Bob Stoops.

      It's a very classy move by Stoops, who apparently showed up without anyone knowing.

      According to tweets from Oklahoma senior associate athletics director/external operations Kenny Mossman, it appears nobody within the athletic department knew he was there either.

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    • Jadeveon Clowney is special guest at South Carolina State House

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      In a perfect world, Jadeveon Clowney wouldn't be blocked from joining the NFL because the NFL needs to keep its free minor-league system alive and he would be learning the Chiefs' playbook as the first pick of last month's draft.

      That said, there are benefits to being a folk hero in a college-football crazy state like South Carolina, like being treated as a rock star as a special guest at the State House.

      The first order of business for the South Carolina General Assembly was recognizing Clowney, as WIS/Raycom reporter Jody Barr tweeted. If we were getting recognized at the State House we might wear something other than our best white T-shirt, but we're also not going to argue with Clowney on his wardrobe choice. Or anything else. Please don't tell him we said anything.

      It seems everyone wanted to take a picture with the Gamecocks' star defensive end (which might lead to a conversation on misplaced priorities, but that's for another time).

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    • Keyshawn Johnson and Justin Bieber. Johnson is on the left, if you were confused (Getty)

      Sometimes there's a story so random, so inane, so perfect, that it's hard to properly sum up.

      And so we have the tale of former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson, in his Prius (!!!), hunting down pop superstar Justin Bieber in his Ferrari to scold him about his reckless driving.

      We dare anyone to come up with a more ridiculous story this year.

      This one comes from TMZ (so take it for what it's worth), which reported most of this confrontation with a straight face. According to TMZ, Johnson was leaving a party on Sunday night from his exclusive gated community in Calabasas, Calif. when Bieber's Ferrari drove past at a high speed. Johnson, who had his child with him in his Prius (love that), dropped his kid off at home and then went to give Bieber some tips in driving etiquette.

      Let's let TMZ take it away, shall we?

      "When KJ got to Bieber's pad -- he blocked Justin's Ferrari in the driveway and got out of his car to confront Justin face-to-face ... but Justin ran inside of his house and refused to come out," TMZ wrote.

      Tremendous. Just tremendous. And as it turns out, Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson doesn't appreciate Mr. Beiber's driving style, either.

      Oh ... and if you were waiting for Michael Strahan to chime in on this, we've got that for you as well, courtesy of CBS Sports' Mike Freeman.

      Johnson, the former first overall pick of the Jets, Super Bowl champion with Tampa Bay and analyst with ESPN, getting the Bieber fever/road rage and confronting the singer about dangerous driving ... well, let's call it a day Internet. We're not beating that one.

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    • Rutgers doing its best to make sure every Big Ten fan hates its inclusion even more

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      Things are going pretty well at Rutgers, wouldn't you say?

      The Scarlet Knights had to fire men's basketball coach Mike Rice and athletic director Tim Pernetti earlier this year over the Rice's poor treatment of players, then hired Julie Hermann as new athletic director. Hermann is now accused of ... wait for it ... poor treatment of players when she was women's volleyball coach at Tennessee years ago. Other than that, it's all just dandy at Rutgers.

      Oh, and there was the news that Rutgers football released four players, including one who was arrested for allegedly punching his girlfriend over the weekend.

      But hey, welcome to the Big Ten, Rutgers!

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    • (USA Today Sports Images)Every sport is dealing with the issue of people deciding to stay at home and watch a game rather than deal with going to the stadium. Part of it is their own fault.

      Teams have been gouging for years. NFL teams run a scam called preseason, with two fake (and fully priced) games on the season-ticket package. College teams insist on charging fans for dreadful games against FCS teams as part of their schedule. Then when you get charged $50 just to park your car, and have to wait in a long line for a beer that's the same price as a six-pack (with change left over) at the convenience store by your house, and you realize that you'd see the game and replays far better on your HDTV at home, you wonder why you're at the stadium.

      Teams are smart enough to realize that fans aren't going to be so excited to spend a ton on that home game against Chattanooga, so they are brainstorming ways of making the stadium experience worthwhile. And one of the ideas that is sure to cause traditionalists to vomit: Improving Wi-Fi in stadiums.

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      This offseason we will count down various topics from Monday through Friday, bringing you the top five of the important and definitely some not so important issues in college football. It's the Doc Five, every week until we will thankfully have actual games to discuss.

      REASONS JOHNNY MANZIEL WILL WIN A SECOND HEISMAN

      NO. 5, VOTERS WON'T BLOCK HIM

      Last week, we looked at the five most likely candidates to keep Johnny Manziel from winning a second Heisman Trophy.

      The most obvious answer, however, is that nobody will keep Manziel from a second Heisman Trophy, except voters who might not want to let the Texas A&M quarterback into a super exclusive club of multiple Heisman winners (membership: one).

      After all, there are voters in baseball who won't vote anyone into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot because ... well, who knows. But they don't want anyone to be the first unanimous selection. Hank Aaron wasn't even unanimous at 97.83 percent, which we can all agree is stupid. For years there was a resistance from Heisman voters to break longstanding traditions as well.

      For 70 years there was no chance a sophomore could win, much less a freshman. There's a reason Herschel Walker had to wait until he was a junior, and it wasn't because he wasn't good enough. And a two-time winner to join Archie Griffin? No way. Ty Detmer, Jason White, Matt Leinart and Tim Tebow are the most recent players to have a shot at a second Heisman, put up comparable numbers to their Heisman season and come up just short. There was at least the perception that someone would have to go above and beyond to join Griffin (which is ironic because Griffin's second Heisman season wasn't all that impressive).

      But voters have spent the past few years deviating from tradition, including with the Manziel vote last year.

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