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When the final votes are tallied and the award is announced in New York City on Saturday evening, Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III should be the one hoisting the Heisman Trophy.

He thinks so. So does fellow Heisman finalist Montee Ball. Even stiffarmtrophy.com, which unofficially tallies the selections of Heisman voters, said Griffin is projected to win with 71 percent of the vote.

RG34And that's the way it should be.

While the other competitors — Wisconsin running back Ball, Alabama running back Trent Richardson, LSU defensive back/punt returner Tyrann Mathieu, and Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck — all had stellar seasons in their own right, Griffin embodies the spirit of the trophy as expressed in the Heisman Trophy Trust mission statement:

The Heisman Memorial Trophy annually recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard

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Fired coaches suddenly find themselves with a lot of time on their hands this time of year.

With no team to coach, most are often preparing their resumés, hobnobbing with potential suitors ad trying their best to make themselves as attractive as possible (which isn't easy since they were just fired).

But on the rare occasion, fired coaches get one sad last-ditch effort to show they still belong among the hired and that's what former Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt and former Fresno State coach Pat Hill have in front of them.

The two unemployed coaches have been selected to coach in the first Casino del Sol College All-Star Game on Jan. 16 in Tucson. Nutt will coach the Stars and Hill will coach the Stripes. Both coaches will have a week's worth of practices before the game. Then, probably with several junior college athletic directors looking on, it will be showtime.

Nutt spent four seasons at Ole Miss and amassed a 24-26 record, though the Rebels limped in at 2-10 this year, and 0-8 in

Cliff Harris was dismissed from the Oregon football team Tuesday after violating team rules. Reports speculated those team rules included a citation for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in Fresno, Calif., on Nov. 25, however that's not been confirmed by the university.

Still, Harris took to his Facebook page to apologize to Ducks fans for "the circumstances that got me kicked off the team."{YSP:MORE}

It's been a bad year for Harris, who started the football season suspended after being ticketed for driving 118 mph with a suspended license in a car that wasn't his. On Oct. 24, he was suspended indefinitely after being cited for driving with a suspended license, without insurance and without a seat belt.

Harris finished his junior season with nine tackles and an interception, which was in stark contrast to his sophomore season that saw him break up 23 passes, average 18.8 yards per punt return and score four punt return touchdowns.

Harris' football future is uncertain. He

Aaron Murray isn't letting Georgia's loss to LSU in the SEC Championship Game dampen his holiday spirit.

Thanks to teammate Christian Robinson, we get to see that that holiday spirit comes in the form of a very small shirt. Children's Christmas pajamas, perhaps?

Hey, we here at the Doc appreciate football players and their comfort. Who can forget Missouri linebacker Sean Weatherspoon (now with the Atlanta Falcons) rocking the Mizzou Snuggie?

Murray doesn't appear to be afraid to make a fashion statement. There's also a photo of him wearing a satchel (just like Indiana Jones). Props to Murray for going designer and not some cheap knockoff. If you're going to sport a man purse, you should do it in style.

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Wisconsin running back Montee Ball doesn't have a Heisman vote — yet — but if he did, he said he wouldn't vote for himself.

"I'd vote for RGIII," Ball told the Scott Van Pelt on Van Pelt's radio show.

Robert Griffin III is one of five finalists invited to the Heisman trophy ceremony in New York on Saturday and the first Baylor player to earn the honor, along with Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, LSU defensive back/punt returner Tyrann Mathieu and Alabama running back Trent Richardson. While Luck was the preseason favorite, and Richardson emerged in the middle of the season, Griffin seems to be the top candidate after leading the Bears to one of the best seasons in school history.

Griffin's Heisman campaign gained steam after leading the Bears to five consecutive wins to end the season, including wins over Oklahoma and Texas. After last weekend's 48-24 rout over the Longhorns, Griffin leads the nation with a 192.3 pass efficiency rating (a single-season Division I record if it holds

When Urban Meyer decided to take the Ohio State job less than a year after retiring from Florida, many Gator fans were upset with their former coach. But few more so than Jen Wiley, who named her son after Urban because of her and her husband's allegiance to Florida.

Wiley's son, now 4 years old, is actually named Spurrier Urban Wiley, after Florida's two national championship winning coaches — Steve Spurrier and Meyer — but after Meyer's move to the Big Ten, Wiley wants to change her son's middle name.

"My husband and I got married in 1996, when Spurrier won the championships," she said, "and then we conceived in 2006 when Urban Meyer won the championship."

It was a seemingly perfect fit for these Florida fanatics, until now. So mom's ready for a change.

"I want to change his middle name," she said. [...]

Wiley's husband isn't on board with the change, and she said she won't officially change her son's name unless her husband agrees.

If he does, she's thinking Tim after Tim Tebow,

USC might not have a bowl game to look forward to this season, but it's not letting that dampen its spirit.

During Monday night's end-of-season banquet, athletic director  (and former Trojan quarterback) Pat Haden showed up dressed as his head coach, Lane Kiffin, complete with the oversized high-collar jacket and signature white beanie wore in November for the biggest win of his career at Oregon. He even had on the receiver gloves. The only thing we can't see is whether he's wearing the red track pants to complete the ensemble, but it's probably a good bet he is.

While Kiffin took a lot of heat from the fashion police for his white-on-white ensemble, his beanie became one of the hottest selling items in the USC Bookstore.  Kiffin actually ended up donating the outfit to the Dan Patrick Show Man Cave.

It's probably been awhile since Kiffin's boss making fun of him was a good thing. But in this case, it seems like it was a good-natured jab and a fitting homage to the upset that put the

Someone needs to give Wofford kick returner Stephon Shelton a hug — every day, for the rest of his life.

That might be the only way to take some of the sting out of a boneheaded play Shelton made against Northern Iowa that contributed to the Terriers' 28-21 loss in the second round of the FCS playoffs.

With his team down 21-14 in the fourth quarter following a UNI touchdown, Shelton received the ensuing kickoff. But instead of kneeling in the end zone for a routine touchback, he decided to walk around in the end zone while the UNI kickoff team descended upon him. When the horde reached the end zone, one of the players hit Sheldon, popping the ball loose. Sheldon raised his arms and started jawing with the official while UNI's Phil Wright jumped on the ball, giving the Panthers a touchdown and a 28-14 lead.

Apparently Shelton thought merely being in the end zone meant kick returner immunity. Someone needs to study their rule book.

"For the life of me, I don't get it," said Wofford head