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Kansas State's Loss Makes Johnny Manziel the Heisman Favorite
Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images  Lost in the BCS chaos of Kansas
State's defeat at the hands of Baylor is that a freshman is now
the favorite for the Heisman Trophy.  With Colin Klein
presumably out of the running, Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel (or as
I and everyone else likes to call him, Johnny Football) has
become the Heisman favorite.  Look at the current Heisman
climate. The only undefeated team in the nation (that is
eligible for a national championship) is Notre Dame, and its
only candidate is linebacker Manti Te'o. A linebacker has never
won the Heisman Trophy, so we can assume he's out of it.
Oregon's Kenjon Barner has a legitimate case, but his Ducks lost
to Stanford and probably lost their shot at a BCS title. His
stats are great, but not great enough to win him a He