Myself, I stood up and shouted Heisman during his first long touchdown jog in the 2010 season opener against Arkansas State. But the South Carolina game three weeks later—that’s what really delivered those Cam Newton Is a Heisman Candidate optics. That five-yard, just-in-case dive at the end of his, like, 60-yard touchdown run understandably dominated most of the highlights in ESPN’s College Football Final, eliciting a helmet sticker from Mark May and high praise from Dr. Lou.
“I think you have to put him in the Heisman race,” Holtz said. “I know it’s early, but what this young man has done for Auburn is absolutely fantastic.”
Also making the reel: South Carolina’s Brian Maddox going full Langner and just straight up kicking T’Sharvan Bell in the face, and a familiar looking touchdown toss to Philip Lutzenkirchen (“Achtung!”)…
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I am I the only one that noticed the interlocking AU on the helmet on the ESPN set back then was grossly undersized?