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Griffin to Reap Bounty for Heisman Season

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This just in…Baylor just scored again.

Of course, this is in reference to Baylor’s 67-56 victory in the 2011 Alamo Bowl versus Washington a few nights ago.

And as team draft orders for the 2012 NFL draft become somewhat more clear as the NFL’s regular season concludes Sunday night, I couldn’t help but think of RG3.

Granted, I’m no college football expert or draft projection specialist.  But I don’t think even the experts had RG3 on their mock draft boards as a first round pick prior to the start of the 2011 college football season.

After his...

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