Word: heisman
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MEDFORD, Mass. -- Quarterback Doug Flutie, Boston College's Heisman Trophy winner, received another honor at last night's annual New England Football Writers' awards dinner...
...like footballs in the Miami rain, the most articulate superlative left may be just a gasp changing to a sigh, such as Doug Flutie brought to college football last week. The most cuddly player in history, or at least since Eddie LeBaron, appears about to run away with the Heisman trophy. Mindful that there have been stirring football finishes for 100 years, and rip-roaring games the equal of Boston College's 47-45 victory over Miami, it can be fairly stated that never have a forward pass and a statue's unveiling been more favorably timed...
...devoted as sportsmen are to collecting shiny gewgaws, this is the only athletic mantel piece that would be noticed at Westminster Abbey, and the thought of it cradled under the arm of Flutie, or vice versa, brings a smile. Exactly 25 Ibs. of bronze immortality, the Heisman figurine depicts a stiff-arming ballcarrier, a suggestive pose these past 49 years to a literal-minded electorate that now numbers 1,050 experts, some of whom have seen a college football game this season. Although emblematic of the best player, whatever his position, the Heisman never has exalted an interior lineman...
...where is number 12? Even in college, quarterbacks avoid the number like the plague. Doug Flutie, B.C.'s sure shot for the Heisman Trophy, doesn't even wear a quarterback's number. You'd think he was a tailback in his number...
...wire-service polls have shown peculiarities before, Boston College's persistent presence during three idle weeks was extraordinary. By the chilly calculations of the New York Times computer, the Eagles soared from 19th to fifth on the wing of one victory over Temple, as Quarterback and leading Heisman Trophy Candidate Doug Flutie grew in stature but stayed...