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...from his attorney, Robert Baker, Simpson constructed the architecture of his life, recounting his impoverished childhood in San Francisco and detailing his development as an athlete throughout high school and college. Baker spent a good deal of time prompting Simpson to list his athletic achievements and awards, from the Heisman trophy in 1967 to his status as perhaps the game's reigning star when he finally resigned from football...
...that knocked them off college football's perch, but last year's 62-24 thumping by Nebraska in the title game at the Fiesta Bowl. "They just beat us at every part of the game," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. "They kept us pinned down the whole night." Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel was 18-of-34 for 306 yards, throwing three touchdown passes to Ike Hilliard and running for another as the Gators scored more points than any other team in Sugar Bowl history. And with Florida State's star runner, Warrick Dunn, hobbled by cramps, the Gator...
...number two team, the University of Florida Gators. The meeting between the nation's only remaining undefeated major college teams figures to be an excellent contest, with the powerful rushing attack of Nebraska evenly countered by Florida's "Fun 'n' Gun" passing game. With both teams boasting Heisman-candidate quarterbacks and rugged defenses, the game has the makings of a classic shootout, says TIME's Steve Wulf: "It will be a great game. But I am going with Florida. It will come down to coaching, and Florida's Steve Spurrier is simply the best coach in college ball...
...Autry is an actor. Unlike them, he can explode through the line, break tackles and outrace defenders. He rushed for at least 100 yds. in every one of Northwestern's games this year, and had he not been a mere sophomore, he might have got more consideration for the Heisman Trophy...
Simpson, a Heisman Trophy winner and Hall of Fame running back, has been charged in the June 12 Killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman...