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Travis Hunter: Why Heisman Trophy winner is ‘two players in one’ and such a rare talent in college football

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CNN — One of the rarest qualities in all of team sports is the ability to impact a game in multiple ways. One of the keys to harnessing Hunter’s immense ability has been playing under Sanders – also now known as Coach Prime – a former two-way player in his own right and current Colorado head coach. “He did it …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Travis Hunter, Colorado’s dynamic two-way star, wins the coveted 2024 Heisman Trophy

CNN

CNN — University of Colorado’s Travis Hunter was crowned the winner of the 2024 Heisman Trophy on Saturday following an impressive season with the Buffaloes. Hunter beat out the other finalists for the 90th Heisman award, including Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel and Miami’s Cam Ward, to claim college football’s most prestigious trophy. Travis Hunter proved today, and …

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Travis Hunter, the 2-way standout for Colorado, is the AP college football player of the year

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Hunter is the The Associated Press college football player of the year, receiving 26 of 43 votes Thursday from a panel of AP Top 25 voters. “Couldn’t do what I do without my team,” Hunter said in an email on a trip to Las Vegas for …

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2 weeks ago

The Sports Report: Lakers need to jettison LeBron James and Anthony Davis

LA Times

LeBron James, left, and Anthony Davis interact on the bench during Sunday’s game. Continue reading here ‘A Shohei economy’: How Shohei Ohtani’s first year transformed the Dodgers financially MLB auction: Aaron Judge’s dropped World Series ball can be yours RAMS From Gary Klein: The Rams’ decision last week to claim cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr., a 2023 first-round draft pick, off …

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2 weeks ago

Dillon Gabriel, Travis Hunter, Ashton Jeanty, Cam Ward are named Heisman finalists

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday night. AP AUDIO: Dillon Gabriel, Travis Hunter, Ashton Jeanty, Cam Ward are named Heisman finalists The list for college football’s most prestigious honor …

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Ashton Jeanty lets his play do the talking for CFP-bound Boise State

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — After Ashton Jeanty streaked through the middle of UNLV’s defense on his way to a 75-yard touchdown run Friday night in the Mountain West Conference title game, he didn’t strike the Heisman pose. “Not only is this one of the best teams in the nation, but they’ve got one of the best players in the nation.” Jeanty …

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Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 6 - Dec. 12

Associated Press

Dec. 6 1939 — Iowa’s Nile Kinnick wins the Heisman Trophy. 2009 — Switzerland’s Carlo Janka wins the giant slalom to become the first man in more than 2 1/2 years with three consecutive World Cup victories. 1991 — AJ Kitt becomes the first American in seven years to win a men’s World Cup race, taking the first downhill of …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

College football conference championship odds, picks against the spread for all 9 title games

New York Times

The song of championship week has a running refrain: It’s tough to beat the same team twice. Sign Up Western Kentucky at Jacksonville State Friday 7 p.m. on CBSSN Jacksonville State joined the FBS last year, and coach Rich Rodriguez already has the Gamecocks in a conference title game. 10 Boise State Friday 8 p.m. on FOX It’s a banner …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Hunter’s big game bolsters Heisman hopes as No. 23 Colorado rolls to 52-0 win over Oklahoma State

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Travis Hunter proved today, and he’s proved every week, that he is the best player in college football.” The same sentiment was held by his quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who at one point ran down the field counting out the star receiver’s number of touchdowns for the …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Missing ingredient: Horns and Aggies renew storied and bitter rivalry after more than a decade

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Part of what, at least in my time at Texas, what made Texas great was beating the Aggies.” And he’s thrilled that the rivalry — one of college football’s greatest — has been reborn. Texas A&M’s “Wrecking Crew” defense was ranked first in the nation and …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Associated Press

Dec. 3 1943 — Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman Trophy. 1988 — Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy then proves he’s worthy of the award with spectacular performance in a 45-42 win over Texas Tech in Tokyo. 2016 — Tom Brady becomes the NFL’s career leader in victories by a quarterback, earning his 201st by …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters

New York Times

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. In Saturday’s 49-24 win over Utah, the two-way star did something no NFL or FBS player had achieved in almost exactly 24 years: post 50 receiving yards, score a rushing touchdown and intercept a pass. Shane Beamer’s team is known for …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two-Way Sensation Hunter and Sanders Shine in Colorado's Victory Against Cincinnati

Associated Press

Two-way standout Travis Hunter shines for Colorado, earning him the Big 12 Conference's offensive player of the week award. He becomes the first player in league history to win both offensive and defensive weekly awards in the same season. Hunter and Shedeur Sanders lead Colorado to bowl eligibility, despite Shedeur Sanders's lack of Heisman recognition.

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2 months ago

Heisman straw poll: Cam Ward makes a move, but Ashton Jeanty stays strong at the top

New York Times

The Athletic Heisman straw poll might have peaked last week with nine players receiving votes, though it’s certainly not too late for new names to emerge. It’s a quintet now, led again by Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, whose idle weekend didn’t hurt him a bit — he added a first-place vote to get to 21 and finished with …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Heisman straw poll: Ashton Jeanty sprints into the lead, Dillon Gabriel makes an appearance

New York Times

Travis Hunter got hurt, left early and watched his team lose a close one. So as the pool of candidates expands in The Athletic’s Heisman straw poll — to a season-high nine this week — Jeanty also boasts the most points a candidate has earned. After rushing for 217 yards and a touchdown, plus catching a touchdown, in Boise State’s …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Reacting to CFB’s Week 7: Let Ryan Day off the hook … for now

New York Times

We all heard it and many of us believed it. Yes, Oregon was a tough loss in a game where many thought Ohio State would make a statement and there’s something to be said about the late-game management. Ohio State hasn’t forced a fourth-quarter punt in its last five losses, and in two losses to Oregon and three to Michigan …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Heisman straw poll: Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty right on the heels of Colorado’s Travis Hunter

New York Times

Travis Hunter did nothing to lose ground in the minds of Heisman Trophy voters, just a quiet break from the field while college football took a mundane weekend on paper and set it ablaze — four top-11 teams losing to unranked opponents, with Miami storming back at Cal to avoid being the fifth. Player Team Pos 1ST 2ND 3RD PTS …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Travis Hunter’s Heisman Trophy competition, plus college football’s rankings review

New York Times

Until Saturday Newsletter 🏈 | This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Parts of the Vanderbilt goal posts from last week’s upset win over Alabama were selling for as much as $4,035 this week. The Athletic 134 Louisiana-Monroe and Charlotte escape 100s Chris Vannini’s weekly ranking of all 134 FBS teams also saw some shifts this week. 134 Kent State: …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Georgia-Alabama play a thrilling classic, undiminished by expanded CFP

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Milroe stamped himself as maybe the Heisman Trophy favorite, becoming the first player with 300 yards passing, 100 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns against an AP top-five opponent, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Hunter routinely has logged more than 100 snaps in games as …

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3 months ago

Reggie Bush sues USC, Pac-12 and NCAA to seek NIL compensation from football career 2 decades ago

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LOS ANGELES — Former Southern California football star Reggie Bush says he is suing his school, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in a bid to recoup money made on his name, image and likeness during his career with the Trojans two decades ago. In a brief …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

QB Jackson Arnold leading No. 16 Oklahoma into opener vs. Temple as Sooners settle into SEC

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! He hopes to someday have a statue at Heisman Park across from Memorial Stadium – an honor previously bestowed upon Oklahoma’s seven Heisman winners, including four quarterbacks. I want to be the best version of myself, and hopefully I can get a statue out there one …

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4 months ago

Expanded college football playoff field provides more opportunities for bettors

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LAS VEGAS — Missouri and Tennessee typically aren’t confused for Georgia and Ohio State when it comes to college football’s powers. Those teams still might not be, but they’re more in the conversation thanks to the expansion of the College Football Playoff field from four to …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Heisman Trophy hopeful Cam Ward brings optimism to Miami as it seeks first ACC Championship

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I haven’t won anything tremendous at the Power 5 level and that’s something I really want to do is win a championship.” The 6-foot-2, 223-pound Ward spent two years at Incarnate Word, an FCS school, then transferred to Washington State before the 2022 season. “It’s been …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Reggie Bush plans to continue his fight against the NCAA after the return of his Heisman Trophy

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Bush indicated he doesn’t plan to drop his defamation lawsuit filed last year against the NCAA over the governing body’s 2021 characterization of the circumstances that led to Bush’s troubles. being taken away from me, but being labelled a cheater was far worse, because I’ve never …

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Travis Hunter: Why Heisman Trophy winner is ‘two players in one’ and such a rare talent in college football

Travis Hunter, Colorado’s dynamic two-way star, wins the coveted 2024 Heisman Trophy

Travis Hunter, the 2-way standout for Colorado, is the AP college football player of the year

The Sports Report: Lakers need to jettison LeBron James and Anthony Davis

Dillon Gabriel, Travis Hunter, Ashton Jeanty, Cam Ward are named Heisman finalists

Ashton Jeanty lets his play do the talking for CFP-bound Boise State

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 6 - Dec. 12

College football conference championship odds, picks against the spread for all 9 title games

Hunter’s big game bolsters Heisman hopes as No. 23 Colorado rolls to 52-0 win over Oklahoma State

Missing ingredient: Horns and Aggies renew storied and bitter rivalry after more than a decade

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Playoff bracket, bubble and Big 12 race have new main characters

Two-Way Sensation Hunter and Sanders Shine in Colorado's Victory Against Cincinnati

Heisman straw poll: Cam Ward makes a move, but Ashton Jeanty stays strong at the top

Heisman straw poll: Ashton Jeanty sprints into the lead, Dillon Gabriel makes an appearance

Reacting to CFB’s Week 7: Let Ryan Day off the hook … for now

Heisman straw poll: Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty right on the heels of Colorado’s Travis Hunter

Travis Hunter’s Heisman Trophy competition, plus college football’s rankings review

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Georgia-Alabama play a thrilling classic, undiminished by expanded CFP

Reggie Bush sues USC, Pac-12 and NCAA to seek NIL compensation from football career 2 decades ago

QB Jackson Arnold leading No. 16 Oklahoma into opener vs. Temple as Sooners settle into SEC

Expanded college football playoff field provides more opportunities for bettors

Heisman Trophy hopeful Cam Ward brings optimism to Miami as it seeks first ACC Championship

Reggie Bush plans to continue his fight against the NCAA after the return of his Heisman Trophy