Heisman Trophy

Felix "Doc" Blanchard, the 1945 Heisman Trophy winner and Army's Mr. Inside in college football's most famous running-back combination, died Sunday. He was 84. Blanchard's daughter, Mary Blanchard, told the Associated Press late Sunday night in a phone interview that her father, the oldest living Heisman winner, died of pneumonia at home in Bulverde, a small town in central Texas, earlier in the day.

One day after this season's Heisman Trophy winner quietly slipped into an interview room, looking like an Oklahoma fan dressed in a Sam Bradford jersey, the previous season's Heisman winner made a star-studded, security-escorted entrance onto Sunday center stage.

The first person to congratulate Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford was the player who won it last year -- Tim Tebow. The star quarterbacks from the top two teams in the country shook hands Saturday night, then embraced.

A report that the Heisman Trophy won by Charles White will be sold to the highest bidder next month comes as news to Charles White. He hawked it years ago.

Call a blitz when Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow throws the ball and he won't blink. Wince as massive defensive linemen try to stop his fearless runs then watch him shrug off his wounds, which this season included a broken bone and shoulder bruise in his right (non-throwing) arm.

One says that rules are rules, and Reggie Bush should lose his Heisman Trophy if he broke them. Another says Bush's parents -- not the former USC star -- should be punished.

NEW YORK -- Tim Tebow took a few deep breaths, steadied himself, then plowed through his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech much the same way he takes on tacklers -- fast and furious.