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8:53PM EST December 3. 2012 - The Heisman Trophy race is shaping up to be one of the closest in the award's 78-year history. cheap moncler jackets On the day the Heisman Trust announced Texas A&M redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein as the three finalists for the award, the final survey of 37 USA TODAY Sports Media Group voters Monday revealed a dead heat between Manziel and Te'o. Manziel received 85 points in the final survey compared to 84 for Te'o. Klein was third with 36, the only other player with a two-digit point total. BOWL SCHEDULE: Matchups, dates and times for all games Te'o learned of his finalist status while signing autographs prior to the Nagurski Award ceremony in Charlotte, N.C. "I can't wait to get to New York!" he said. air max A victory by Manziel or Te'o would be a historic moment for the award, which never has gone to a freshman or a linebacker. "Manziel was more of a difference maker than Te'o," said columnist and voter Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press. "A&M had an outstanding season, considering it joined the toughest football conference in the country and produced the single biggest victory this season, a win at No. 1 Alabama. Notre Dame benefited from a woefully overmatched Big Ten this season." Bob Kravitz, voter and columnist with The Indianapolis Star, said, "Te'o is the heart and soul of the best defense on the best team in college football. If ever there was a right time to vote for a defensive-only player, this is it. Without Te'o, Notre Dame isn't sniffing the national championship game." The closest vote in Heisman history was 2009, when Alabama running back Mark Ingram won with 1,304 points, 28 better than runner-up Toby Gerhart, a Stanford running back. The next closest was 1985, when Auburn's Bo Jackson won with 1,509, 45 more than Iowa's Chuck Long. As finalists, Manziel, Te'o and Klein each are invited to the award ceremony Saturday in New York. The final survey of USA TODAY Sports Media Group members with official Heisman votes indicate a likely photo finish between Manziel and Te'o. moncler femme
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