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What does second half offer?

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

What this college football season needs is an optimist, someone who can step back, assess the long list of sputtering front-runners and injured Heisman favorites and still see the potential that lies ahead. There has been a drought of dominance, a dearth of dazzle, and no player or team has come up with a BeDazzler big enough to make the whole season sparkle. Halfway through, is 2009 half-full or half-empty? We're not ready to substitute rhinestones for helmet stickers. And it may be that ...

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