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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - A late riser makes his debut in the Heisman Rankings this week after another record-breaking Saturday, but the favorites remain unchanged as we head towards the final full weekend of the regular season. 1. Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon (last week: No. 1) -- The Ducks quarterback held onto the top spot after yet another dominant performance in a 44-10 victory over Colorado. Mariota completed 24-of-32 passes for 323 yards - his fifth 300-yard passing performance of the season - with three touchdowns and zero interceptions. He was equally dynamic on the ground, turning eight carries into 73 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown run on a read-option play in the first quarter where he went into the end zone untouched after fooling the entire CU defense. Mariota, who has over 3,600 total yards, has not only been dominant, but remarkably consistent with at least 270 total yards and multiple touchdowns in every game, and his 42 touchdowns give him the Pac-12 record. Unless something catastrophic happens in the next two weeks, hes going to be the runaway winner. 2. Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin (last week: No. 2) -- Gordon probably wasnt pleased to see Samaje Perine break his single-game rushing record after only week, and if he and the Badgers had to do it over again he probably would have played some of the fourth quarter against Nebraska to pad that record a little more. Losing the record hasnt hurt Gordons Heisman chances, however, as he continued to rack up astounding numbers over the weekend. Wisconsin needed all of Gordons production to squeak out a 26-24 victory over Iowa, as he finished with 200 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries, while also tacking on solid receiving totals (four catches, 64 yards). Gordon (2,109 yards, 25 TDs) reached the 2,000-yard plateau faster than anyone in FBS history, doing so midway through the Iowa game on just his 242nd carry of campaign - meaning that Barry Sanders seemingly unbreakable single-season rushing record (2,628 yards) is very much in jeopardy. 3. J.T. Barrett, QB, Ohio State (last week: No. 4) -- At the start of Barretts reign as the Buckeyes quarterback, the Braxton Miller comparisons were inevitable. Hes not only broken free of Millers shadow, but is putting together perhaps the best season by a quarterback in program history. With another sterling performance in Ohio States 42-27 victory over Indiana (25- of-35 passing, 302 yards, four touchdowns, two interceptions, 78 rushing yards), Barrett broke Millers school record for total yards in a season, as he now sits with 3,507 (2,658 passing, 849 rushing). That wasnt the only record to fall, as he also broke Troy Smiths mark for passing touchdowns in a season with 33 and counting (42 overall). Even if Ohio State beats Michigan this week and wins the Big Ten Championship Game, it still might not have a strong enough resume to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. However, that wont make the heights achieved by a freshman quarterback any less impressive. 4. Trevone Boykin, QB, TCU (last week: No. 3) -- The Horned Frogs bye week has Boykins stock holding steady for the most part. TCU is on the outside looking in for that coveted fourth spot in the College Football Playoff rankings, but it is still right in the mix at 9-1, and Boykin (3,021 passing yards, 548 rushing yards, 31 TDs, five interceptions) will have the opportunity help both his Heisman candidacy and his teams championship hopes as he closes out the regular season with matchups at Texas and versus Iowa State in the coming weeks. 5. Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi State (last week: No. 7) -- The Bulldogs quarterback rightfully lost a lot of momentum after his teams loss to Alabama Nov. 15, but he went a long way in erasing that painful memory in the 51-0 shutout of Vanderbilt with a near-flawless performance. On 16-of-21 passing, he finished with 193 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions, while adding six rushes for 30 yards and a score in the easy victory to keep his teams hopes of an SEC title alive. Even if Mississippi State cant earn a spot in the College Football Playoff, its resume at the moment is still strong enough to get the attention of the selection committee with the No. 4 ranking, and that success is thanks in no small measure to Prescotts outstanding campaign (2,714 passing yards, 891 rushing yards, 36 TDs, 10 interceptions). 6. Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA (last week: No. 9) -- While Oregons fate as the Pac-12 North Division champion has been sealed, the battle for the South is coming down to the wire, and the Bruins went a long way in clearing their path to the crown over the weekend with a 38-20 victory over cross-town rival USC in perhaps the most important game of the college football weekend. Hundley was predictably outstanding in the triumph. For the ninth time this season, he completed better than 70 percent of his passes (22-of-31), while throwing for 326 yards and accounting for four touchdowns, leaving him with 2,873 passing yards, 566 rushing yards and 28 scores this season, coupled with a mere five interceptions. UCLA will sew up the South Division on Friday if it can take care of Stanford, setting up a rematch with Oregon in the conference championship game where Hundley can potentially kill two birds with one stone in spoiling the Ducks season, and Mariotas Heisman chances. 7. Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma (last week: unranked) -- After LaDainian Tomlinsons rushing record stood for more than a decade, Perine erased Gordons mark just seven days after it was set. In Oklahomas 44-7 romp of Kansas, the freshman running back rewrote the FBS record book with a 427-yard performance, doing so on 34 carries while scoring five touchdowns. Although Perine put together some highlights early in the season - notably a 242-yard showing at West Virginia in September - he had been relegated to a part-time role in the offense until recently, and hes taken full advantage of his new- found opportunity by rushing for a whopping 640 yards and eight touchdowns in the last two weeks. The chance of him emerging so late in the season to become a Heisman finalist is slim, especially with Oklahoma now an afterthought in the Big 12, but the future is undoubtedly bright for the youngster. 8. Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama (last week: No. 5) -- Cooper was well on his way to another big game early in the Crimson Tides matchup with Western Carolina over the weekend, as he had three catches for 46 yards in the first quarter. But he had to leave the game with a bruised knee. Luckily, the injury doesnt appear to be serious, as coach Nick Saban revealed after the game that Cooper likely could have returned if needed, but the team opted to hold him out as a precaution in the convincing 48-14 victory. Having topped 100 yards receiving just twice in the last seven games, Coopers campaign has lost steam, but a receiver who ranks in the top-five nationally in receptions (90), yards (1,349) and touchdowns (11) on the No. 2 team in the land still deserves plenty of recognition. 9. Nick Chubb, RB, Georgia (last week: No. 10) -- Chubbs services werent needed very often in the Bulldogs 55-9 blowout of Charleston Southern, but he nonetheless cashed in on his limited opportunities by turning a mere nine carries into 113 yards and two touchdowns for his sixth straight 100-yard outing. Todd Gurley is certainly an irreplaceable piece, but theres no denying Chubbs elite production in his stead this season, as he sits with 1,152 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on just 161 carries, to go with solid receiving totals (15 receptions, 177 yards, two TDs). With Georgias SEC slate closed, it will need to wait to have its fate in the Eastern Division decided when Missouri plays Arkansas on Friday. If the Tigers fall, an entirely possible outcome considering Arkansas recent surge, then Chubb and the Bulldogs will get an opportunity to improve their stock in the SEC Championship Game, but not before a clash with rival Georgia Tech this Saturday. 10. Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State (last week: No. 6) -- Although the Seminoles remained unbeaten over the weekend, they continued to do so while looking anything but the nations No. 1 team. In a home game against a mediocre Boston College squad, FSU needed a game-winning field goal by Roberto Aguayo with three seconds remaining to squeak by with a 20-17 victory. Winston, despite competing nearly 69 percent of his passes, was far from great, as he threw for 281 yards with a touchdown and an interception. The reigning Heisman winner is falling well short of the pace he set last season with 3,125 passing yards, 22 total touchdowns and 13 interceptions. At this point, the only thing keeping Winston alive in the Heisman race is his teams uncanny ability to stay out of the loss column. Dropped Out: Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska Honorable Mention: Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor; Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana; Gerod Holliman; RB, Louisville. 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Vincent Lamar Carter is no longer the lean, athletic dynamo who dazzled Raptors fans with eye-popping dunks that posterized even the leagues best defenders. Carter is also no longer the petulant man-child who fans feel gave up on his team and his city and forced a move away from the franchise that he legitimized. At almost 37, Vince Carter is an NBA veteran, perhaps not grizzled, but a far cry from the two sides of the one man that Toronto Raptors fans remember with both fondness and disdain. In Torontos case, the latter greatly outweighs the former. Carter first returned to Toronto after his acrimonious exit as a member of the then-New Jersey Nets in April, 2005. To say that the reception he received was unwelcome would be kind. Few things stir up anger in sports fans like being jilted by a player they once idolized. The torrent of abuse directed Carters way didnt seem to faze him as he ended up dropping 39 on his former mates in a Nets win. When Carters Dallas Mavericks take on the Raptors on Wednesday night, Carter is likely to once again be met by vociferous boos as he always has been since the first time he came back to the ACC as a member of the enemy, but, of course, with each subsequent visit, the jeers have gotten quieter. The anger that once consumed Raptors fans just isnt there anymore for the most part. When Vince Carter is booed again tonight, it will be more out of habit than anything else. Much like the case with his cousin, the now-retired Tracy McGrady, the booing is just what you do. All of this, then, begs the question: Should time heal all wounds? In what might be the last time Toronto Raptors fans see Vince Carter at the Air Canada Centre, is it time for Raptors fans to let the good outweigh the bad and welcome the prodigal son back into the fold? Lets not kid ourselves. The break-up was bad and Carter had more than a big hand in it. On the morning of the biggest game in franchise history - Game 7 of the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals with the Philadelphia 76ers - Carter decided to fly to Raleigh to collect his degree from the University of North Carolina. Its anybodys guess as to why he chose to go then and not in the summer, but unrelatedly or not, Carter missed the game-winning shot that evening with only two seconds left on the clock. And then there was the meddling with the front office. Obviously, most franchises try to jibe with their best players wishes, but many felt Carter overstepped his bounds. The impetus to bring in a broken-down Hakeem Olajuwon and offer him a pricey extension appeared to come from Carter. It was a spectacular failure. Carter was constantly in managements ear and attemptingg to mold the club in ways that he wanted.dddddddddddd Outside of a brief stint in the Orlando Magic front office as vice-president, Julius Erving had no managerial experience, yet this was the man who Carter championed to almost the point of insistence for the Raptors general manager job in 2004. When the team went with Rob Babcock, Carter took this as an affront. When the situation became untenable that season, Babcocks hands were tied to the point that all he could fetch from the Nets in exchange for Carter were bench pieces Eric Williams and Aaron Williams, a past-his-prime Alonzo Mourning - who never played a game for the team and was almost immediately released, but not before receiving a $9 million buyout package – and a pair of first-round draft picks. The cruelest blow, though, came the month after he was traded when he sat down with legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson, then working as an analyst for TNT, and told him that he had begun to coast in his last years in Toronto. "I was just fortunate enough to have the talent," Carter said. "You know, you get spoiled when youre able to do a lot of things and you see that, and you really dont have to work at it. But now, I think with all the injuries and the things that have gone on, I have to work a little harder and Im a little hungrier. Thats why getting the opportunity to have a fresh start with New Jersey has made me want to attack the basket for a lot of reasons." To hear your franchise player admit to dogging it is beyond the pale and probably reason enough alone for the idea of some sort of reconciliation to be out of the question. Recently, though, Carter has claimed that he never wanted to leave the Raptors and told as much to Babcock, but was informed that a deal had already been agreed upon with the Nets. Former Raptors coach Sam Mitchell corroborated Carters account, but considering this information became public almost 10 years after the fact, it came across as little more than damage control for what is seemingly an irreparable image in this city. Still, as the spectre of Carters exit still casts a shadow over what he did as a Raptor, is it time that the two arent mutually exclusive? It was Carter who led the team to its first ever playoff spot. It was Carter who led the team to its first ever series win. It was Carter who got the Raptors onto national American television broadcasts and into the larger basketball consciousness as something other than just that team that plays in Canada. To say nothing of the fact that Carter remains the franchise leader in points per game and second in total points. Is it time Raptors fans let Carters legacy outshine the acrimony of his exit? Or is the exit his legacy with the Toronto Raptors? As always, its Your! Call. ' ' '