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This story appears in ESPN The Magazines October 17 Great Debates Issue. Subscribe today!ON THE SUNSET side of Tennessees ever-expanding football facility, high above the practice fields, is the Peyton Manning Room. Accessible only to visiting dignitaries and the biggest of boosters, the room is draped in accolades bestowed upon the greatest of all Vols: Pro Bowl jerseys, his Super Bowl MVP award, trophies named for Maxwell, OBrien and Unitas. Alas, there is one bronze statue missing. Nearly two decades later, the absence of the Stiff-Armed One still stings, and always will, because its inclusion once seemed so inevitable.From the minute I announced I would come back for my senior year, everywhere I went, class or a restaurant or wherever, people congratulated me on winning the Heisman, Manning recalls now of the award that would go to Michigans Charles Woodson. We were fortunate enough to get off to a nice start that year, and it only got worse. So I always tried to politely remind them that I was pretty sure they didnt give it out in September. They do it in December. And December was still a long ways away.Manning wasnt the first September Heisman victim, and he certainly wasnt the last. This years presumed winner, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, can ask Denard Robinson and Michigan fans about how the quarterback led the nation in rushing over September. But Shoelace & Co. lost five of their last seven regular-season games in 2010, and Cam Newton took the stage in New York. Or he can ask the folks in West Virginia about Geno Smith, who threw 20 TD passes and zero picks in September 2012 ... then fell out of the race with five straight Big 12 losses. Or he could ask LSUs current superstar. Leonard Fournette topped everyones Heisman rankings entering last October, averaging 210 rushing yards per game, but averaged less than half that in games against the SEC West in November and didnt get an invite to the ceremony.Its a compliment, and you have to take it that way, Fournette says of the buzz. But it can get out of control real fast. Ive used it as a lesson. What I did last week doesnt matter; what I do this week does. I tell guys that all the time -- not just on my team but anybody fortunate enough to get a little hype.If Fournettes 2015 September was intoxicating, then Jacksons start to 2016 shouldnt be street legal. Through his first five games, he has 28 TDs (14 rushing and 14 passing), and his 2,313 yards of total offense leads the nation.Hes on pace to reach 20 TDs through the air and 20 TDs via his feet by Game 8. Only four players have hit that mark in a full season: Tim Tebow, Newton, Johnny Manziel and Colin Kaepernick. The first three won Heismans. But only Tebow shouldered the weight of being the cover boy for every preview magazine. Newton and Manziel pulled off their magic past midseason, making Heisman front-runners vanish into thin air.Ive always been glad that I got to kind of ease into the spotlight, Newton says. Once I got into that spotlight, it was tough. I cant imagine what it wouldve been like had it been like that from the first day. By October youd already be exhausted.The guy Jackson most resembles, Baylors Robert Griffin III, pulled away from Andrew Luck to win the 2011 Heisman despite three October losses. His November was too electrifying for voters to ignore, especially his eight total TDs against Oklahoma and Texas.Jacksons fan base at Louisvilles Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium still smarts over the buzz and bust of Teddy Bridgewater in 2013 (thanks, Central Florida). The Cardinals went 12 -- 1 that year, but that lone stumble to one-loss UCF was enough to sink him.Jacksons play is so dynamic that even a 42 -- 36 loss in the closing seconds to Clemson and its trophy contender, Deshaun Watson, may have only burnished his shine. On the road, Jackson threw for 295 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 162 yards and two scores. Since 2011, only one Heisman winner, FSU QB Jameis Winston in 2013, has played on an undefeated team. And over that span, Heismans have gone to three players with two or more losses. Jackson will have to maintain his level of play against a better-than-expected ACC and in Houston against a Cougars team with the nations No. 3 scoring defense (11.2 ppg).My goal is to win games, the 19-year-old sophomore says. In September thats what we did, and Im glad people recognized that. Now I hope they recognize us in December too. Not me, us.And if Jackson wins the Heisman, maybe Papa John will let Peyton Manning hold it. 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Despite the cost, effort and an improved steroid test, its possible that very few -- if any -- positives will be detected, Dr. Richard Budgett told The Associated Press in an interview. "We just dont know what the results from Torino will be," Budgett said. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Maggie Steffens and the U.S. womens water polo team stood on the top step of the podium and belted out the national anthem through a mixture of smiles and tears.Italy and Russia stood on each side of the Americans, and they might as well have been miles away.The dominant U.S. womens teams in gymnastics, basketball and swimming have some company. The womens water polo team, hailing almost exclusively from California, beat Italy 12-5 on Friday for its second straight gold medal, and there are signs it could replicate the sustained success of some of Americas most famous Olympic juggernauts.We could, goaltender Ashleigh Johnson said. But some of our girls arent coming back, and they already know that. It wont be the same team. This team will never be the same team again.The U.S. closed its schedule with 22 straight wins, rolling through its six games in Rio by a combined score of 73-32. It currently holds each of the major crowns in womens water polo, adding a second Olympic gold to its world championship, World Cup and World League Super Final titles.The ease with which it dispatched with the eight-team field in Rio -- the Americans held the lead after 23 of their 24 quarters and trailed for a total of 44 seconds -- made a case for this team being the best ever assembled in the sport.I think you could make a strong argument, coach Adam Krikorian said. That 2012 team in the last games I love to death, they were a gritty, hard-nosed, tough crew, but this team has done some special things.Said Italy coach Fabio Conti: USA is, in this moment, a team of another universe.While the 2012 gold medalists were a veteran crew, the U.S. had nine newcomers this year, includiing teenagers Maddie Musselman and sisters Makenzie and Aria Fischer.dddddddddddd. Musselman scored 12 goals and made the all-tournament team, and Makenzie Fischer scored seven times.Johnson, the first black woman to play water polo for the United States in the Olympics, turns 22 next month. Steffens, the MVP of the last two games, is just 23 and sounded ready to sign up for Tokyo right away.I dont know whats going to happen in the next four years, Steffens said, but this is too incredible, incredible of an opportunity to call yourself an Olympian with a team, a real team, not just people that are thrown together, but a team that has grown together, to pass up again. So I for sure would love to be back in this situation in four years.The big question is the status of Krikorian, who said he wasnt sure if he would continue with the national team. Krikorians brother, Blake, died right before the start of the Olympics, starting an emotional time for the former UCLA coach, culminating with the victory in the final.Krikorian is beloved by his players, who rallied to his side when he returned to Rio after going home to spend time with his family, and his departure could alter the trajectory of the program.I love coaching. I love this team, Krikorian said. I love having an impact on young people. I love leading. That doesnt mean that this is what Im going to do the rest of my life. I think I need to figure that out. I think its always good to keep your options open and see what else is out there.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '