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Until further notice, the Heisman Watch is a three-horse race. Matt Moore Authentic . With a fair number of bye weeks and unimpressive performances, it wasnt a pretty week for the top contenders of college footballs most prestigious individual award. There was however, one exception. The original leader in the Heisman Watch, Clemson QB Tajh Boyd, jumped back into the fray with a strong game against Wake Forest. In the third-ranked Tigers blowout win over the Demon Deacons, Boyd threw for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns, while adding 69 yards and a score on the ground. Boyd became just the second ACC quarterback to throw for 100 touchdowns in the win, and while the number signifies the great career the senior has had, his final year has him ranked as a favourite for the Heisman. Johnny Manziel continued his impressive Heisman-defence campaign in A&Ms win over Arkansas. The Aggies struggled early against their SEC rivals but eventually pulled away for a comfortable win with Manziel finishing with more than 300 combined yards and two touchdowns. The “third horse”, Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater, enjoyed a bye in Week 5. And now to the disappointing performances. Oregon QB Marcus Mariota was only average in the second-ranked Ducks crushing of Cal. Sure, the redshirt sophomore only needed to be average in Week 5, but a 114 yards passing and two touchdowns line He did account for three scores but his 114 yards through the air wasnt enough for him to join the elite level in Week 5. Alabama QB AJ McCarron had a second straight so-so effort in the Crimson Tides blanking of Ole Miss while Georgia RB Todd Gurley wasnt the difference maker in the Bulldogs win over LSU. Baylor RB Lache Seastrunk and UCLA QB Brett Hundley were off in Week 5. And just when we almost forgot him, Ohio State QB Braxton Miller returned from injury with four touchdowns against the previously ranked Wisconsin Badgers. If the Heisman was a shared award, Miller and Kenny Guiton would be a lot higher on this list. Rank Player Notes 1 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M QB was solid in close game vs. Arkansas 2 Teddy Bridgewater Louisville QB had bye in Week 5 3 Tajh Boyd Clemson QB jumps back in the fray after strong week 4 Marcus Mariota Oregon QB was only okay in blowout win vs. Cal 5 Lache Seastunk Baylor RB had bye in Week 5 - Brett Hundley UCLA QB had bye in Week 5 - Todd Gurley Georgia RB was solid, but not the difference maker in win vs. LSU - AJ McCarron Alabama QB had second-straight mediocre week - Derek Carr Fresno St. QBs spot in the Watch tentative following so-so Week 5 - Braxton Miller If Ohio State QBs could share the Heisman, hed be higher on the list Joe Maddon Blue Jersey .  Midfielder Michael Bradley, one of the teams new designated players, will make his debut, while striker Gilberto could see his first action for TFC in the contest. Matt Joyce Authentic . First reported by FOX Sports Ken Rosenthal, its unknown if the impetus for the deferral proposal came from players or management, but it never left the preliminary stages. SHEFFIELD, England -- Italys Vincenzo Nibali displayed his riding smarts at the Tour de France, winning Stage 2 on Sunday and taking the yellow jersey after a well-choreographed attack on rivals in the postindustrial English city known for "The Full Monty." The Astana team leader nicknamed "The Shark" for his road savvy took the final lead in a cycling dance of sorts with other title hopefuls, who took turns in front in the last stretch through a sea of fans from York to Sheffield. Nibali perhaps had more at stake: The 29-year-old rider has won the Italian Giro and Spains Vuelta, but has never captured cyclings showcase event. The victory on Sunday gave him both his first Tour stage win and yellow jersey, and sent a message that he could contend to take it home from Paris in three weeks. With less than two kilometres left, Nibali escaped a 21-man breakaway bunch at the end of the 201-kilometre course over nine heath-covered hills of Yorkshire, and held off their late surge. England is hosting the first three Tour stages this year. GERMAN LOSES YELLOW JERSEY Marcel Kittel, a powerful German sprinter who often struggles on climbs, trailed nearly 20 minutes back and lost the yellow jersey that he had captured by winning Stage 1. While the Italian won the fight to the line, under the shadow of a black Sheffield Forgemasters tower, defending champion Chris Froome of Britain and two-time winner Alberto Contador of Spain are focusing more on the overall race -- which ends July 27 on Paris Champs-Elysees. Overall, Nibali leads 20 other riders by two seconds, including Froome in fifth place and Contador in eighth. A six-man breakaway bunch tried its chances early, but got swallowed up by the pack with less than 40 kilometres left. Then, the big race stars moved to the front, splitting the pack. Contador, Froome, and Americans Andrew Talansky and Tejay van Garderen all spent time at the front. At times, they mustered bursts of speed or zipped across with width of the road in tactical manoeuvrs. "In the finale, a lot of contenders were making moves: Nibali ended up taking two seconds on us," Froome said. "Its not a big margin. For me, it was about staying out of trouble to stay at the front, and avoiding any major issues or splits. "Im tired, but I hope everyones tired after a day like today." TIME TO WORK, ASTANA Dave Brailsford,, boss of Froomes Team Sky, said the leaders actually "were all hesitant, because nobody wanted the jersey. Ben Zobrist Blue Jersey. " In the cycling playbook, the yellow shirt brings both glory and responsibility. Brailsford said: "Astana will have to now defend it, which is pretty good for anybody else. "Perfect. Theyve got to work." Nibali didnt dare claim he might keep it all the way to Paris, saying "the Tour de France doesnt stop here: We have three weeks to go, and very tough and tricky stages lie ahead." Mondays stage should be a far less grueling ride: Riders cover 155 kilometres from Cambridge to London, where the pack will finish on the Mall not far from Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. CROWDS FOR A CLASSIC STAGE The course Sunday resembled that of historic one-day races known as "classics," which often feature hilly terrain. Michael Rodgers, an Australian on Contadors Tinkoff-Saxo Bank team, called it "a bit of a special stage, like the Amstel Gold Race, but with 20 times the people." New roads for cyclings greatest race also mean new audiences, some of whom are so enthusiastic and eager for a selfie with the pack that they might not realize the hazards of getting too close to the riders as they go by. Untold thousands turned out just hours after one of the biggest British stars in the race, Mark Cavendish, dropped out because of pain from a separated right shoulder sustained in a crash Saturday. "There are thousands and thousands of people. Its great but its also dangerous," Contador said. Race officials say millions of fans have flooded the course route in just the first two stages. While Yorkshire doesnt have ascents on a par with the Alps or Pyrenees in France, riders faced nine low- to mid-grade climbs. The hardest was the Holme Moss pass. The steepest was also the shortest: The 800-meter Jenkin Road pass had an average gradient of 10.8 per cent. Several riders crashed. Simon Gerrans, who went down with Cavendish in Saturdays stage, also spilled -- as did van Garderen and Joachim Rodriguez, the third-place finisher in the 2013 Tour. All recovered to finish the stage. On the up-and-down, picturesque course, the 197-rider peloton scaled a narrow, cobblestone hill in Haworth, where the Bronte sisters -- the famed 19th-century novelists -- lived when their father was parson in the town. cheap jerseys from china cheap jerseys ' ' '