NEW YORK (AP) — Same iconic statue, very different race. With two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty leading the field, these certainly aren't your typical Heisman Trophy contenders. Sure, veteran quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel from top-ranked Oregon and Cam Ward of No. 15 Miami are finalists for college football's most prestigious award as well, but the 90th annual ceremony coming up Saturday night at Lincoln Center in New York City offers a fresh flavor this year. To start with, none of the four are from the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, which has produced four of the past five Heisman winners — two each from Alabama and LSU. Jeanty, who played his home games for a Group of Five team on that peculiar blue turf in Idaho more than 2,100 miles from Manhattan, is the first running back even invited to the Heisman party since 2017. After leading the country with 2,497 yards rushing and 29 touchdowns, he joined quarterback Kellen Moore (2010) as the only Boise State players to be named a finalist. “The running back position has been overlooked for a while now," said Jeanty, who plans to enter the 2025 NFL draft. "There's been a lot of great running backs before me that should have been here in New York, so to kind of carry on the legacy of the running back position I think is great. ... I feel as if I'm representing the whole position.” With the votes already in, all four finalists spent Friday conducting interviews and sightseeing in the Big Apple. They were given custom, commemorative watches to mark their achievement. “I'm not a watch guy, but I like it,” said Hunter, flashing a smile. The players also took photos beneath the massive billboards in Times Square and later posed with the famous Heisman Trophy, handed out since 1935 to the nation's most outstanding performer. Hunter, the heavy favorite, made sure not to touch it yet. A dominant player on both offense and defense who rarely comes off the field, the wide receiver/cornerback is a throwback to generations gone by and the first full-time, true two-way star in decades. On offense, he had 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns this season to help the 20th-ranked Buffaloes (9-3) earn their first bowl bid in four years. On defense, he made four interceptions, broke up 11 passes and forced a critical fumble that secured an overtime victory against Baylor. Hunter played 688 defensive snaps and 672 more on offense — the only Power Four conference player with 30-plus snaps on both sides of the ball, according to Colorado research. Call him college football’s answer to baseball unicorn Shohei Ohtani. “I think I laid the ground for more people to come in and go two ways,” Hunter said. “It starts with your mindset. If you believe you can do it, then you'll be able to do it. And also, I do a lot of treatment. I keep up with my body. I get a lot of recovery.” Hunter is Colorado's first Heisman finalist in 30 years. The junior from Suwanee, Georgia, followed flashy coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State, an HBCU that plays in the lower level FCS, to the Rocky Mountains and has already racked up a staggering combination of accolades this week, including The Associated Press player of the year. Hunter also won the Walter Camp Award as national player of the year, along with the Chuck Bednarik Award as the top defensive player and the Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver. “It just goes to show that I did what I had to do,” Hunter said. Next, he'd like to polish off his impressive hardware collection by becoming the second Heisman Trophy recipient in Buffaloes history, after late running back Rashaan Salaam in 1994. “I worked so hard for this moment, so securing the Heisman definitely would set my legacy in college football,” Hunter said. “Being here now is like a dream come true.” Jeanty carried No. 8 Boise State (12-1) to a Mountain West Conference championship that landed the Broncos the third seed in this year's College Football Playoff. They have a first-round bye before facing the SMU-Penn State winner in the Fiesta Bowl quarterfinal on New Year’s Eve. The 5-foot-9, 215-pound junior from Jacksonville, Florida, won the Maxwell Award as college football’s top player and the Doak Walker Award for best running back. Jeanty has five touchdown runs of at least 70 yards and has rushed for the fourth-most yards in a season in FBS history — topping the total of 115 teams this year. He needs 132 yards to break the FBS record set by Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State in 1988. In a pass-happy era, however, Jeanty is trying to become the first running back to win the Heisman Trophy since Derrick Henry for Alabama nine years ago. In fact, quarterbacks have snagged the prize all but four times this century. Gabriel, an Oklahoma transfer, led Oregon (13-0) to a Big Ten title in its first season in the league and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. The steady senior from Hawaii passed for 3,558 yards and 28 touchdowns with six interceptions. His 73.2% completion rate ranks second in the nation, and he's attempting to join quarterback Marcus Mariota (2014) as Ducks players to win the Heisman Trophy. “I think all the memories start to roll back in your mind,” Gabriel said. Ward threw for 4,123 yards and led the nation with a school-record 36 touchdown passes for the high-scoring Hurricanes (10-2) after transferring from Washington State. The senior from West Columbia, Texas, won the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Year award and is looking to join QBs Vinny Testaverde (1986) and Gino Torretta (1992) as Miami players to go home with the Heisman. “I just think there's a recklessness that you have to play with at the quarterback position,” Ward said. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballFBI advises Android, iOS users to avoid text messages

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Indiana State University Opens New Esports LabOnce again Munster came up short against modest French opposition in the Champions Cup with a distracted, disconnected, ill-disciplined and error-prone performance. Although Castres maintained their unbeaten home record, this was a missed opportunity for Munster. A scrappy contest was dominated by the whistle of pernickety English referee Christophe Ridley, who penalised each side a whopping 17 times, but Munster could not avail of the three yellow cards for a Castres side that played on the edge and were more physical and direct. With that in mind, the Munster think tank must privately question their decision to rest Gavin Coombes for the first time since the season before last season, and one lost count of the handling errors in Munster’s stilted running game. Right from the off it was hard to keep up with the elementary errors which Munster were making in addition to some over-elaborate and laboured handling. A lack of intent in the collisions and at the breakdown was evident. Jack Crowley missed a penalty to touch and Munster conceded soft penalties, leading to a narrow escape when hooker Gaetan Barlot just failed to complete the grounding to his own chip with an advantage play The former Connacht number eight Abraham Papalii was then prevented from grounding over the line by his opposite number and Champions Cup debutant Brian Gleeson. [ Castres 16 Munster 14 as it happened Opens in new window ] But the warnings were not heeded. When Munster attempted to reach the edge well inside their own 10-metre line Tom Farrell’s intended pass to Thaakir Abrahams was forward and a second high tackle by Stephen Archer led to Castres going to the corner again. Jeremy Davidson and co had done their homework, the heavily involved Tyler Ardron popping the ball down at the front of the lineout for Papali’I to target the blindside defence of Craig Casey and Abrahams to crash over. Calvin Nash’s aerial abilities earned some momentum but a 42-metre penalty by Jack Crowley, who didn’t seem to be striking the ball well, fell short. Short-term signing Dian Bleuler then copped Jack Goodhue’s knee on the head due to his own no-arms tackle, which meant Dave Kilcoyne coming on barely 20 minutes in for his first game in almost exactly a year. And he had a tough night. Crowley kicked out on the full, Peter O’Mahony was pinged for side entry and Papali’i tapped and charged before Quentin Walcker crashed through Kilcoyne’s tackle to score. The only plus for Munster at this stage was that Jeremy Fernandez again missed the kickable conversion, albeit Casey had to be carried off with what looked a problematic knee injury. There were also injuries for David Kilcoyne, Peter O’Mahony and Craig Casey. So, when Walcker was binned for a high shot on Gleeson and Crowley kicked toward the corner, Niall Scannell’s throw hit Tadgh Beirne and John Hodnett peeled infield and ploughed through three tackles with a combination of footwork and strength for a fine try. What’s more, Crowley landed a good conversion, although even then Mike Haley kicked out on the full to invite some additional and unnecessary pressure before trotting off grateful to be 10-7 down. Munster looked well-placed when Geoffrey Palis was rightly binned on the resumption for a cynical deliberate knock-on to prevent Crowley’s pass reaching Farrell. But Munster made an absolute mess of the lineout – again being over-elaborate. Instead, a couple of scrum penalties led to Fernandez making it 13-7 before Palis returned without Munster troubling the scoreboard. They also had a fortunate reprieve after Tadhg Beirne had conceded a daft penalty when flying off his feet when Julien Dumora somehow missed a penalty from almost straight in front of the posts. Munster responded by going to their catch-and-drive, which earned a couple more close-range penalties and a yellow card for the Castres replacement prop Nicolas Corato for blatantly pulling down the maul. Even then, the next lineout malfunctioned, but was retried by Beirne, and Munster went through the phases. Diarmuid Barron, Jack O’Donoghue and Beirne again made inroads before Hodnett burrowed over his second try, which was awarded on review despite Santiago Arata seeming to force a knock-on from Paddy Patterson. Crowley converted for the lead, but Munster’s weakened scrum was again pinged for Louis le Brun to kick Castres 16-14 ahead. Despite Archer returning for Kilcoyne, with Oli Jager moving to loosehead, the scrum coughed up another penalty. They had one final shot from just inside halfway, and understandably opted to go up the line, but much like the performance, Crowley’s kick fell short of that target too. Scoring sequence: 13 mins Papali’I try 5-0; 30 mins Walcker try 10-0; 37 mins Hodnett try, Crowley con 10-7; (half-time 10-7); 49 Fernandez pen 13-7; 69 mins Hodnett try, Crowley con 13-14; 73 mins le Brun pen 16-14. Castres Olympique: Julien Dumora; Geoffrey Palis, Jack Goodhue, Andrea Cocagi, Rémy Baget; Louis le Brun, Jeremy Fernandez; Quentin Walcker, Gaetan Barlot, Will Collier, Gauthier Maravat, Leone Nakarawa, Mathieu Babillot (capt), Tyler Ardron, Abraham Papalii. Replacements: Wayan de Benedittis for Papali’I (36-43 mins) and for Walcker (63 mins), Santiago Arata for Fernandez (52 mins), Loris Zarantonello for Barlot, Paul Jedrasiak for Nakarawa, Feibyan Tukino for Papali’i, Adrien Seguret for Cocagi (all 63 mins), Nicolas Corato for Collier, Theo Chabouni for Dumora (both 67 mins), Collier for Babillot (71 mins). Sinbinned: Walcker (33-43 mins), Palis (44-54 mins), Corato (68-78 mins). Munster: Mike Haley; Calvin Nash, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell, Thaakir Abrahams; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Dian Bleuler, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne (capt); Peter O’Mahony, John Hodnett, Brian Gleeson. Replacements: Dave Kilcoyne for Bleuler (22 mins), Paddy Patterson for Casey (32 mins), Jack O’Donoghue for Gleeson (50 mins), Tom Ahern for O’Mahony (52 mins), Diarmuid Barron for N Scannell, Oli Jager for Archer (both 55 mins), Rory Scannell for Abrahams (59 mins), Alex Kendellen for Hodnett (71 mins), Archer for Kilcoyne (75 mins). Referee: Christophe Ridley (Eng) Gerry Thornley is Rugby Correspondent of The Irish Times

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