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Countdown to college football: 25 days

"Hello Heisman."

It has been 25 years since Keith Jackson made that famous call as Desmond Howard crossed the goal line after dashing 93 yards to the end zone for the Michigan Wolverines. In a 31-3 rout over hated Ohio State, Howard put the exclamation point on a storybook season and placed himself in college football lore with one fantastic run.

The return was the only punt Howard brought back to the house in his junior season of 1991, but it served as a Heisman moment that propelled the Wolverines WR to blow out the competition grabbing 640 first-place votes when results were tabulated.

After the game, then Ohio State coach John Cooper said "there shouldn't be any controversy for the Heisman," and there certainly wasn't. Florida State's Casey Welson finished second in the Heisman voting that year -- with 19 first-place votes. Weldon's final total of 503 votes was nowhere close to Howard's 2,077.

In case you missed the start of our countdown:

26 days: Arkansas State led the nation with 26 interceptions in 2015

27 days: Clemson's Greg Huegel led the nation with 27 field goals in 2015

28 days: Adrian Peterson wore No. 28 for Oklahoma

29 days: Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium opened in 1929

30 days: Vinny Testaverde won the Heisman 30 years ago