If the real deal is Sept. 21, then today is the big weigh-in. All smiles, all compliments and nothing but praise for the other guy. Meanwhile, the fans can't stop arguing. The big game is still seven weeks away, but college football is slow-cooking a heaping helping of hype that will boil over about the same time that Neyland Stadium does next month. The winner gets the Heisman Trophy, it would seem, if not a national title as well.
Every magazine cover sends a vote to one or the other.
Sports Illustrated will have the Vols No. 1, the Gators No. 2, and Peyton Manning on the cover. On the Internet, it's a daily debate raging in chat rooms, spilling into bars from Gainesville to Knoxville. But no one will know for sure until Sept 21. He has the talent and the people surrounding him to get things done. Sherrill was speaking not of Wuerffel, but of Manning, who led the Vols to a 52-14 win over MSU last year.