BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Resting against the wall in Eddie George's still sparsely furnished office at Bowling Green is a framed poster of the Heisman Trophy, signed by every winner of the award from its inaugural season in 1935 (Jay Berwanger) through 1990 (Ty Detmer).
The unique bit of college football memorabilia belongs to tight ends coach Dewayne Alexander, who procured it from a fan years ago, but he figured it would look better in the head coach's office. After all, if the poster's history extended another five years, George's signature would be there, too.
This is, invariably, the first thing anyone notes about Bowling Green's new head coach, the first Heisman winner hired to lead an FBS program since Steve Spurrier, and George isn't trying to hide from the label.