Central Florida's Culpepper has Heisman in `site'

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: September 20, 1998 | Copyright information

ORLANDO, Fla. The University of Central Florida is going high-tech with Heisman Trophy promotion.

The independent school that began playing Division I-A football in 1996 features one of the nation's most exciting players and a Heisman Trophy candidate, quarterback Daunte Culpepper.

Unlike other more well-known football teams that promote Heisman hopefuls with postcards and brochures sent via U.S. mail, the Orlando, Fla.-based school operating on a limited budget is using the...

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