The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and (aside from all-star exhibition games that followed the bowl games) concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide,defeating the Texas Longhorns for the National Championship by the score of 37–21.
This season saw two milestones related to the Heisman Trophy:
- For the first time, two previous Heisman winners played in the same season—2008 winner Sam Bradford for Oklahoma and 2007 winner Tim Tebow of Florida.
- For the first time since 1946, the top three vote-getters from the previous season all returned—Bradford, Colt McCoy of Texas, and Tebow.
Read more about 2009 NCAA Division I FBS Football Season: Rule Changes For 2009, Records, New Stadiums, Key Matchups & Upsets of 2009, Conference Standings, Conference Summaries, Bowl Games
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It will the woefullest division prove
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Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled shows,
But like of each thing that in season grows.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)