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Maurice Clarett takes center stage in news department.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Jemele Hill
TEMPE, Ariz. _ No more than four or five people surrounded Miami (Fla.) tailback Willis McGahee as he answered questions Tuesday during the football team's media day. For a guy who rushed for a school-record 1,686 yards this season _ and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting _ he wasn't especially popular.
Less than an hour later, five times as many reporters swarmed Ohio State freshman Maurice Clarett, who ran for an OSU freshman record of 1,190 yards.
Every phrase Clarett uttered was a sound bite. Pulling a juicy quote from McGahee was like, well, trying to stop him _ almost impossible.
They are so similar on the field _ creative, shifty, explosive and likely future top-five NFL draft choices _ but so different off of it. Clarett breathes and there is controversy. McGahee might put someone to sleep in an interview.
The contrast is blatant at the Fiesta Bowl, where ...
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