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USA Today on Baker "the Gamer's" Heisman GIF

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What...no mention of Baker Mayfield's Heisman song?


Heisman campaigns, not just candidates, can be overnight sensations
Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Sports9:23 a.m. EST November 24, 2015

Baker Mayfield loves video games, but not exactly the same way other college athletes love video games.

He loves them so much he once considered quitting football and becoming a professional video gamer, an anecdote uncovered in a story published in October on Oklahoma's athletic website.

The story included complementary multimedia elements, from a video to infographics on gaming and a pixelated, 8-bit version of Mayfield in a Sooners uniform. At first, it remained just a drawing. Then, Oklahoma's digital media department came up with an idea based on a YouTube video of Mayfield dancing that went viral over the summer. Thus, #ShakeNBake GIF 1.0 included a dancing, video game character Mayfield.

(Much more at the link.)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...n-mccaffrey-oklahoma-baker-mayfield/76270136/
 
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