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Quite the birthday gift: Badgers’ Montee Ball named a Heisman Trophy finalist

University of Wisconsin junior running back Montee Ball wasn?t even in the Heisman Trophy conversation entering the month of November. On Monday, Ball?s 21st birthday, he sat in front of the television and heard the news he is headed to New York as one of five finalists for the prestigious award, which will be handed out Saturday night. “Best birthday ever,” Ball said at a hastily arranged news conference.