Marcus Mariota knows what he has to do at the NFL combine, whether he throws there or not. ''It's going to be a decision that my agent and the team that I have around me will decide when I get closer.'' The O'Brien's black-tie awards dinner was held in downtown Fort Worth, about 20 minutes from the stadium where exactly five weeks earlier the Heisman Trophy winner got hurt in Oregon's 42-20 championship loss to Ohio State. Named in honor of the 1938 Heisman Trophy winner from TCU, the O'Brien is another in an impressive list of awards for Mariota. Oregon's star quarterback was the overwhelming winner for this year's Heisman Trophy and The Associated Press college football player of the year.
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