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Tim Brown won the Heisman Trophy but missed out on Notre Dame's last national title

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Tim Brown is the last Notre Dame player to win the Heisman Trophy, but he missed out on the school’s last national championship by one year.

Did Brown, a member of both the college and pro football halls of fame, suspect a perfect season was in the offing for his alma mater as he headed to the NFL in the spring of 1988?