Lineup
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
42 BRINGING OUT THE BEST
Corruption. Fraud. Cheating. Where's the joy in the college game these days? Everywhere
By Austin Murphy
57 THE TOP 10 GAME DAYS
Where to go to find the best in age-old rivalries, crowd enthusiasm and mascots
By Austin Murphy
64 SCOUTING REPORTS
Breakdowns of each of the Top 25 teams, with complete schedules and key players
99 WHO WILL WIN THE HEISMAN
Applying a six-step formula based on voting trends to the leading candidates of 2011
By Cory McCartney
105 HOW THEY WILL FINISH
Predictions of the year-end records for all 120 FBS teams, conference by conference
42 PLUS: RANKING THE CONFERENCES, COACHES, GAMES AND TRADITIONS
Departments
4 Leading Off
12 Letters
17 Scorecard
The NCAA's crisis of confidence
23 Faces in the Crowd
24 Just My Type
Donovan McNabb gets used to wearing purple
By Dan Patrick
28 Inside ...
NFL
Philosophical differences
High School Football
Don Bosco Prep is No. 1
MLB
Assessing A.J. Burnett
NASCAR
A high-speed vendetta
Golf
America's Rory McIlroy
114 Point After
Stop me before I watch the NFL preseason again
BY PHIL TAYLOR
"There was Johnson last Friday in the media center at Watkins Glen, still bashing Busch, saying, "There's no love lost between the two of us... . I'm not going to let him run his mouth."
—Lars Anderson, on the NASCAR feud between Jimmie Johnson (left) and Kurt Busch
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JOHN HARRELSON/GETTY IMAGES (JOHNSON)
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JED JACOBSOHN (STANFORD-OREGON)
BREAKAWAY SATURDAY After a 52--31 loss last year, Stanford (in white) can get even with Oregon on Nov. 12 in Palo Alto, where a shot at the BCS title could be on the line.
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DAMIAN STROHMEYER (ALABAMA)
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MIKE MCGINNIS/ICON SMI (BUCKY BADGER)
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BILL FRAKES (FLORIDA STATE)
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PETER READ MILLER (ANDREW LUCK)
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CHRIS CODUTO/ICON SMI (ARIZONA)
