Cover Description

[The following text appears on the cover. This is 1 of 2 covers.]

SI'S BCS TITLE GAME PREDICTION

ALABAMA 23 NOTRE DAME 16

— A QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SIMULATION —

Yuuuuule TIDE!

... AND A

Rammer Jammer

NEW YEAR!

PLUS

Peyton, Perfectos and The Fans' Choice

THE YEAR'S MOST MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENTS

FAREWELL | Gary Carter | Junior Seau | Rick Majerus | Alex Karras | Joe Paterno | Hector Camacho | Art Modell | Teófilo Stevenson | Johnny Pesky | Darrell Royal | Orlando Woolridge | Sarah Burke | Slater Martin | Jeff Blatnick | Pascual Perez | Angelo Dundee | Marvin Miller | Dan Roundfield | Moose Skowron | Ben Davidson | Giorgio Chinaglia | Jack Twyman | Emanuel Steward | Eddie Yost | Lee MacPhail | Dwayne Schintzius | Carmen Basilio | Margaret duPont | Don Carter | Amarillo Slim | Art Heyman | Vladimir Krutov | Johnny Tapia | Steve Van Buren | Harry Keough | Doris Sams

PHOTO

ON THE COVER: Photograph by Al Tielemans (Alabama cover)