August 19, 2013 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
JASON DUFNER BROKE THROUGH WITH A REDEMPTIVE TRIUMPH AT THE PGA, JOINING AN INCREASINGLY LONG LIST OF FIRST-TIME CHAMPIONS OF GOLF'S BIG FOUR EVENTS. BUT IF WINNING A MAJOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE CAREER-CHANGING, WHY HAS IT BECOME SO HARD TO BACK UP A VICTORY WITH A SECOND?
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LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
BASEBALL
By Albert Chen
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
THE CEREBRAL REVOLUTION IS ON IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND STANFORD LINEBACKER SHAYNE SKOV IS HAPPY TO LEAD IT. BUT THERE'S A DEEPER STORY HERE TOO, ABOUT A BOY AS TOUGH AS THEY COME. TO GROW UP AS HE DID, HE HAD TO BE
By Pete Thamel
AN SI WRITER AND STANFORD ALUM REMEMBERS THE NOT-SO-GLORIOUS DAYS
By Kelli Anderson, '84
SI STAFFERS REFLECT ON THE RISE OF THEIR ALMA MATERS AND SHOW OFF A SMART GUY WHO PLAYS FOR EACH. CALL THEM NERDS AT YOUR OWN RISK—THE PLAYERS THAT IS
THE HEISMAN: THE NEXT JOHNNY FOOTBALL
By Zac Ellis
SCAN THE CHANNELS ON ANY GIVEN SATURDAY, AND YOU'LL SEE COACHES EVERYWHERE DITCHING THE HUDDLE IN FAVOR OF A FIELD-STRETCHING SPEED GAME—EXCEPT FOR THE GUYS WEARING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS
By Andy Staples
IN THE BEGINNING, A SYSTEM WAS CREATED TO MAKE SURE THE TOP TWO TEAMS PLAYED FOR THE NATIONAL TITLE. THE SOON-TO-BE-BLOWN-UP BCS IS FAR FROM PERFECT, BUT IT WAS A GIANT LEAP IN THE EVOLUTION OF A PLAYOFF
By Thayer Evans
By Zac Ellis
By Andy Staples
By Zac Ellis
By Andy Staples
By Dan Greene
By Elizabeth McGarr McCue
By Ted Keith
By R.J. Rico
By Zac Ellis
By Zac Ellis
The 1942 Rose Bowl rallied a rattled country and brought together men who soon would become brothers on far-flung battlefields
By Brian Curtis
POINT AFTER
By Steve Rushin
Departments
By Chris Mannix
By Albert Chen
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Sarah Kwak
By Interview by Dan Patrick
By Andy Staples