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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Preview

28 PAGES OF SCOUTING REPORTS

SI'S TOP 10

1 / ALABAMA

2 / STANFORD

3 / TEXAS A&M

4 / OHIO STATE

5 / OREGON

6 / S. CAROLINA

7 / LOUISVILLE

8 / NOTRE DAME

9 / FLORIDA

10 / CLEMSON

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THE RISE OF THE NERDS

(See Stanford, Northwestern, Vandy, even Duke)

P. 46

Texas A&M's Johnny Manzıel

National Title Run ... Or Disaster?

P. 86

THE NEXT MIKE TROUT. THE NEXT BRYCE HARPER.

MINNESOTA'S FAT WITH TWIN PHENOMS

P. 40 /

PHOTO

SI HAS SIX REGIONAL COVER THIS WEEK: MARIO CANTU/CAL SPORT MEDIA (TEXAS A&M)

TWO PHOTOS