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WEDNESDAY

Aug. 14

SI PRESEASON TOP 25

FRIDAY

Aug. 16

ACC PREVIEW

MONDAY

Aug. 19

BIG 12 PREVIEW

TUESDAY

Aug. 20

BIG TEN PREVIEW

WEDNESDAY

Aug. 21

PAC-12 PREVIEW

THURSDAY

Aug. 22

SEC PREVIEW

FRIDAY

Aug. 23

THE BEST OF THE REST REPORT

College Football Countdown

With the 2013 season just around the corner—the first games are on Aug. 29—go to SI.com for previews of each of the major conferences, including video breakdowns from senior writer Andy Staples, Stewart Mandel's College Football Mailbag and our daily Campus Union blog. Will SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's preseason No. 1 Alabama roll to its third straight national championship (its fourth in five years), or will No. 4 Ohio State find a way to make the Big Ten rise again? SI.com/cfb has predictions and all the latest preseason buzz.

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Andy Staples

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It's Fan Day at FSU. Players signing autographs. Coach Jimbo [Fisher]: "If that three-year-old gives you a dollar, don't take it."

Courtney Nguyen

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DUDE. Rafa [Nadal] is officially wearing hot pants [at the Rogers Cup in Montreal]. How in the world are those things riding up?

SI NOW

Are you ready for some f√∫tbol? Check out SI Now, SI.com's daily live talk show, hosted by Maggie Gray at 1 p.m. EST, for news and analysis with SI writers and guests like U.S. soccer star Clint Dempsey(above), who stopped by the studio to discuss his return to MLS and Team USA's prep for the 2014 World Cup.

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SI DIGITAL BONUS

Bring the Pain

From the SI Vault March 4, 2013

As a new season nears, let's recall how a ferocious hit on Michigan's Vincent Smith in last January's Outback Bowl shook the football world and solidified South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney as a household name.

By Tim Layden

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NICOLE ZIGMONT

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