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38 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL

PURE CHAOS

College football's season of strangeness plunges toward a thrilling conclusion

By Andy Staples

46 | THE MMQB

Jim Harbaugh

One year removed from the Super Bowl, the 49ers' coach is in pursuit of football redemption

By Austin Murphy

54 | REMEMBRANCE

Newtown

One six-year-old victim is a reminder to everyone who loves sports: We all were Jack Pinto, once

By S.L. Price

60 | THE MMQB

Martellus Bennett

The Bears' tight end is full of ideas, projects, opinions ... and nicknames. Just ask the Black Unicorn himself

By Ben Reiter

6 | SI Digital

8 | Leading Off

16 | The Mail

19 | Scorecard

28 | Faces in the Crowd

29 | Just My Type

Dan Patrick: Pats DE Chandler Jones on brotherly love

70 | Point After

Michael Rosenberg: The others who feel Derrick Rose's pain

SI HAS REGIONAL COVERS THIS WEEK: DAVE MARTIN/AP (AUBURN); WESLEY HITT/GETTY IMAGES (HARBAUGH COVER); ANDREW WEBER/USA TODAY SPORTS (OHIO STATE); JOHN BIEVER FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (HARBAUGH INSET)

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DAVID E. KLUTHO/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (BELL)

TIDE DOWN Kenny Bell of Alabama (7) was no match for Auburn's kickoff return coverage.

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DAVID BERGMAN FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (HARBAUGH)

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COURTESY OF THE PINTO FAMILY (JACK PINTO)

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JONATHAN DANIEL/GETTY IMAGES (BENNETT)