Linebacker at the Center of Notre Dame’s Resurgence Lands on Sports Illustrated’s Regional Cover
Posted: September 26, 2012 Filed under: Sports Illustrated Cover, Uncategorized, Weekly Issue | Tags: college football Top 25, Manti Te'o, Notre Dame, notre dame football, Pete Thamel Comments Off
The Full Manti
Three days before Notre Dame played Michigan State, star Irish linebacker Manti Te’o’s grandmother and his girlfriend died in one six-hour period. While their deaths took an obvious emotional toll, Te’o found refuge in practicing and playing, and helped Notre Dame defeat the Spartans with 12 tackles. Yet Te’o’s influence extends off the field, where he’s helped create a brotherhood among teammates and links the Irish’s glorious past and promising future, especially after spurning the NFL for the chance to complete his senior season (page 42). Subscribers in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Eastern Missouri and almost all of Ohio, as well as parts of Canada, will see Te’o on their cover this week.
Says Father Paul Doyle, the rector in Te’o’s former college dorm: “There’s a lot of emphasis on greatness at this level, but Manti is also focused on goodness.”
2011 College Football Preview: Can the No. 1 Crimson Tide Roll to a Second National Title in Three Years?
Posted: August 16, 2011 Filed under: Weekly Issue | Tags: Andrew Luck, college football Top 25, Cornhuskers, Crimson Tide, Gamecocks, Sooners, Sports Illustrated Cover, Stanford Cardinal Comments Off
Five teams share the honors of gracing the cover for Sports Illustrated’s 2011 College Football Preview (dated Aug. 22 and on newsstands tomorrow): No. 1 Alabama (RB Trent Richardson), No. 2 Oklahoma (QB Landry Jones), No. 4 Stanford (QB Andrew Luck), No. 7 South Carolina (WR Alshon Jeffery) and No. 9 Nebraska (DT Jared Crick).
Those are just five team’s in SI’s preseason Top 25. To find out the rest, go to Sports Illustrated’s official Facebook page and, if you’re not already a fan, click the “Like” button. Then, on the lefthand side of the page, click “Fan’s Only” (third option from the top) to see our Top 25, which includes video previews of Teams 1-9 from SI.com senior writers Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples.
