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SI Releases Regional Covers For All 4 College Football Playoff Teams

By Phil Watson

Dec 13, 2014; New York, NY, USA; Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota kisses the Heisman Trophy during a press conference at the New York Marriott Marquis after winning the Heisman Trophy. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2014; New York, NY, USA; Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota kisses the Heisman Trophy during a press conference at the New York Marriott Marquis after winning the Heisman Trophy. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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The countdown to the inaugural College Football Playoff is on and Sports Illustrated marked the occasion with four regional covers, one for each team.

Jan. 1 is a little more than a week away.

Sports Illustrated is gearing up for the first-ever College Football Playoff with four regional covers, one for each of the playoff’s four teams.

Senior quarterback Blake Sims grabbed the Alabama cover, third-string redshirt freshman quarterback Cardale Jones graces the Ohio State cover and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota is on the Oregon cover.

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The Florida State cover, meanwhile, has a photo of quarterback Jameis Winston, but doesn’t mention him by name in the headline.

Intentional? Perhaps.

Alabama plays Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 and Oregon and Florida State collide in the Rose Bowl the same day.

The winners advance to the championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 12.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has already made complaint-like sounds about not having more than 30 days to prepare for a potential national title game, should the Crimson Tide get past the Buckeyes.

"“The big change is going to be the turnaround and getting ready for the next game and being able to plan for that game,” Saban said on ESPN during the selection show for the CFP. “In the national championship games that we’ve played in, we’ve had over 30 days to prepare and that’s been very helpful to our staff.”"

Yeah, being able to look at every play your opponent has run over the last five years would be helpful.

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