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Vincent Soyez

"Yeah, I'm open—as usual."

FROM OUR INBOX

"Crabtree is the best college receiver ever (College Football Preview, Aug. 25)? What about Jerry Rice?"¹ -GOLFBALLS03

"The SEC is better than most of the AFC East."² -JLEE527

"Why do you always show love for West Virginia in the conference breakdown but never spotlight Pat White?³ He's the best college football player in the country!" -THELEGEND23777

"Knowshon Moreno has an 8,000 hp motor in him!"⁴ -LAMAR931893

1 Okay, maybe Rice is the greatest wideout ever. But Crabtree caught 22 TDs as a frosh; Rice had only 50 TD catches in his entire college career.

2 It's an interesting point. The Bills, Jets and Dolphins had one Pro Bowler among them last season. The SEC produced nine AP All-Americas.

3 Never say never. If White can overcome losing Steve Slaton and Owen Schmitt while adapting to a new coach, we might yet give him his due.

4 That may be overstating it. But the 5'11", 207-pound soph does run a sub-4.5 40 and bench 425; that kind of energy can probably power a lightbulb.

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ROAR OF THE CROWD

An approximate breakdown of commonly held opinions sent to us by you over the past two weeks.

75% are proud to say their school's student section has more spirit (yes they do!) than those at Wisconsin or LSU.

18% suspect CC Sabathia will throw out his arm in Milwaukee.

4% hope Bucs RB Earnest Graham, former journeyman or not, stops buying diamond earrings with his new big paychecks.

3% would happily adopt Gators do-gooder TimTebow.

0% guessed correctly that the record box office for the Ali-Spinks rematch in 1978 surpassed the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey bout in 1927.

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TENNIS LESSONS

You need not speak a foreign language to enjoy the U.S. Open. But our Pronunciation Guide to the Open's Most Obscure Hopefuls can't hurt. E-mail post@espnthemag.com, and we'll send you the whole thing. But before you do, guess which of these special deliveries is correct.

1. Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)
a. ka-ta-REE-nah zree-BOT-nik
b. ka-TREE-nah serr-BOT-nik

2. Anna Chakvetadze (Russia)
a. AN-na chak-veh-TAHD-zee
b. AN-na chuk-veh-TAHD-zeh

3. Marin Cilic (Croatia)
a. muh-RIN SIL-itch
b. mah-rin SEE-litch

4. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)
a. STAN-ee-slas va-VINK-ah
b. STAN-ee-slaw waw-RINK-ah

5. Mikhail Youzhny (Russia)
a. mee-KAIL YOOS-nee
b. mik-HA-eel YOW-suh-nee

ANSWERS: ^{1.a;2.b;3.b;4.a;5.a}

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