The other three covers feature teams SI has picked to be in the BCS playoff
Dak's southeast cover comes at the expense of Auburn, the other team SI picked to make the playoff. The story about Dak, written by Pete Thamel, also is teased on the front cover of every issue, regardless of the cover picture. Just further proof that Dak is the greatest and most popular football player to ever play at Mississippi State, and possibly the greatest, most popular, college football player ever in the state of Mississippi who doesn't have the last name Manning.