SI cover

Maybe the verb "Sucks" is on page 2 or something.

 

Andre Laguerre would barely recognize his baby these days. The SI we revere, Laguerre created (with Henry Luce's money) and turned into a profit machine with journalism of the highest order. Today, the profit is there. It all started to go downhill when technology allowed every page to have color. The color was then mandated to be on every page, copy aside, and the "Illustrated" portion took over at the expense of the story. All that has followed is the unfortunately inevitable progression.

 

"Booley"

 

Even though I am a huge OHIO STATE fan that cover sucked big time plus the headline, come on some one is not doing their job over at SI.

 

Is that the hybrid of Bruce Hooley?

 

I don't know -- in the '80s (and perhaps earlier) they used to routinely have an October issue with the stirring headline "The World Series," and a photo cutline. That's it. Not sure that's any less original than the Ohio State cover.

 

i agree that this cover writing is nothing new. i remember a five or six years ago a cover that said "Whoa!" with the subhed something like 'the giants beat the 49ers in a showdown of the NFL's heavyweights" or something. that's what i'd expect from the AP not SI.

 

To be fair, "state" actually can be a verb.

 

Not picking nits, you're on the money here. It's like they thought a minimalist approach would be artsy here, but it didn't work for me.

 

Given the importance of the victory, "Ohio Statement" would have worked.

 

that seems fine for a daily in ohio or texas but not for SI.

 

Yeah, "Ohio Statement" doesn't do much for me, either.

Personally, i think this thread is much ado about nothing. I didn't think there was anything wrong with just "Ohio State" ... The Buckeyes won what will probably be the biggest matchup of the season, except for the national championship game. What more do you need??