Houston Nutt says “Damn your cover jinx, SI!!! It’s Ole Miss time!!!” Or, it could’ve went down something like this.

Well, that was fun while it lasted. Thanks to Sports Illustrated, a promising season for the Kansas City Royals, led by the unable-to-score-on Zack Greinke, looks like it might be coming to an end. What would cause such an early season collapse after a respectable 10-9 start? Injuries? Bad hitting? [...]

By having regional covers for their Big Dance issue, Sports Illustrated has evidently decided to see just how many teams they can jinx. Here are all six covers in thumbnail form. Click for a bigger image:
    
    
I hope those SI covers don’t wreck your bracket too badly.