Playboy October 2007

COVER STORY
The SEC is in top form and not just because of the championships its teams won in the past year. We sent photographers to Southeastern Conference schools to study the student bodies and discover the most captivating coeds. Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda finds Miss April 2007 Giuliana Marino in the campus spirit; our Rabbit is on time for the unzipping.

FEATURES
56 STUDENTS ON STUDENTS
There has been sex on college campuses only since, like, forever. But what is the reality for students trying to live, love and get lucky in 2007? We ask eight female college sex columnists (oh yeah, and one guy) for the scoop on who's doing it, how often, in what ways and by what rules.
68 BREW U
You are a member of a species that has been knocking back beer for 5,000 years, but how familiar are you with the various incarnations of the holy trinity of water, hops and barley malt? Crack open a cold one and find out what the ale you are drinking, thanks to our sudsy syllabus.
92 THE RANCH
They are grown now and have turned into good, productive workers and citizens of the world. But at one time children born and raised communally were part of a grand social experiment that promised peace, love and harmony. Our writer, an ex-communard himself, sits down with a group of hippie offspring to reflect on the demise of a utopian dream. BY DAVID BLACK
102 PLAYBOY'S 2007 NFL PREVIEW
Okay, Peyton's finally got his Lombardi. Can he cop another? In our annual pro pigskin preview Rick Gosselin tackles who's up, who's down, the top grudge matches and our picks for the 2007-2008 season. Also: football's most significant stat.

FICTION
74 LIZARD MAN
When Cam's dad dies, he and his best friend travel from St. Petersburg to Lee, Florida to tie up loose ends. At his father's abandoned house, they expect to find the place in disarray; what they don't expect is the gator waiting for them in the backyard. In this tale by our College Fiction Contest winner, it turns out some life stories are crocks. BY DAVID JAMES POISSANT

THE PLAYBOY FORUM
41 DEFEATING DYSFUNCTION
The author of Broken Government says it is vital for Democratic presidential candidates to start holding Republicans accountable for their persistent abuses of process that have fouled up Washington's political systems. BY JOHN DEAN

20Q
72 ALI LARTER
The duplicitous one-woman army from TV's Heroes chats with us mere mortals about battling the undead in Resident Evil: Extinction, why she can't respect a man who hasn't got game and why she's now okay with being the hot blonde. BY DAVID RENSIN

INTERVIEW
47 KEITH OLBERMANN
In 2003, nearly a dozen years and several unsuitable jobs after helping reinvent the sportscast on ESPN's SportsCenter, the witty anchorman located his political mice on Countdown With Keith Olbermann and became MSNBC's liberal antidote to Bill O'Reilly. The increasingly popular pundit pulls no punches here as he explains why Fox News is as dangerous as the KKK, who really is the worst person in the world and how he finds joy living with a woman half his age, even if she wants to get rid of his vintage baseball books. BY KEVIN COOK

PICTORIALS
62 QUEEN ALICIA
Exotic Alicia Machado, the first Miss Universe to pose nude for PLAYBOY, shows off the underpinnings of her victory.
78 PLAYMATE: SPENCER SCOTT
Miss October is a Georgia peach ripe for the picking.
108 GIRLS OF THE SEC
The SEC is the hottest conference in America thanks to these uninhibited coeds.
notes and news
9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Girl Next Door Bridget Marquardt takes to the airwaves on Playboy Radio; Bill Cosby hosts another successful year of the Playboy Jazz Festival in Hollywood.
10 HANGIN' WITH HEF Get global with Hef, Holly, Bridget and Kendra as the foursome travels to St.-Tropez, Monte Carlo, Paris and beyond.
107 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: BRANDE RODERICK
Our Playmate of the Year 2001 discusses the many pleasures of role-playing.
139 PLAYMATE NEWS
PMOY Sara Jean Underwood receives a controversial tribute at Oregon State University; Miss August 2001 Jennifer Walcott gives back at Ronald McDonald House.

DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
17 AFTER HOURS
27 REVIEWS
35 MANTRACK
39 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
90 PARTY JOKES
134 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
144 GRAPEVINE
146 POTPOURRI

FASHION
96 BEST-DRESSED MAN ON CAMPUS
The first trick in getting to the head of the class is to look the part. We check in on college guys from around the country to see what threads are making the grade at their schools this fall. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS

THIS MONTH ON PLAYBOY.COM
THE A-LIST
We horn in on America's 10 best jazz clubs. playboy.com/alist
MAGAZINE BLOG
News, views and inside perspectives from PLAYBOY editors. playboy.com/blog
THE 21ST QUESTION
Get the very last word from resident beauty and ultimate hero Ali Larter. playboy.com/21q
PLAYBOY U
Matriculate Mansion-style at our college-only social network that will keep you connected. playboy.com/pbu
THREE'S A CHARM
Video and much more of the Girls Next. Door.
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