In my July 5th blog I detailed how happy I was with the results of the Experience Chart when used as a predictor for the upcoming season. Basically 73% of the Top 15 on the Experience Chart had an improved or the same record and 68% of the top 37. The results at the bottom […]
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Every year in late February, I put out my Projected AP Top 10 basically six months ahead of the AP Top Ten release. Here we are in July and while my top 10 remains the SAME, I will make two very minor modifications to the order since that February posting. It is important to make […]
Read More… from The AP Top Ten for 2023, Six Months in Advance. 96 % over 14 years!
I have had the Experience Chart in the magazine since 2002. That 2002 was Volume 8 of the magazine and the 2nd year since moving from black and white on newsprint up to color print and glossy pages. That first Experience chart had 8 categories. They were Senior Starters then Seniors in the two deep, […]
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Last year we had some nightmare problems with the printing process. Due to a paper shortage we had to print the magazine twice. The first printer in Colorado dropped the ball in many areas with the print run going a week late and then they handled the mailing of the VIP’s and that turned out […]
The 2023 Phil Steele College Football Preview Regional Cover are now available to select when purchasing this years magazine. Right now you have 6 regional covers to choose from National, Big 12, Big Ten, East Coast, SEC & West Coast. Interested in purchasing this years 2023 Phil Steele College Preview Click Here. Once on the […]
VIP DEAL ENDS MAY 31ST!!! I would like to thank the good folks at LEARFIELD who partners with the magazine for are now allowing me to put out the VIP Bundle. There are many parts to deal and each one is a reason to get the VIP package but when you add it all up […]
I have produced printed FCS magazines and put a lot of effort into them. Naturally if I am going to do a publication it has to be up to “Phil Steele” standards. I have produced four FCS magazines and the most recent was 2018. These magazines did not sell well on the newsstands and I […]
Read More… from THE PHIL STEELE FCS MAGAZINE – RETURNS in 2023!!!!
Every February I forecast the AP Top 20 Six months in advance. Many of you may be wrapped up in other sports in February so todays blog is a repeat of the blog I put out on February 23rd and I still strongly feel that this will be the AP Top 10 when it comes […]
Read More… from The AP Top Ten for 2023, Six Months in Advance. 96 % over 14 years!
Today is April 7 and it is exactly two months until the final page of the magazine goes to the press. Just to give you an idea of how the magazine writing process works I thought I would use today’s blog to show you the three different write through’s I do for each team and […]
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The stats are final for the 2022 football season and after checking all the numbers and formula’s the results are final. The #1 Special Teams unit in the country for 2022 was South Carolina and that means that Pete Lembo wins my Special Teams coach of the year for the second time in the last […]
Read More… from 2022 Special Teams Coach of the Year – Pete Lembo, South Carolina.
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