All hail Phil Steele

I don't really have much to offer, but Colin Cowherd got his copy of Phil Steele's magazine and revealed the top 10. It comes out June 9th for the rest of us, and I will definitely be getting it.

Um....that's really all I have to say about that.

Phil Steele is awesome. His magazine is too.

Oh yeah and Penn State is ranked....I won't give it away.

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TELL US

DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on May 28, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lemme guess

Number 4?

DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on May 28, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

VERY CLOSE MY FRIEND

Very close.

by speedomike on May 28, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Two?

No way.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on May 28, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just for fun, here was last year. He has a few misses in there, but it is certainly not way off considering he has the NC game at #1 and #3. At the same time, 5 through 8 look a little shaky.

1. Florida
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. USC
5. Clemson
6. West Virginia
7. Missouri
8. South Florida
9. Georgia
10.Penn State
11.Texas Tech
12.Auburn
13.LSU
14.Utah
15.Texas
16.Virginia Tech
17.BYU
18.South Carolina
19.Notre Dame
20.California
21.Wisconsin
22.Oregon
23.Tennessee
24.Florida State
25.Pittsburgh

by cpm126 on May 28, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually, for a better comparison

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/preseason_comparison_2008.html

Steele is actually impressive in that he was the only or few people that:
- realized Utah was good
- had Florida at #1
- did not have Illinois and Wisconsin towards the top of the Big 10
- had Penn State in the top 10

…amongst others

by cpm126 on May 28, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lets just say

That Clemson ranking from 2008 better not be prophetic for 2009

by speedomike on May 28, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No way

Clemson always seems to get preseason hype, the completely fuck themselves over during the season. Of course they always had an incompetent Bowden at the helm which helped, hehe.

by dawsonPSU10 on May 28, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting.

Obviously he has us ranked somewhere in the Top 7. I suppose it depends on their rationale. If I was an national crank and I thought PSU was going to do well, it would mean they would sail through their non-con schedule, beat up on the Big Ten with a couple of close ones against Iowa and Ohio State, then lose in the BCS Bowl game. 12-1 or 11-2 would likely leave you in the Top 7.

I dunno, I just assume the preseason polls will always have PSU in the 15-20 range.

by Cairo on May 28, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait

Were we ever supposed to stop hailing Phil Steele?

That guy rocks. His magazine is like a giant pile of CFB crack, and then the conference magazine is like a smaller pile to help you along to more crack (aka the regular season).

"From the outside looking in, you cannot understand it. From the inside looking out, you cannot explian it."

by psuphiman80 on May 28, 2009 2:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs