🏈 Phil Steele's 2009 Preseason Magazine

[BamaCore]

Just picked up a copy. The guy has a ton of very interesting info and it was worth the money. He seems to have a crush on Ole Miss though.

Anyways, this is my first time with this particular preseason magazine and I see that he claims that his magazine is the most accurate for the past 10 years. Anyone else ever delve into this guys magazine?

 

[252BAMA]

I check his web site almost daily. Never have seen the mag. I have a crush on Ole Miss also but I ain't ready to invite her to Pasadena. She ain't that good!

Question: Does the mag have his Returning Starter List in it? I have been looking for it for months on the web site. Last year he had it up in January. Thought maybe he was holding back on it this year so he could sell more mags.

 

[TerryP]

I check his web site almost daily. Never have seen the mag. I have a crush on Ole Miss also but I ain't ready to invite her to Pasadena. She ain't that good!

Question: Does the mag have his Returning Starter List in it? I have been looking for it for months on the web site. Last year he had it up in January. Thought maybe he was holding back on it this year so he could sell more mags.

I'm sure it does.

One of the more interesting projections I see from him has to do with returning starters, returning lettermen and inexperience at the QB position. He uses a 60% baseline and if teams fall less than that their chances of improving their record from last season is only 10%.

Two SEC teams fall into that category - South Carolina and Mississippi State. (one of the reasons I see UGA beating S. Carolina is found here)

 

[252BAMA]

I'm sure it does.

One of the more interesting projections I see from him has to do with returning starters, returning lettermen and inexperience at the QB position. He uses a 60% baseline and if teams fall less than that their chances of improving their record from last season is only 10%.

Two SEC teams fall into that category - South Carolina and Mississippi State. (one of the reasons I see UGA beating S. Carolina is found here)

Is that something else that is in the mag and not on the web site? I can't find it on his web site.

As you know, I have MSU 0-8 and SC 3-5. The SC wins being UK and VU in Columbia and ut in knoxville.

 

[TerryP]

Is that something else that is in the mag and not on the web site? I can't find it on his web site.

As you know, I have MSU 0-8 and SC 3-5. The SC wins being UK and VU in Columbia and ut in knoxville.

I'm assuming it was in the magazine.

It's something I picked up from a South Carolina fan.

S. Carolina's Thursday night game with Ole Miss is one I'm going to keep an eye on.

 

[252BAMA]

I'm assuming it was in the magazine.

It's something I picked up from a South Carolina fan.

S. Carolina's Thursday night game with Ole Miss is one I'm going to keep an eye on.

I believe what you are talking about is just the "% of lettermen returning" list.

http://philsteele.com/Blogs/May09/DBMay30.html

 

[BamaCore]

Yeah, it has the projected starting lineup. Sorry it took me a while to get back here to post it.

OFFENSE

QB Greg McElroy
RB Mark Ingram
WR Marquis Maze
WR Mike McCoy
WR Julio Jones
TE Colin Peek
C William Vlachos
RG David Ross
LG Mike Johnson
RT Drew Davis
LT Tyler Love
K Leigh Tiffin

DEFENSE

DE Brandon Deaderick
NG Terrence Cody
DE Lorenzo Washington
JLB Brandon Fanney
WLB Dont'a Hightower
MLB Rolando McClain
SLB Cory Reamer
CB Javier Arenas
CB Kareem Jackson
SS Justin Woodall
FS Mark Barron
P PJ Fitzgerald

 

[252BAMA]

Yeah, it has the projected starting lineup. Sorry it took me a while to get back here to post it.

OFFENSE

QB Greg McElroy
RB Mark Ingram
WR Marquis Maze
WR Mike McCoy
WR Julio Jones
TE Colin Peek
C William Vlachos
RG David Ross
LG Mike Johnson
RT Drew Davis
LT Tyler Love
K Leigh Tiffin

DEFENSE

DE Brandon Deaderick
NG Terrence Cody
DE Lorenzo Washington
JLB Brandon Fanney
WLB Dont'a Hightower
MLB Rolando McClain
SLB Cory Reamer
CB Javier Arenas
CB Kareem Jackson
SS Justin Woodall
FS Mark Barron
P PJ Fitzgerald

Wrong list!

This is what I was referring to:
http://philsteele.com/fbsinfo/earlylook2008.html for 2009!

 

[Crimson13Tide]

Instead of typing ...earlylook2008.html, you could try 2009.html...


It has Alabama listed as returning 8 starters on defense...did we lose someone other than Rashad & Bobby G.?

 

[252BAMA]

Instead of typing ...earlylook2008.html, you could try 2009.html...


It has Alabama listed as returning 8 starters on defense...did we lose someone other than Rashad & Bobby G.?

Yeah, that brings up an alphabetical list he had up earlier in the year. That beats nothing at all.

Don't know about the Bama starters.

 

[TerryP]

Instead of typing ...earlylook2008.html, you could try 2009.html...


It has Alabama listed as returning 8 starters on defense...did we lose someone other than Rashad & Bobby G.?

No, we didn't.

It's a mistake. I can only assume he put that list together when Fanney was still suspended.

If you want to be realistic, we really just lost one starter.

People seem to forget Zo's experience.

 

[252BAMA]

No, we didn't.

It's a mistake. I can only assume he put that list together when Fanney was still suspended.

If you want to be realistic, we really just lost one starter.

People seem to forget Zo's experience.

That was an earlier list that he had already removed from his web site.

Was the "% of lettermen returning" list the one you were referring to about SC and MSU?

 

[TerryP]

That was an earlier list that he had already removed from his web site.

Was the "% of lettermen returning" list the one you were referring to about SC and MSU?

Yep.

But, he was also including returning starters and the experience at QB in his equation. It was the combination of those three that gave him the 10% chance of teams improving over last years record.

 

[Crimson13Tide]

Yeah, that brings up an alphabetical list he had up earlier in the year. That beats nothing at all.

Don't know about the Bama starters.

I'm a little confused.....because http://philsteele.com/fbsinfo/earlylook2009.html is exactly what you were asking for I thought....