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Lindy's National College Football


D.M.D. Publications
2100 Centennial Drive, Suite 100
Birmingham, AL 35216
Phone: 205-871-1182
E-mail: lindy@lindyssports.com
Web site: www.lindyssports.com
Rating: 63
$6.99 [1], 248 pp.
Year reviewed: 2008
[1] Cost is higher when ordered online.

Overview: This year, Lindy's page count jumped 32 pages (from 216 in last year's edition), but the price didn't change. Most of the additional page count goes to evening out the coverage -- last year, nearly 50 teams only received ½ page of coverage; this year every I-A (er, FBS) team receives a full page. As in previous years, coverage is more conference-heavy (more per-conference material) than comparable magazines, and has more feature articles than Athlon. In terms of prediction accuracy, Lindy's stands 3rd of 12 publications for the last three years. In past years, it has seemed that Lindy's did not account for the results of Spring football, but this year's issue makes several references to happenings in various Spring games. As a result of their improved prediction accuracy standing, more complete coverage of I-A, and higher quality of information, Lindy's rating has made the largest positive jump of any of this year's magazines.

Per-team information: a full page for all I-A teams. Most of the space is devoted to discussion of prospects for the coming season. The discussion is not terribly detailed.

Per-conference information: all conferences get at least two pages' coverage. Included are: projected order of finish with short comments on each team, two-deep all-conference teams, and top ten NFL talent. The BCS conferences have four pages of coverage, with expanded discussion of "big games" throughout the year and conference unit rankings.

National information: a ranking of 119 I-A teams with a few paragaphs discussion on each member of the top 25; two-deep all-America team and lists of the top 5-25 players at each position; top ten national "units" (e.g., offensive lines); top 5-10 candidates for each individual award; top 25 recruiting classes with a few paragraphs on each team.

Recap (previous year) information: There are previous years' games and scores on each team's own page.

Division I-AA information: four pages. Contains a top 25, a two-deep all-America list, and predictions of all I-AA conferences with a short one-liner comment on each team.


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