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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: 50
$7.99 [1], 240 pp.
Year reviewed: 2010
[1] Cost is higher when ordered online, or at least it was so the last time I ordered online.

Overview: Lindy's returns with the same cost, content, and page count as 2009. 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 tied for 10th of 12 publications over the last three years. With back-to-back bad years (16th of 17 publications in 2009, and 15th of 15 publications in 2008) they've fallen well back into the pack.

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. Last year (2009) Lindy's published a two-deep for each team; this year only projected starts are shown. The freed-up space is split between a larger player picture, a new "top newcomer" box, and a little more text than last year.

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 all 120 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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