When you are football-crazy, you look for signs of the new season wherever you can. It begins around Memorial Day, as the new preseason magazines begin to hit newsstands. Mostly, you’re going to casually peruse them, leaning against the magazine rack in Barnes & Noble. A quick glance at where your Hogs are projected and...you gently set the magazine back down. That copy can be for someone else.
The next week or two after that, you’ll hear reports that the freshmen, those who didn’t start school in January, have gotten on campus to begin summer classes and workouts.