On Friday evening I took my annual summertime trip to the bookstore to pick up preview magazines for College Football season. As I perused the magazine covers I noticed a disturbing trend.
First I saw Athlon’s Top 10, and was both shocked and amused to see Florida ranked over Georgia...
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Then I noticed that Lindy’s had a similar order...
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Lastly, there was the cover of Street & Smith’s preview magazine...
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Despite the fact that their preseason rankings indicated that these publications would be worth more as fire starters than actual reading material, I was intrigued.