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Do you still buy Lindy’s and Athlon’s pre-season magazines?
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:27 am
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:27 am
That used to be the shizzle growing up and not being able to wait until they hit the Walmart ….lol
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:34 am to Legionfield
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Do you still buy Lindy’s and Athlon’s pre-season magazines?
I used to study that thing cover to cover!!
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:35 am to Auburntiger
Haha! Me too. It was way more interesting than my homework!!!
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:39 am to Legionfield
I was always too cheap. I'd sit on the bench in the back of BAM and read them cover to cover.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:45 am to Legionfield
I only buy whichever magazine features an Auburn blurb on the cover but yes that has been a tradition since the days of dialup internet.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:45 am to Legionfield
Used to have stacks of Lindy’s, Eastbay, Becketts card price guide. When the new Lindy’s dropped for preseason it was a must buy for many years for me.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:48 am to Legionfield
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Lindy’s and Athlon’s
Used to absolutely love those.
I would say I read them cover to cover, but there was so much info there I'd just skip around and eventually end up at the section on cheerleaders.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:49 am to Legionfield
Wife or mom buys for me. Year long tradition that I’ve passed on to my boys. We read every word! Miss the expanded cheerleader section from years gone by!
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:51 am to Legionfield
I used to but not any more. The only question was whether you got all 3 back in the day. In order of accuracy:
1. Phil Steele
2. Lindy's
3. Athlon.
I might skip Athlon, but usually all three mags were neatly stacked on the toilet tank in my house every fall.
1. Phil Steele
2. Lindy's
3. Athlon.
I might skip Athlon, but usually all three mags were neatly stacked on the toilet tank in my house every fall.
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 8:52 am
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:52 am to Legionfield
I do get a Phil Steele’s when they come out. Now it’s more to find out who’s playing on my team.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:51 am to Legionfield
Nope. We are officially living in the football age of information overload. I'd rather listen to Josh Pate theorize on the SEC and be done with it then spend the money and get less. Much less.
Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:49 am to Legionfield
Id buy all those preseason magazines. Still buy the online Phil Steele. Great for stats and rosters
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:01 pm to Legionfield
Used to get Lindy’s every year
Haven’t done that for quite some time
Haven’t done that for quite some time
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:16 pm to Legionfield
Back when CFB was great. Phil Steele too
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:57 pm to Legionfield
It was always the same issue year after year. They were notorious for sunshine pumping the teams with larger fanbases regardless of how good the teams actually were or even predicted to do by more prominent journalists. I get it. They were out to make money. But it was never to be taken seriously. It was just marketing.
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 12:59 pm
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