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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 by Legionfield
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
3180 posts
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 by Mr Sausage
Cat Spring, Texas
Member since Oct 2011
14625 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:31 am to
What’s a magazine?
Posted by Legionfield
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
3180 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:32 am to
Fair point
Posted by Auburntiger
BTR area
Member since Mar 2005
14195 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:34 am to
quote:

Do you still buy Lindy’s and Athlon’s pre-season magazines?


I used to study that thing cover to cover!!
Posted by Legionfield
Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
3180 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:35 am to
Haha! Me too. It was way more interesting than my homework!!!
Posted by BoCam2
Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
4724 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:39 am to
I was always too cheap. I'd sit on the bench in the back of BAM and read them cover to cover.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
45508 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:45 am to
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 by parrothead
big salty ham
Member since Mar 2010
4923 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:45 am to
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 by paperwasp
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27121 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:48 am to
quote:

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 by BallCoach
Member since Jun 2024
50 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:49 am to
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 by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12188 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:51 am to
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.
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 8:52 am
Posted by Tanny Bogus
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Member since Jan 2011
310 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:52 am to
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 by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
16648 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:51 am to
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 by HattiesburgTiger5439
Hattiesburg ms
Member since Sep 2023
738 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:53 am to
Same at walmart
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
14337 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:58 am to
Yes
Posted by SoCalSoonerGrad
Member since May 2024
22 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:49 am to
Id buy all those preseason magazines. Still buy the online Phil Steele. Great for stats and rosters
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
38365 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:01 pm to
Used to get Lindy’s every year

Haven’t done that for quite some time
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
40963 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:16 pm to
Back when CFB was great. Phil Steele too
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
21419 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:57 pm to
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
Posted by Woody4daTide9
Member since Sep 2022
882 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 1:03 pm to
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