With the calendar having flipped to June, annual college football previews are starting to make their way to shelves. Among those are the Phil Steele College Football Preview. As is the case with many such magazines, regional covers are sent out to be displayed in certain areas around the country. That’s where this gets confusing.
When you go to Steele’s website, you’ll see Notre Dame, specifically [autotag]Joe Alt[/autotag], included among players from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. You’ll notice that the website explicitly says this cover is for distribution in the Midwest. But if you go to Steele’s Twitter account, you’ll notice quite a different label:
The Big Ten Cover for 2023 pic.twitter.com/xCVohQzBtJ
— Phil Steele (@philsteele042) June 1, 2023
Huh? There’s no question that this cover is Big Ten-heavy, but did Steele conveniently forget about the Irish’s independence? Anyone familiar with the program’s history knows it was denied entry into the Big Ten numerous times in the early part of the 20th century, paving the way for the independence that has remained almost completely uninterrupted since.
Me thinks Steele needs someone to edit his tweets before he sends them out.
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