I know. In the famous words of Wayne Campbell, "Get the net!". I do have the net, but I've purchased the college football mags since I was a child in '88. It's tradition at this point.
Lindy's and Athlon's are out. They both have Texas #1 and really, really like Arch. I've barely opened them, but a couple of quick observations.
1. Lindy's has a dumbass list of top 15 conference games. TX v GA is 2nd after PSU/Ohio St. I'm fine with that. What is annoying is that that's there's only 4 SEC matchups on the list. Apparently, Tulane v. Memphis is a bigger deal than TX/aggy, TX/OU, or TX/FL. Lame.
2. I'm as big a sunshine pumper as any on here, but Athlon's may have outdone me. This is their list of national unit rankings:
QB - TX 1st
WR - TX 6th
RB - TX 3rd
OL - TX 8th
DL - TX 1st
LB - TX 1st
DB TX 1st
I mean, I love my school as much as the next guy, but good Lord, if that was to verify, this team would be better than 2001 Miami, 2004 USC, and 2005 Texas combined. Exaggeration, but I think you get my point.
FWIW, these two mags are preseason to me. Phil Steele and, especially, Texas Football are my favs.