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Phil Steele (c. 1960) is an American sportswriter and analyst who focuses exclusively on college and professional football. [1] He is considered a "highly respected prognosticator" within the sports media. [2] His company, Phil Steele Publications, produces the annual preseason magazine Phil Steele's College Football Preview, which he personally writes in almost its entirety. [3] The first edition was published in 1995. [4] In a comparison of the major preseason college football magazines, ESPN writer Pat Forde said:

All the mags have their merits . . . But Phil Steele owns the genre . . . The 46-year-old uses a cookie-cutter layout for every team, and his writing will never be nominated for a Pulitzer. But he does author every two-page team preview himself, and he crams stats, facts and figures into every nook and cranny. [1]

The magazine was similarly praised by the News & Observer and Rivals.com. [5] [6] Chris Stassen, owner of football.stassen.com, has tracked the preseason magazines' accuracy since 1993 and rates Phil Steele's as the most accurate in its predictions. [7] [8] Phil is currently a full-time employee of ESPN writing articles for ESPN+ and appearing on SportsCenter . He continues to produce the "Bible of College Football" which is the Phil Steele College Football preview that is now in its 25th year.

Steele has been a member of the All-America, John Mackey Award, Davey O'Brien Award, Lombardi Award, and the Ted Hendricks Award voting committees. [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Forde, Pat (July 2, 2007). "Forde: Mags to the max". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ Dufresne, Chris (August 6, 2009). "Top contenders according to schedules". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  3. ↑ Clay Whittington, Phil Steele magazine benefits football fans [ permanent dead link ], The Daily Texan, July 27, 2007.
  4. ↑ Kelley, Kevin (August 31, 2009). "Phil Steele's 2009 College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ J.P. Giglio, ACC Now: Phil's forecast: FSU, VT, Pack looking good [ permanent dead link ], News & Observer, July 17, 2007.
  6. ↑ Preseason magazine reviews: Phil Steele's 2007 Football Preview, Rivals.com, June 26, 2007.
  7. ↑ Alan Dell, Phile Steele: USF is a title contender Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), USFBullsEye.com, Rivals.com, 2007.
  8. ↑ Preseason Prediction Accuracy (1993-2008), Stassen.com, retrieved August 5, 2009.
  9. ↑ Awards, Phil Steele.com, retrieved August 5, 2009.
  10. ↑ All-America, Football Writers Association of American, retrieved August 5, 2009.
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