The first batch of preview mags are out. Athlon and Lindy’s came out just before the Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to pick them up until today. So, this is just a cursory bit on them.
No, they aren’t the “bible” that is Phil Steele — next week — but they are a light snack.
Lindy’s — which disturbingly enough still uses the circa 2003 logo for Pitt — has Pitt at #14 nationally. Their Big East preview was done by Tom Luicci, who writes for the New Jersey Star-Ledger (NJ.com). Pitt is picked to win the Big East.
Athlon, puts Pitt at #18 nationally. They also have Pitt winning the Big East.
Sporting News’ preview should be out today or sometime this week. At least I have reading material to start distracting me for a little while.
I’ll have some more on these mags and content later in the week.
Spoiler alert: These are the actual Pitt pages from Phil Steele’s preview mag. (in pdf)
While he is one of the few (if not the only one) to predict WVU higher than Pitt this year , don’t forget that WVU returns many more starters than Pitt which returns the least amount of starters in the BE.
Nonetheless, if the interior of the OL and CBs play well, no reason why Pitt cannot win the BE
