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Topic: Summer Reading – Lindy’s 2001 National CFB Preview
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CatsbyAZ · « **on:** July 01, 2022, 10:26:25 AM »

Last summer I spent a whole thread revisiting my old copy of Lindy’s 2007 College Football Preview: https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/summer-reading-lindys-2007-national-cfb-preview/msg348005/#msg348005

This time around I’m picking Lindy’s 2001 preview for a retrospective.

Cover:

Pages: 1 – 15

1 – 2: A two page advertisement for BetOnSports.co.cr (early online betting website offshored in Costa Rica)

3 – 6: Full page ads for Broilermaster Premium Gas Grills, AutoTrader.com, Canadian Mist Whiskey, and TeamHardHats.com

7: Table of Contents

8: Letter from the Publisher: “Welcome to the 20th season of Lindy’s college football publications. Lindy’s produced its premier issue in 1982. It was a historic year for SEC football – coach Paul Bear Bryant coached his final Alabama team and Herschel Walker was winning the Heisman Trophy at Georgia…Most of the usual suspects are in the chase for the national title – we’re picking Florida – and this season the championship game could be even more special because for the first time, it will be held in the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl.”

9: Full page ad for Under Armour

10 – 12: Featured Article: Baptism By Fire – Replacements of Today are Stars of Tomorrow: “Lindy’s examines teams whose seasons revolve around what they hope are can-do replacements, starting with the player who is not Drew Henson.
When John Navarre, then a redshirt freshman, stepped onto the field at Michigan Stadium early last September as Michigan’s starting quarterback, he knew it was a temporary assignment…Last season, the job belonged to Drew Henson, who had shared time with Tom Brady the previous two seasons.
Carnell Williams might hold key to Auburn’s offense: Rudi Johnson took most of the college football world by surprise last season. Auburn needs his replacement to do the same this season. And for a new fullback to emerge…It would have been bad enough if just quarterback Ben Leard was gone – he left the old-fashioned way; he exhausted his eligibility.
Badgers trio tries to do the job of one: Wisconsin’s parade of running backs has been good enough to make Nebraska jealous. For the past eight seasons, the Badgers have produced a 1,000-yard rusher, beginning with Brent Moss in 1993. After that it was Terrell Fletcher and Carl McCullough … and then a guy who did it in four consecutive seasons, winning the Heisman Trophy and becoming the NCAA career leading rusher – Ron Dayne. The Badgers’ beat went on last year with the anti-Dayne, Michael Bennett. One of college football’s premier speed backs, Bennett rushed for 1,681 yards and then raced off early for the NFL.”

13: Full page sports betting ad

14: Filling The Cleats: Forty players gave up eligibility after last season to enter the NFL Draft:
(Here’s a few of note:)
Michael Bennet RB Wisconsin drafted by Minnesota
Quincy Carter QB Georgia drafted by Dallas
Nate Clements CB Ohio State drafted by Buffalo
Jamar Fletcher CB Wisconsin drafted by Miami
Todd Heap TE Arizona State drafted by Baltimore
Freddie Mitchell WR UCLA drafted by Philadelphia
Dominic Raiola C Nebraska drafted by Detroit
David Terrell WR Michigan drafted by Chicago
Michael Vick QB Virginia Tech drafted by Atlanta
Kenyatta Walker OT Florida drafted by Tampa
Gerard Warren DT Florida drafted by Cleveland

15: Another fill page advertisement for BetOnSports.co.cr

ELA · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2022, 10:40:02 AM »

Cover didn't age well

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2022, 11:11:48 AM »

Pages: 16 – 25

Featured Articles:

16 – 19:

3 Wiseman: The Game Will Never See a Trio like Paterno, Bowden and Holtz: “You know history as Joe Paterno, Lou Holtz, and Bobby Bowden. But you probably won’t know them as coaches for much longer…When will we next see two coaches (Penn State’s Paterno and Florida State’s Bowden) destined to break the Division 1-A record for career victories in the same season? How about never? Paterno (322 wins), Bowden (315), and Holtz (224) are 1-2-3 in victories among active coaches. That’s a combined 89 years. 75 bowl games and five national titles worth of experience. “What is youth?” said Holtz, a national coach of the year candidate in 2000 at age 63. “I’d rather have my experience than my youth.”
“Once they leave, all those ties to your father’s college football will be gone. We’ll largely be left with trendy new guys like Rick Neuheisel and Bob Stoops, whose college football backgrounds don’t even go back as far as disco.”

20 – 21:

Back to School – NFL Coaches Find Campus is Cool: “Three former NFL head coaches – Oregon State’s Dennis Erickson, USC’s Pete Carroll and Arizona’s John Mackovic – now lead programs in the Pac 10. Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer’s name came up at North Carolina before the school hired New Orleans Saints assistant John Bunting. Former Dallas Cowboys coach Chan Gailey was in the running at Georgia.”

22: Full page ad for www.atswins.com a sports betting website that issues their subscribers a Motorola pager that instantly receives scores and Vegas betting lines.

23: Full page ad for www.jimhurley.com, another sports betting website, this one bragging to hit 80% of their bets if you subscribe for $100.

24 – 25:

Old-School Sherrill has turned state into a new SEC Power: “Jackie Sherrill looks so dang serious all the time, and had that little problem at Texas A&M, where he was blamed for a “winning-at-all-cost mentality.” But what would his critics think of a guy who’s more likely to be spotted walking his dog on a Sunday afternoon than devising ways to destroy his next opponent? He can still be gruff, but reality is that Sherrill, at 57, has mellowed in recent years, despite his insistence that he’s the same guy he’s always been.”

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2022, 11:05:13 AM »

Pages: 26 – 33

Featured Articles:

26 – 27:

Sooner Magic: How Did Oklahoma Win the National Title? “The blueprint for Oklahoma success didn’t go by the ook. The short answer is that the Sooners succeeded because of Josh Heupel, runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 2000, but that would be selling short this weird, wacky story…Quietly, Bob Stoops assembled an all-star cast of coaches. Steve Spurrier Jr coached the receivers. Coordinators Mark Mangino took over for Mike Leach (who became coach at Texas Tech). Brother Mike Stoops, already a budding star at Kansas State, took the defense.”

28 – 29:

No Knocks on Woody, as Legend Grows: “When Clemson first put Woodrow Dantzler at the controls of the spread offense, Dantzler was sometimes described as a running back playing quarterback. At 5-11 and just over 200 pounds, he has the ability to run around defenders, as well as run between the tackles for tough yardage. He credits his strength and balance to the karate and taekwondo he practiced as a child.”

30 – 31:

Power Surge in the Northwest: “A former All-Pac 8 lineman at Washington State in the early 1970s, Bill Moos is now the athletic director at Oregon. And on Nov. 18, his program went into the annual Civil War against Oregon State with the Rose Bowl on the line. If Oregon won, the Ducks went to the Rose Bowl. If Oregon State won, the Beavers would go to the Rose Bowl – if Washington State beat Washington. If Oregon State and Washington each won then the Huskies – who equal the Beavers as Oregon’s most hated rival – would go to the Rose Bowl. Moos could only watch in horror as the last scenario came to pass…Even so, Moos realized what the weekend meant on a broader scale – that the power in the Pac-10 had shifted North by Northwest: All three teams in the Rose Bowl race were from the Pacific Northwest.”

32 – 33:

Young Man Rivers: “N.C. State Sophomore Gunslinger Shoots Down Defenses Like a Veteran…Norm Chow had seen Steve Young, Ty Detmer and Jim McMahon. He had seen legends rise and records fall, but he’d never seen a quarterback – a good one, anyway – throw the ball like N.C. State freshman Philip Rivers…Chow left Rivers’ less-than-perfect throwing motion alone, and Rivers threw enough balls where they needed to go to have the most productive passing season in N.C. State history…Rivers wasn’t interested in redshirting, or in sitting on the bench in his first season. That’s one of the reasons he chose N.C. State, which had lost all-time school passing leader…Coming to school early was Rivers’ idea, and a reason why N.C. State was able to beat out the SEC teams in Rivers’ back yard, including Auburn and Ole Miss. Neither was especially high on the idea of Rivers’ coming early for spring practice, and Auburn even told him they might find playing time for him at (gulp) free safety.”

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2022, 08:08:51 PM »

Pages: 34 – 42

34 – 36:

Scoping the Nation: Bowl mess continues: “The postseason confusion continued in the offseason with the two Hawaii games heading to the mainland, and the NCAA declaring in the spring that the Micron PC Bowl still could salvage itself this year. That means the 25 bowls could grow to 26 in the summer. With at least 50 teams bowl-bound – including 38 from the power conferences last season (and similar numbers projected for this season) the question becomes, “who ISN’T going to make it?” Well, our guess is Penn State and a bunch of other guys named Joe. Oops, poor choice of terms there.”

Scoping the Nation: Who’ll break a long drought? “There’s someone every year: In 1995 Northwestern went to its first bowl in 46 years, in 1996 Navy ended a 15-year drought, in 1997 New Mexico snapped a 36-year hiatus, in 1998 Tulane went for the first time in 11 years, in 1999 Oregon State ended a 34-year depression, and last season it was Iowa State going for the first time in 22 years. This year, we’d like to think that Indiana or Maryland can break their droughts of seven and 10 years. And who knows, maybe even Rutgers (22) or Vanderbilt (18 years).”

37: Full page ad for SBG Sportsbook & Online Casino – 1-888-BET-EASY

38:

Scoping the Nation: The Millionaires Club: “…more coaches are making more money than previously had been imaginable in the profession. At least 18 coaches will be paid at least $1 million to coach their programs this season. Just a couple of years ago, that number was limited to Florida’s Steve Spurrier and Florida State’s Bobby Bowden, but now nearly one-third of coaches in the 63 bigtime programs (BCS conferences and Notre Dame) are in the club. Is that good or bad? Well, good for the coaches…and for the people trying to establish player unions, who are well aware that $1 million is very close to a typical budget for the scholarships for all 85 players on the team.”

Millionaire’s Club for 2001:
Steve Spurrier Florida $2.1M
Bobby Bowden FSU $1.5M
Barry Alvarez Wisconsin $1.5M
Mack Brown Texas $1.45M
Bob Stoops Oklahoma $1.4M
Phil Fulmer Tennessee $1.3M
Tommy Bowden Clemson $1.2M
Nick Saban LSU $1.2M
Tommy Tuberville Auburn $1.2M
Pete Carroll USC $1.2M
Dennis Franchione Alabama $1.1M
Lou Holtz South Carolina $1.05M
Frank Beamer Virginia Tech $1.025M
Dennis Erickson Oregon State $1M
Rick Neuheisel Washington $1M
RC Slocum Texas A&M $1M
Bill Snyder $1M

39 – 41: More full page sports betting ads

42: Scoping the Nation: List of Coaches Changes

FearlessF · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2022, 08:38:56 PM »

and I attended the Rose Bowl

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2022, 10:35:16 AM »

Pages: 43 – 48

43:

Top Award Candidates:
Heisman:
RB Damien Anderson Northwestern
QB Woody Dantzler Clemson
QB Ken Dorsey Miami
WR Antwaan Randle-El Indiana
RB Ken Simonton Oregon State
QB Chris Simms Texas
DT John Henderson Tennessee
LB Rocky Calmus Oklahoma

44:

2002 NFL Draft Projections:
1. DT John Henderson Tennessee
2. DE Julius Peppers DE North Carolina
3. OT Bryant McKinnie Miami
4. LB Kalimba Edwards South Carolina
5. CB Lito Sheppard Florida
7. OT Mike Pearson Florida
8. WR Jabar Gaffney Florida
9. DT Wendell Bryant Wisconsin
12. QB Chris Simms Texas
13. CB Quentin Jammer Texas
15. DE Alex Brown Florida
19. RB TJ Duckett Michigan State
22. WR Ron Johnson Minnesota
32. OG Toniu Fonoti Nebraska
35. QB Kurt Kittner Illinois
42. WR Antwaan Randle-El Indiana
43. OT Mike Williams Texas
46. RB Damien Anderson Northwestern
49. LB Napoleon Harris

(Seems Northwestern lead the Big Ten in draftable talent that year, yet finished 4-7 & 2-6 in conference play.)

45: Bowl Schedule

46: Ranking the Conferences:

1. SEC: “The highest-paid head coaches, the biggest stadiums, the most ardent fans…and 75 percent of the league went to the postseason last season.

2. Big 12: “With the Big 12 getting so crowded at the top, first year coaches Les Miles (Oklahoma State) and Gary Pinkel (Missouri) would do very well just to see the postseason in the next couple of years.”

3. Pac-10: “The league roared last season by reclaiming the Rose Bowl (Washington), getting a second team in the BCS (Oregon State) and having a third team finish in the Top 10 (Oregon).

4. Big Ten: “Projected champ Northwestern allowed 66 points to Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl, and a pair of heavyweights – Ohio State and Penn State – are still trying to get off the canvas.”

5. ACC: “More than just Florida State and eight other teams these days, yet, the bottom of the league (Duke, Wake Forest) keeps the ACC from climbing on this list.”

6. Big East: “Two first-year coaches – Rutgers’ Greg Schiano and West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez – bring a new passing personality to a run-first league. The conference depth is improving, although Miami and Virginia Tech remain well ahead of the pack.”

47: Another full page ad for an offshore sports betting website

48:

Quarterbacks: The Next Generation: “This season’s quarterback class losts its two headliners in Michael Vick (No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft) and Drew Henson (Yankee pinstripe), but the future is in good hands…We picked our six favorite sophomore quarterbacks for this season…”
Timmy Chang, Hawaii: “The key to building the Rainbows’ program is keeping hometown kids like Chang on the Islands…and June Jones can certainly build his run-and-shoot around Chang.”
Casey Clausen, Tennessee: “Clausen, who grabbed the starting job early last season, scared off two quarterbacks since arriving – John Rattay (Arizona) and AJ Suggs (Georgia Tech).”
Rex Grossman, Florida: “Third in the nation in passing efficiency last season…and he still has to fight off wunderkind Brock Berlin, also a sophomore.”
Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky: “New coach Guy Moriss wants history’s first 300-pound QB to trim the fat (and the interceptions), but Lorenzen still has green light to chuck it.”
Craig Ochs, Colorado: “Scaled-down West Coast offense should help Ochs, who was the QB of record in all three Buffs’ victories last season, and nearly beat Nebraska.”
Philip Rivers, NC State: “Rivers’ remarkable poise will allow continued prospering despite the loss of his OC (Norm Chow).

“Three more sure-fire sophomore starters to watch: John Navarre, Michigan…Ell Roberson, Kansas State; Jeff Smoker, Michigan State.”

49: Full page ad for Timber Wolf Chewing Tobacco: “Discover the Wolf, Discover the Value: Big Taste. Bigger savings.”

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2022, 10:36:55 AM »

Pages: 50 – 59

National Rankings:

1. Florida: “…perhaps as deep as any Florida team under Spurrier.”
2. Miami: “BCS computers willing, Miami reaches the national title game.”
3. Texas: “Hey Major Applewhite, we love you but this is Chris Simms’ team now.”
4. Tennessee: “…trips to Gainesville and South Bend, but there aren’t any other games the Vols won’t be favored to win.”
5. Oklahoma: Defending Champs
6. Florida State: “Bobby Bowden is coaching one of his least-experienced teams in more than a decade.”
7. Nebraska: “Lindy’s has been doing national player ratings since 1992, and this marks the first time a Nebraska running back has not been mentioned. Maybe Dahrren Diedrick will prove us wrong.”
8. UCLA: “…these talented Bruins will retake control of the Pac-10 from the Northwest schools.”
9. Georgia Tech: “…the most-talented Georgia Tech squad since the 1990 national-championship team.”
10. Oregon: “…the Ducks are up to 20 [wins] in a row at Autzen Stadium…”
11. Kansas State: “Can’t count on the Wildcats winning at Nebraska for the first time since 1968…”
12. Washington: “…ready to resume its place as a full-time Pac 10 monster…”
13. Mississippi State: “…they’ll roll to their second SEC West title in four years and further establish themselves as the best program in the league’s balanced division.”
14. Virginia Tech: “Oh, Michael [Vick], we hardly knew ye.”
15. Northwestern: “When [Drew] Henson left, the Big Ten race was thrown wide open. That allows NU to show that offense wins championships, too.”
16. Michigan: “…erstwhile Heisman fave Henson [is] hitting curveballs, but five other dearly departed Wolverines…were taken among the first 43 picks in the draft.”
17. Alabama: “No more rebuilding from the ground up for Coach Fran…”
18. Oregon State: “The day Dennis Erickson was hired was the day these little ‘ol pipsqueaks were transformed into Godzilla.”
19. LSU: “Nick Saban will have the Tigers competitive disposition by the neck before he lets this team become complacent.”
20. South Carolina: “Maybe even more amazing than the Gamecocks’ resurgence from the pits to a rout of Ohio State in the Outback Bowl is the fact that they are perceived of being capable of comparable success in 2001.”
21. Colorado State: “Sonny Lubick shrugged off overtures from Southern California in the offseason, transforming himself from good coach to local legend.”
22. Notre Dame: “…Oregon State made this team look like a bunch of plodders in the Fiesta Bowl…”
23. Clemson: “At least the Tigers have something ACC rival Florida State doesn’t – a Heisman campaign.”
24. Stanford: “QB Fasani has 15 other returning starters around him, making the Cardinal sneaky good.”
25. Wisconsin: “Barry Alvarez’s teams have been to three of the past eight Rose Bowls…”
31. Purdue: “Boilers count on ‘D’ while offense matures.”
34. Illinois: “Which was the aberration: 8-4 in ’99 or 5-6 in 2000?”
39. Ohio State: “Welcome Jim Tressel; just don’t lose any games, OK?”
42. Michigan State: “Spartans need to score points with rugged defense.”
44. Minnesota: “Can the Gophers make it three bowls in a row?”
50. Penn State: “JoePa will find a way to win this time…won’t he?”
60. Iowa: “Can Hawkeyes build on solid last month of 2000 season?”
67. Indiana: “It would seem that anything can penetrate the IU defense.”

ELA · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2022, 12:53:57 PM »

This has to be the only time Ohio State even sniffed a preseason ranking this low

OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2022, 06:48:34 PM »

Quote from: CatsbyAZ on July 09, 2022, 10:36:55 AM

Pages: 50 – 59

National Rankings:

1. Florida: “…perhaps as deep as any Florida team under Spurrier.”

Not at RB, lol.

CatsbyAZ · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2022, 09:53:55 AM »

Pages: 60 – 75

60 – 61: Preseason All-American Team: Offense:

First Team:
QB Woody Dantzler Clemson
RB Damien Anderson Northwestern
RB Ken Simonton Oregon St
WR Antonio Bryant Pittsburgh (getting this guy confused between both Antonio Brown and Dez Bryant)
WR Jabar Gaffney Florida
TE Jerramy Stevens Washington
C Chris Gibson Oregon St
OL Toniu Fonoti Nebraska
OL Bryant McKinnie Miami
OL Terrence Metcalf Ole Miss
OL Mike Pearson Florida

Second Team:
QB Ken Dorsey Miami
RB Lee Suggs Virginia Tech
RB TJ Duckett Michigan St
WR Andre Davis Virginia Tech
WR Roy Williams Texas
TE Tim Stratton Purdue
C Seth McKinney Texas A&M
OL Kendal Simmons Auburn
OL Brett Williams Florida St
OL Jon Stinchcomb Georgia
OL Joaquin Gonzalez Miami

62 – 63: Preseason All-American Team: Defense:

First Team:
DL Wendell Bryant Wisconsin
DL John Henderson Tennessee
DL Julius Peppers UNC
DL Larry Triplett Washington
LB Rocky Calmus Oklahoma
LB Levar Fisher NC State
LB Mario Haggan Miss St
CB Quentin Jammer Texas
CB Lito Sheppard Florida
S Pig Prather Miss St
S Edward Reed Miami

Second Team:
DL Alex Brown Florida
DL Bryan Knight Pittsburgh
DL David Pugh Virginia Tech
DL Greg Gathers Georgia Tech
LB Jashon Sykes Colorado
LB Ben Taylor Virginia Tech
LB Kalimba Edwards S. Carolina
DB Rashad Bauman Oregon
DB Dennis Weathersby Oregon St
DB Mike Doss Ohio State
DB Mike Rumph Miami

64 – 75:

Position Rankings for QBs, RBs, Receivers, OL, DL, LBs, DBs, and Special Teams

3 separate full page ads for sports betting, along with a page touting Football News magazine

OrangeAfroMan · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2022, 12:22:11 AM »

That is one helluva defensive line, even for an all-america team.

ELA · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2022, 12:26:42 AM »

I don't remember anyone thinking John Navarre was a sure fire anything. More of them getting caught off guard by Henson going pro in baseball

Cincydawg · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2022, 07:56:29 AM »

Overall, how predictive do you think this preview ended up being?

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