# Phil Steele > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phil_Steele > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phil_Steele.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Steele > Source revision: 1338184101 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American sportswriter and analyst}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} [[File:Copies of Phil Steele's 2010 College Football Preview.JPG|thumb|Copies of ''Phil Steele's 2010 College Football Preview'' at [Borders](/source/Borders_(retailer)) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), California]] '''Phil Steele''' (c. 1960) is an American [sportswriter](/source/sports_journalism) and analyst who focuses exclusively on [college](/source/college_football) and [professional football](/source/Professional_football_(gridiron)). He is considered a "highly respected prognosticator" within the sports media.{{Cite web |last=Dufresne |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Dufresne |date=2009-08-06 |title=Top contenders according to schedules |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-06-sp-college-football6-story.html |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} His company, Phil Steele Publications, produces the annual preseason magazine ''Phil Steele's College Football Preview'', which he personally writes in almost its entirety.Clay Whittington, [http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports/phil-steele-magazine-benefits-football-fans-1.956292 Phil Steele magazine benefits football fans]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Daily Texan'', July 27, 2007. The first edition was published in 1995.{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Kevin |date=2009-08-31 |title=Phil Steele's 2009 College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings |url=https://fbschedules.com/phil-steele-2009-college-football-strength-of-schedule-rankings/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=FBSchedules.com |language=en-US}} In a comparison of the major preseason college football magazines, [ESPN](/source/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.{{Cite web |last=Forde |first=Pat |author-link=Pat Forde |date=2007-07-02 |title=Forde: Mags to the max |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&sportCat=ncf&id=2923115 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
The magazine was similarly praised by the ''[News & Observer](/source/News_%26_Observer)'' and [Rivals.com](/source/Rivals.com).J.P. Giglio, [http://blogsarchive.newsobserver.com/accnow/index.php?title=phil_says&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 ACC Now: Phil's forecast: FSU, VT, Pack looking good]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''News & Observer'', July 17, 2007.[http://floridastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=686504 Preseason magazine reviews: Phil Steele's 2007 Football Preview], Rivals.com, June 26, 2007. 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.Alan Dell, [http://www.philsteele.com/online/USFBullsEYE.pdf Phile Steele: USF is a title contender] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105074617/http://www.philsteele.com/online/USFBullsEYE.pdf |date=January 5, 2010 }} (PDF), USFBullsEye.com, [Rivals.com](/source/Rivals.com), 2007.[http://preseason.stassen.com/prediction-accuracy/2009-10yr.html Preseason Prediction Accuracy (1993-2008)], Stassen.com, retrieved August 5, 2009. Phil was a full-time employee of ESPN for three years writing articles for [ESPN+](/source/ESPN%2B) and appearing on ''[SportsCenter](/source/SportsCenter)''. He continues to produce the "Bible of College Football" which is the Phil Steele College Football preview that is now in its 31st year. Steele is a member of the [Football Writers Association of America](/source/Football_Writers_Association_of_America) All American Team, [Heisman Trophy](/source/Heisman_Trophy), [John Mackey Award](/source/John_Mackey_Award), [Davey O'Brien Award](/source/Davey_O'Brien_Award), [Lombardi Award](/source/Lombardi_Award), [Outland Trophy](/source/Outland_Trophy), [Joe Moore Award](/source/Joe_Moore_Award), [Bronko Nagurski Award](/source/Bronko_Nagurski_Award), [Maxwell Award](/source/Maxwell_Award), [Chuck Bednarik Award](/source/Chuck_Bednarik_Award), [Jim Thorpe Award](/source/Jim_Thorpe_Award), [Doak Walker Award](/source/Doak_Walker_Award), [Biletnikoff Award](/source/Biletnikoff_Award), [Lou Groza Award](/source/Lou_Groza_Award), [Paul Hornung Award](/source/Paul_Hornung_Award) and the [Ted Hendricks Award](/source/Ted_Hendricks_Award) voting committees.[http://www.philsteele.com/awards/awards.html Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207094434/http://philsteele.com/awards/awards.html |date=February 7, 2011 }}, Phil Steele.com, retrieved August 5, 2009.[http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/index.html All-America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501233241/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/index.html |date=May 1, 2009 }}, Football Writers Association of American, retrieved August 5, 2009. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{official website|http://www.philsteele.com}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Steele, Phil}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:American sportswriters {{US-sportswriter-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Phil Steele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Steele) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Steele?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.