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FOUR THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE PHIL STEELE PRESEASON GUIDE

College football's preseason savant has spoken. Here's what he said.

It's late July, and a young man's thoughts turn to football. And so this week we finally dug into the Phil Steele college football guide, the only essential preseason reading for any fan of VHTs and returning starter charts. Here's what we found:

1. The special teams were as bad as you thought they were. The great Ferentz years were marked by big special teams plays by guys like Bob Sanders, Sean Considine and Adrian Clayborn and consistent kicking and punting by Hawkeye specialists.