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Athlon Sports accidentally only sent preview magazines with Michigan State covers to Ann Arbor store
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There are certain things that just seem like a bad idea.
Standing under an icicle isn’t smart. Drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth probably isn’t the wisest choice, either.
Let’s add “upsetting Michigan fans in Ann Arbor” to that list.
Athlon Sports apparently only sent Michigan State covers of its annual college football preview magazine to an Ann Arbor store:
Picking up a little reading material in Ann Arbor #whyIloveCFB pic.twitter.com/zk3QZ9UUGk
— Allison Williams (@AllisonW_Sports) July 28, 2017
It’s unknown how many Michigan fans that upset (besides the owner of the store).
The “chip on the shoulder” narratives would be off and running if the situation was flipped. But for now, there haven’t been any reports of Michigan covers dominating the newsstands in East Lansing.
In Athlon’s defense, it appears to have been a simple misunderstanding. All signs point to the mistake being corrected.
Let us know which store in Ann Arbor and we'll get this corrected before there's a riot.
— Athlon Sports (@AthlonSports) July 28, 2017
Update for Michigan fans: We are working to resolve this. But it's a distribution outlet error (editorial team doesn't pick where they go).
— Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven) July 28, 2017
If that’s not a sign that college football season is almost back, I don’t know what is.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.