Phil Steele couldn’t understand the upset call his office received Monday.A customer was complaining about the uselessness of the smaller edition of Steele’s college football preseason magazine. But there’s only one edition of Steele’s authoritative preview, and no regular reader would accuse the annual behemoth of lacking information.Then Steele searched Amazon and found the culprit: fake versions of his publication.“Four freaking magazines with my name on them,” Steele told The Athletic.The fake magazines were removed from Amazon Tuesday afternoon, after Steele and The Athletic reached out to the company about them.All four had “Phil Steele’s College Football Preview 2026” displayed prominently in the title. The similarities ended there.Although they looked legitimate enough at first glance, a deeper look revealed some red flags. One cover included an Ohio State quarterback wearing No. 18; Buckeyes star Julian Sayin wears No. 10. Another put 16 lines on a 12-team College Football Playoff bracket and illustrated a play with 10 players on offense and eight on defense.The four false versions totaled 266 pages. Steele’s tome is 376 pages by itself.Two listed authors, Russel Brieveton and Gilgert Martwel, do not appear on online searches, and one doesn’t show an author inside at all. The final one listed Steele as its author but said it doesn’t include two-page spreads or detailed depth charts on every team — which is what Steele’s actual publication has been doing for three decades to become one of the most definitive products in the space.“And yet they put my name on it,” Steele said incredulously.