I just read through about 10 different postings on pinching. 
It appears that pinching helps lignify the fig wood?  Is there anything else I can do now to get them set-up for winter in-ground?

Slingha,

At this point in time in my opinion I think it is a bit too late to plant a fig tree in ground and expect it to handle the winter well even if protected from the elements.
My only advice to you is to wait till next spring so that they can have a full season to grow and establish their selves.

Yes ,at this point do not apply any fertilizer,and protect as well as you can in December..

Thank you for the responses. I've got 6 in ground. One went in a month ago. The others over the last week. I won't fertilize anyfurther and pinch them tomorrow. 

Rafed- these are my guinea pigs. I'm going to start my fig orchard next year. They are all planted against cement walls in full sun.

In this case then take Hermans advice, he knows much more than most of us put together.

I was only giving you my opinion.

Good luck and post some pictures.

Thanks Rafed. I'll post some tomorrow. 

Just posted some photos of what ive got going.  I didnt post pictures of the florea since its rather small, nor the adriatic ucd or the latarulla.  They are not really all that impressive and are fairly fmv ridden.
My favorite tree BY FAR is the bonsai brown turkey. The figs on this one are immense. They are slightly bigger than a golf ball.  

You'll also notice that several of my in-ground figs are close to other landscape plants.  That is because I paid a guy a bunch of money to landscape my property only to now rip things out to make room for figs.  If any of the figs make it through the winter, i'll officially alter the landscaping to fit them in.

The first picture is what my wife has now dubbed fig corner.  You can see im already altering the landscaping to put the figs in.

The second picture is the bonsai Brown turkey(Thanks again BLB!) She's on a NE exposure but gets sun from sun-up til around 6pm.

The third picture is the hardy chicago i just pinched this morning.  You can see from the picture it has walls around it on 2 sides and the driveway on a third. It only gets a few hours of sun, but thought maybe that corner would create a great micro-climate to carry it through the winter.  It's a SW facing wall but it gets filtered sun because of a sugar maple and maybe 2 hours of full sun around noon.

The fourth picture is my "Agway" Celeste. On clearance for 15 dollars. I thought the shape was awesome and should make it an easy winter protect. I also noticed that there are some "dead ends" on it like it went through last winter. It has about 10 figs the size of sour balls on them. It's on a SE exposure along with the Sal's and Florea


The last picture is a Sal's(EL) that 7Deuce hooked me up with. It actually has a few figs on it and it appears that its a hardy one according to the forum.

Thanks again for everyone's advice!

Looks good,

You might want to go on ebay and invest a little under $20 for some aluminum tags. They are double sided and 100ct..
The ones I see you have in the ground just won't cut it.

At least have them ready for your future rare figs.

The pics look great Tim. I see you do have a nice area for planting not crowded, nice and neat. I also agree with Herman, better to let them settle in now than stay in pots indoors for the winter. The amount of growing time should provide the trees a good opportunity to sink roots. Just protect them well.