1991 Action Packed Rookie Update Football features an 84-card checklist. The first 75 are Rookie Cards, while the last nine cards showed veteran players. The base cards, just like every other Action Packed set, have embossed or textured card fronts. It is difficult to show in photos, but the players are raised up off of…
1997 Stadium Club Football was split into two series. Each series had 170 base cards. Topps did something different in 1997 (and 1998 baseball), though, and split the series into odds and evens. Series 1 has just odd numbered base cards, while Series 2 contains all of the even numbered cards. Why did they do…
When I think about my list of “Unappreciated Sets” – yes, I have a list – I’m surprised by some of the names that appear on it. One that sticks out to me: The 1996 Zenith Z-Team Football insert. The overall appeal of 1996 Zenith Football was strong, and the product as a whole remains…
2024 Bowman Chrome Sapphire University Football Checklist – Inserts Here’s the full 2024 Bowman Chrome Sapphire University Football checklist in one spot. Base Set Checklist 200 cards. 1 Brady Cook, Missouri2 Carson Beck, Georgia3 Dillon Gabriel, Oregon4 Drew Allar, Penn State5 Garrett Nussmeier, LSU6 Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss7 Abu Sama III, Iowa State8 Aidan Chiles,…
Growing up in the 1980s meant a lot of overt life lessons in cartoons and TV shows. G.I. Joe taught us that knowing was half the battle. After his epic battles, He-Man and friends preached love and humanity. Punky Brewster drilled home the dangers of hiding in a fridge. Diff’rent Strokes had all sorts of weirdos, freaks,…
2017 Upper Deck Notre Dame 1988 Champions Football looks back three decades to the last time the Fighting Irish won the National Championship. Exclusive to Upper Deck e-Pack, the product has a digital-only base set but physical parallels, inserts and autographs that collectors can add to their collection. Base Set The 2017 Upper Deck Notre…
Here’s a look at seven of the top Rookie Cards in 1967 Philadelphia Football, the company’s final set in the sport. 1967 Philadelphia Leroy Kelly RC #43 Buy on: Leroy Kelly had the distinct pleasure of following the career of a man named Jim Brown. He became Cleveland’s starting halfback in 1966, the season after…
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana has turned over a vast collection of his game-used memorabilia that will be part of Goldin’s February Elite Auction that opens Feb. 10 and closes March 1. Among items directly from Montana are a pair of Super Bowl game jerseys (one that he wore twice!), the uniform from his…
2024 Clearly Donruss Football is the most transparent set of the pigskin season. The product takes many of the same designs and themes as the standard Donruss Football release and gives it the acetate treatment. It’s understandably a little more upscale than it’s flagship-style counterpart with just four packs per hobby box. Each comes with…
Base Set Checklist 300 cards.Veterans – #1-200Rookies – #201-300 Parallels: • Goal Line• Kickoff• Red Zone• 1st Down – /99• 2nd Down – /49• 3rd Down – /25• 4th Down – /10• Touchdown – 1/1 Veterans 1 Sam Bradford2 David Johnson3 Larry Fitzgerald4 Patrick Peterson5 J.J. Nelson6 Chandler Jones7 Matt Ryan8 Devonta Freeman9 Tevin Coleman10…