What: 2018 SAGE HIT Premier Draft High Series football cards
Arrives: Late March
Box basics: 12 autographed cards per 20-pack box (16 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: SAGE’s second wave of this brand showcasing prospective NFL Draft picks arrives before the draft with plenty of ink and other surprises.
Keep reading for more info.
What: 2018 Leaf Metal Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (15 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft returns with on-card autographs across the board for the biggest NFL Draft hopefuls this year as well as some new touches that will add to the complexity of the collecting rainbow in this one.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
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The box: 2017 Leaf Metal U.S. Army All-American Bowl football cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
One of the most-memorable voices in college football — if not all of broadcasting — has gone silent as Keith Jackson has died. He was 89.
His career started in the 1950s and he continued working until the mid-2000s with his “Whoa, Nellie!” catch-phrase heard countless times calling 15 Rose Bowls and plenty more during a stretch for ABC that began broadcasting college games in 1966. Jackson also called World Series games, Olympic events and worked on the Monday Night Football broadcast team.
And that’s where his perhaps only standard football card comes into play.
What: 2018 Elite Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: March 28
Box basics: Five autographs per five-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Elite Draft Picks will kick off Panini America’s 2018 football calendar with an autograph in every hobby pack and a limited retail offering with an autograph in every other pack.
Keep reading for more info.
With a victory tonight, University of Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban would equal a giant not only in the history of college football but a giant in his school’s history.
His Crimson Tide plays in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Paul W. Bryant Drive down the road from the Paul W. Bryant Museum and the Bryant Conference Center — all reminders of Bear Bryant and his NCAA-record six national championships and 323 career victories. (Saban is at 285.)
Tonight’s College Football Playoff National Championship is Saban’s sixth title-game appearance in the last nine years and with a win he’ll have his sixth season title for his career. Saban had his chance at tying Bryant last season when his undefeated team lost in the final seconds on the final play of the game against Clemson, which Alabama knocked off in a rematch this year to advance to tonight’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs. Both of Alabama’s postseason foes this year are coached by former Tide assistants, Dabo Swinney at Clemson and Kirby Smart at Georgia, but neither has autographs and football card appearances as easily found as the legend of today, Saban.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Favorite memorabilia pieces, DeMar DeRozan’s 52 points, an all-SEC title game, fixing the Cleveland Browns, Panini Contenders SPs, a Michael Jordan trade you don’t want to make and plenty more …
What: 2018 SAGE HIT Low Series football cards
Arrives: Feb. 23
Box basics: Two autographed cards per blaster box (20 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: SAGE gets an early start on the prospective NFL Draft picks with this one, which will be blasters-only at retail.
Keep reading for more info.
Update: It sold for $399,608 after 24 bids.
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SCP Auctions will auction a Heisman Trophy next month and all net proceeds from the sale will be donated to CTE research.
It’s the 1994 Heisman awarded to the late Colorado Buffaloes and Chicago Bears star Rashaan Salaam, who died last year at age 42.
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The box: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion:
8 of 100 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards: Tony Romo, Darren Sproles, Calvin Johnson, Doug Martin, Frank Gore, Allen Robinson, Luke Kuechly, Kirk Cousins
What: 2018 Elite Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: March 18 28
Box basics: Six autographs per 12-pack retail jumbo box (20 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Elite Draft Picks will kick off Panini America’s 2018 football calendar with an autograph in every other jumbo pack — that’s more ink in boxes than last year — and that will be the only format to be found at retail, too.
Keep reading for more info.
What: 2018 SAGE HIT Premier Draft Low Series football cards
Arrives: Feb. 23
Box basics: 12 autographed cards per 20-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: See in the gallery below
What’s buzz-worthy: SAGE gets an early start on the prospective NFL Draft picks with HIT, which will include an insert in every pack and plenty of ink per box.
Keep reading for more info.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Nothing but football breaks as we await kickoff today.
Buzz is a collector who has to be selective — can’t collect everything but would probably want to — so that’s why a day like Black Friday is important.
It’s a time for me to try stuff I normally wouldn’t — or try something I’ve always eyed but never done simply because the price is right.
Blowout’s Black Friday Doorbusters have been revealed and there are some serious bargains to be found along with the previous waves of Black November discounts on other brands beyond these. Keep your eyes on this forum link to get the latest of what’s been unleashed on Friday — and what’s back in stock, too.
Keep reading for my picks on the deals that would get my attention first once those Friday prices kick in — and then check out the full list here to see the prices.
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The box: 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion:
26 of 100 (26 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notable players found on base cards – Jerry Rice, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, John Elway, Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Andrew Luck, Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Jameis Winston, Adrian Peterson, Dez Bryant, Brian Bosworth, Khalil Mack, Von Miller
What: 2017 Panini Flawless college football cards
Arrives: Nov. 15
Box basics: Two gems, six autographs and two more auto or memorabilia cards per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Single briefcases here & two-box cases here
What’s buzz-worthy: Flawless takes to the college gridiron with legends of the past and stars of the recent present with a celebration of Saturday action.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big waits are on collectors’ minds in today’s edition.
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The box: 2011 TRISTAR Obak football cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24 (plus one jumbo T4 box-topper)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 144
Base set completion:
101 of 110 (94 percent)
Duplicates: 9
Notables on base cards – Sammy Baugh, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, Mel Hein, Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Tim Mara, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Johnny Unitas, Paul Hornung, Terry Bradshaw, Earl Campbell, Morten Andersen, Roger Staubach, Gale Sayers, Jim Otto, Jim Parker, Norm Van Brocklin, Vince Lombardi, John Heisman, Paul “Bear” Bryant, Doak Walker, Darrell Royal, Bo Jackson, John David Crow, Hopalong Cassady, Johnny Lattner, Charlie Ward, Tom Dempsey, Lem Barney, Dennis Byrd, Edgar Allen Poe, Bob Lilly, “Crazy Legs” Hirsch, Emlen Tunnell, Walter Camp, Fritz Pollard, Thomas Riddell, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Eddie LeBaron
What: 2017 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Football Mini Helmets
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box
What’s buzz-worthy: TRISTAR’s Hidden Treasures football brand returns to the field for another season with some new NFL names and some of the biggest names from the past.
What: 2017 Panini Immaculate Collection Collegiate football cards
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: The college gridiron once again gets its own Immaculate Collection release with the stars of the past (and recent past) in this school-focused high-end brand.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Flawless, Immaculate Collection and National Treasures.
Those are the high-end brands that will be arriving this coming card season from Panini America with a collegiate twist as the company pulled back the curtain on a number of the cards before they are signed in less than two weeks at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere.
What: 2017 Leaf Valiant football cards
Arrives: July
Box basics: Three autographs and one graded autograph card per box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant returns having “undergone substantial changes to ensure that the item as as fun and exciting as ever.”
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Whose autographs are toughest to pull out of packs of 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards?
We can now tell you.
What: 2017 SAGE Autographed football cards
Arrives: Late May
Box basics: At least 24 autographed cards per 12-pack box
What’s buzz-worthy: SAGE is readying an all-autograph high-end brand that focuses on college stars and NFL hopefuls with some memorabilia worked into the mix, too.
Keep reading for more info.
What: 2017 Leaf Trinity football cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Five autographs per box (10 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf’s all-hit three-tiered approach to draft pick football cards arrives soon with a mix of approaches and big names who’ll be in this year’s NFL Draft.
Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.
If you happened to turn on a cable news network Tuesday afternoon and see the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, you may have seen a weird discussion with Texas Senator Ted Cruz that had nothing to do with politics.
It had plenty to do with basketball — and the skills of a former associate justice of the Supreme Court, Byron White, who was appointed to the court in 1962 and was there until 1993.
Apparently he was known for his elbows and odd free-throws — and what was mentioned in passing as part of this off-topic discussion? The NFL.
What: 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: April 12
Box basics: Six autographs per six-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: The hobby details are in for this brand after our early word on retail and they show a new format with 18-card packs that include an autograph in every single one of them.
Keep reading for more info as well as some early images.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big breaks, the Boogie deal, chasing rainbows, Trea Turner expectations and O.J. Simpson
What: 2017 Leaf Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Two autographs per 20-pack box (20 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy & The Basics: These boxes will continue to include two autographs atop cards of top potential NFL Draft selections. There will also be a small number of the boxes available through hobby channels. Packs will include five cards. No other details were released but the boxes carry a suggested retail price of $19.99.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Throwback breaks, a big week of buying, panic buying, 2017 Allen & Ginter, a big fishy pull & much more …
What: 2017 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf’s latest reveal will be full of nothing but on-card autographs on memorable past designs with the newest NFL hopefuls in what will be a very limited release.
Keep reading for more info and a gallery of images.
What: 2017 SAGE HIT Premier Draft High Series football cards
Arrives: Late March
Box basics: 15 autographed cards per 20-pack box (16 boxes per case).
Checklist: Click here to view
What’s buzz-worthy: SAGE continues its early start on the prospective NFL Draft picks with HIT, which includes more packs and cards per box as well as some chromium cards, too.
Keep reading for more info.
What: 2017 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Football Mini Helmets
Arrives: Feb. 1
Box basics: One autographed mini helmet per box (10 boxes per case).
What’s buzz-worthy: TRISTAR’s Hidden Treasures football brand returns to the field with some extra potential twists for collectors along with a guarantee of six Hall of Famers in every case.
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The box: 2015 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion:
8 of 100 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Base cards: Odell Beckham Jr., Julius Thomas, Julius Peppers, Brandon Marshall, Vincent Jackson, Philip Rivers, Ryan Tannehill, Andre Williams
What: 2017 SAGE HIT Premier Draft Low Series football cards
Arrives: Feb. 24
Box basics: 15 autographed cards per box (16 boxes per case).
What’s buzz-worthy: SAGE gets an early start on the prospective NFL Draft picks with HIT, which includes more packs and cards per box as well as some chromium cards, too.
Keep reading for more info.
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