Scoring from My Dealer

 

Two 2025 Donruss Football hanger packs:

-  Similar design to the WNBA cards, but player names are easier to read.  Same complaint about the in-game photos being kind of boring.

-  Several Blue Press Proof cards that don't have images on TCDB yet.  Same with a Puka Nacua Elite Series insert.  

-  Several retired stars:  Drew Brees, Kurt Warner, Joe Horn, Joe Ferguson, Carl Eller, Tony Dorsett, Calvin Johnson.

-  Obviously, the Super Bowl MVP is a good pull.

-  And the Heisman Trophy winner is as well.  (Also got the Blue Press Proof version.)  

Scoring from My Dealer

 

Got a 2025 Donruss WNBA blaster at Target.  

-  It's a 100-card base set, so not too hard to get a lot of stars.  Though I wonder how the Bueckers RC is being distributed. 

-  I like the design, but the player names are hard to read sometimes.

-  The in-game photos could be better. 

-  I pulled a couple parallels, but I couldn't figure out which ones they are.

-  These showed up after the season was complete, but the photography was clearly done between the draft and the start of the season.  Not sure who to blame for the delay.  

-  Big FA class and an expansion draft once they get the CBA sorted out, so I expect a lot of players to change teams.  

-  I'll probably go one and done on this.  Hope they get 2026 blasters out in a more timely fashion.

Bowl Season

 

Pick the winners of these 6, 7 games:

Hawai'i Bowl:  Cal vs Hawai'i, December 24

Fenway Bowl:  Connecticut vs Army, December 27

Pop-Tarts Bowl:  Georgia Tech vs BYU, December 27

Alamo Bowl:  USC vs TCU, December 30

Sun Bowl:  Arizona State vs Duke, December 31

Citrus Bowl:  Michigan vs Texas, December 31

Tie Breaker:  National Championship Game - January 19

Entry Deadline:  9:00 AM Pacific, December 24

U.S. addresses only.

Prize:  PWE of the winner's choice:  NFL players in college uniforms, headshots of NFL rookies (Halloween cards mostly), basketball cards, or hockey cards.

Time Traveling

 

Another trade with Matty K.

-  Three legends of the game and Rafael Palmeiro.  

Friday Five: Rivalry Week

 

Michigan vs Ohio St. (football)

Eagles vs Cowboys

Duke vs North Carolina (basketball)

Yankees vs Red Sox

Lakers vs Celtics