Buzz Break: 2023 Bowman University Alabama Football cards

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The box: 2023 Bowman University Alabama Football cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)
First Buzz preview with checklist/odds: Click here

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
37 of 100 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 2

Base cards – Notables include Nick Saban, Jase McClellan, Roydell Williams, Jermaine Burton, Dallas Turner, Kool-Aid McKinstry, Malachi Moore

Rookie Cards – N/A (prospect cards are not RCs by any traditional definition)

Insert/short-print cards: 10 (in gallery below with some base)
Roll Tide (5) – Malachi Moore, Justice Haynes, Caleb Downs, Kobe Prentice, C.J. Dippre
Rainbow foil parallel (2) – Ty Simpson, Eli Holstein, C.J. Dippre
Crimson Catalysts (2) – Roydell Williams, Jaheim Oatis
Crimson Catalysts Red parallel (1) – Ja'Corey Brooks (/5)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Autographs (1) – Deontae Lawson (/99)

What's Buzz-worthy: My streak of Relic boxes are ended with a bang last time with a Red auto of the team's top running back and this time I landed a standard auto and then an insert parallel that's one in 2,590 packs (259 boxes) -- that's far rarer than the auto I pulled last time. Winning. ... As I said previously, I was skeptical of this one in some ways when it was first revealed -- it's an entire product of active, current college players -- but it's my team and it's got a deep checklist and it's bargain-priced, so I had to try it a few times. ... The design is clean and simple and the backs are jam-packed with info and generally speaking the images are strong as they're coming straight from the source and not via what can be found from hired photographers (sometimes a struggle with college cards). ... The skeptical part of me is what could have been -- this release would have been unquestionably epic had it arrived last year as that roster had 10 NFL picks and the No. 1 overall pick in Bryce Young, while this year's team came up short in the final four. For more thoughts, check my other breaks of this affordable break ... I have one more I'll pop up here during the off-season but if more present themselves on the cheap, I'll probably bite again.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A+ (another rare Red and an auto)
Fun Grade: B (boxes are small so can run very lean on fun easily even with a strong card in there)

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