Buzz Break: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster)

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The box: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 7
Packs per box: 4-5
Cards per pack: 32
Base set completion: 
24 of 100 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – See gallery for all cards from this box.

Insert/short-print cards: 8
Chrome Prospect (Refractor finish) parallel (1) – Taulia Tagovailoa
2000 Bowman (1) – Chris Olave
Golden Boy (1) – D.J. Uiagallelei
Pink Chrome Prospect (Refractor finish) parallels (4) – Chris Olave, Brandon Peters, Kennedy Brooks, Harrison Bailey
Green Lava Refractor Chrome Prospect parallels (1) – Hank Bachmeier (/99)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I'm a casual believer in this one -- especially with fully licensed Topps college stuff in the future building upon this first release -- and I grabbed another since it's affordable and has some chase that I particularly like. Nothing pricey in most boxes and that's fine for the $19.99 price here for me but this one passed the Bryce Young test (he shows up and I don't hate the rip) and it also included a Green Lava parallel that's one in 159 packs (23 boxes) that I wish had been Young. The Tagovailoa card also was a nice find in my mind (school ties, too) though he's not a money guy. This one is just a quick, cheap break with long ball potential as, yes, autos and rare stuff is in here ... if you're lucky. It's a bit of a throwback to the days of only a few years ago when a collector could go hit the retail aisle and grab a handful of $19.99 boxes and see what happens. (Yes, SRPs still matter to me ... $27.50 and up makes a difference in my buying habits.) ... As I mentioned last time, I was a little surprised to see this one go retail but I'm glad it did as the Chrome element to this NIL release -- there are active college football stars here not just guys who were just drafted -- makes this one perhaps a leader of the pack for the new NCAA kind of cardboard. Why again? The Chrome and Chrome autos part. Now these boxes are lean and there are some smaller issues -- especially if you grade a lot like I think I do -- but it's a start. The boxes are labeled as seven packs of four cards but that actually excludes the Chromes, which are not every pack here. And that's a bummer. Basic Chromes are one per box, while the Pinks are one in every other pack. The other bummer here? The packs are so small that edges and corners can easily show issues with curling or nicks -- probably because they are so small or from other mechanical or packaging issues though that problem was not as pronounced with this box. (It's something I have seen in a few releases this year.) ... Ink in blasters starts at one in 75 so you're probably looking at three or four per blaster case. These are not CLC licensed so no formal team names or logos are in play here -- not even a simple state statement -- so that's a little bit of a challenge for the appeal, but that's licensing for you. Autos have a full array of parallels here, too, with Super autos one in 48,263 -- actually not the toughest find here. The variation Superfractor autos are one in 748,066 packs ... so the print run here isn't shabby. I'll rip more of this.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A- (a rare pull and some names I like)
Fun Grade: B (tiny boxes and Chrome is extra, not every pack)

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