Panini America Honors Alabama (Again) By Revisiting Classic Houndstooth Hat Trick
Call it the "Houndstooth Hat Trick." For the third time in the last four seasons, the Alabama Crimson Tide is the BCS national champion, a rare feat that came to fruition Monday night during the Tide's impressive 42-14 dismantling of previously unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Notre Dame in a game Alabama led in the third quarter, 35-0. Against a Fighting…
Panini America’s Must-See Video Honoring Alabama’s Slicing and Dicing of LSU
With a legendarily dominant defensive performance, the Alabama Crimson Tide defeated, demoralized and decimated the LSU Tigers in last night's BCS Championship Game, earning the school its 14th football national title since 1925. The Tide's stirring game-long stand limited the Tigers to just 92 total yards and hearkened back to the houndstooth glory days of Paul "Bear" Bryant and his…
Houndstooth Hat Trick: Turning a Classic Bear Bryant Collectible Into 100 of Them
One of the most unique trading cards randomly inserted into packs of 2011 Panini Century Collection early last month was the striking Souvenir Stamps gem that included pieces of memorabilia worn by college coaching legends Knute Rockne and Paul "Bear" Bryant as well as U.S. postage stamps honoring both men. The swatch of Rockne memorabilia embedded into each of the 100 cards…