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…
Oakland Raiders Great Tim Brown Stars in a Special Edition of Panini Unwrapped
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX4srzZwj2s&w=600&h=338] How appropriate that on the day Panini America's 2012 Prime Signatures Football goes live, one of the most prime pass-catchers in NFL history stops by company headquarters to sign some autographs. When he was done, Oakland Raiders legend and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown spent a few quality minutes discovering some of the finer points of Prime Signatures.…
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…