Buzz Break: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster)

∀ From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com. The box: 2022 Bowman University football cards (blaster) Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com First Buzz preview/checklist: Click here 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 (2) – C.J. Stroud (action), C.J. Stroud (practice) 2000 Bowman (1) – Myjai Sanders Golden Boy (1) – Bryce Young Pink Chrome Prospect (Refractor finish) parallels (4) – Bryce Young, Romeo Doubs, Dillon Gabriel, Rakim Jarrett Autographs/Memorabilia: None What's Buzz-worthy: This one was clearly an Alabama/Ohio State box and for the sub-$20 suggested retail price that's good for me as the front half of that is  my collecting wheelhouse and why I opted to grab a couple of these. 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 (I got two) 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. (It's something I have seen in a few releases this year.) My gut feeling is that bigger packs with more cards would solve the issue here to a degree but that's just a guess. I landed C.J. Stroud three times and then Heisman winner Bryce Young on a Pink and an insert ... the Pink being the collector win here. (I don't care about value but that's a good start for him from this format.) I have not opened any hobby boxes but it appears they have the same size of packs but with a lot more parallels in play as well as two autos per box -- so that's easily the best way to go here. 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 one so I'll perhaps say more then. As a collector, I like this one. Product Grade: A- Box Grade: A (Bryce Young/C.J. Stroud stole show for me) Fun Grade: B (tiny boxes and Chrome is extra, not every pack) -- Follow Buzz on Twitter @BlowoutBuzz or send email to BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.  >> Click here to buy cards on BlowoutCards.com | CollectingAll.com | @CollectingAll