Too Many Manninghams

At long last I'm finishing up my 2018 COMC pickups with my favorites--my PC guys from the 2008 draft class!  It's this here blog's answer to GCRL:  Henne, Hart, Manningham, Long: Record...

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It's almost time for me to say goodbye to 2018 and the purchases I made last year on this fine evening in...MAY?!  Yeah, it's taken me far too long to post these, but what else is new?  Ignore ...

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Let's get this 2018 stuff done!  Up today I'm featuring 10 cards that won't be going into any of my football player collections but were still fun adds: Where my numbered insert fans at?!...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/05/2018-comc-purchases-michigan-miscellany.html

It's been far too long since I posted here, and it's only thanks to Jeff that anything got put up in April.  But I still have some 2018 COMC pickups to show off before I can move on to some oth...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/05/2018-comc-purchases-qb-club.html

Hey all, Jeff here. I realize you all probably forgot about me as I've been quiet over here but I'm going to try to post every so often. I do get Michigan players occasionally and I actually stop...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/04/2-weeks-worth.html

While my take-home from March show #2 (in Troy) was a bit light, as described on TMV this evening, it skewed more towards quality when it came to the Michigan stuff I scored, mostly thanks to the...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/03/32319-show-report-few-blue.html

It's been a few weeks between posts, so today I'm finally getting around to showing off the first bunch of pickups from my COMC purchases near the end of last year. Tonight is all about sure-ha...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/03/2018-comc-purchases-whateva-ill-do-what.html

The calendar has flipped over to March and once again Michigan fans are looking forward to the NCAA tournament, though a regular season rematch with Michigan State and the Big Ten Tournament awai...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/03/3219-show-report-march-madness.html

The big finish on the TMM side of this Sportlots series covers cards starring the player for whom I scored the most cards this time, and good news:  it's not a running back!  It does happen to ...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2018-sportlots-purchases-harb-marb.html

I didn't plan on posting cards of four running backs over three consecutive posts--that's just how they worked out this time.  In what amounts to my penultimate write-up of this latest series we...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2018-sportlots-purchases-running-it.html

This evening I'm back with another back:  RB Tyrone Wheatley .  The former Wolverines great starred for the Giants and Raiders over his career and we'll see the new Morgan State head coach with...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2018-sportlots-purchases-wheatley-cant.html

I may not have 313 cards of today's subject--one for each of his rushing yards against Ohio State in 1995--but I still managed to grow my Tim Biakabutuka collection by a huge amount thanks to Sp...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2018-sportlots-purchases-tim-bits.html

Recent birthday boy and buddy of the blog Doug of Sports Cards From the Dollar Store had let me know recently that I had a few more cards heading my way since he last sent me a trade package.....

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-trade-package-2-sports-cards-from.html

As I described on TMV this evening, February's show resulted in less quantity than I'm used to, and this time most of it was concentrated on stuff I posted on that blog.  But I did come home wit...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2219-show-report-feb-blue-ary-kind-of.html

Since I last posted here NFL GOAT QB Tom Brady went and won another Super Bowl, to the delight of most Michigan fans and the disgust of probably most of the country again.  Hey, I get it--he's ...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/02/2018-sportlots-purchases-qb-club.html

In what has to be a first in my combined time at the University as a student and then staff member, the school closed up shop for two days (today and tomorrow) due to the ridiculous wind chill co...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/01/2018-sportlots-purchases-its-so-cold-in.html

When Doug (of Sports Cards From the Dollar Store) sends me trade packages there are times when he undersells them, promising more in the way of quantity than quality.  While I don't think I c...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/01/2019-trade-package-1-sports-cards-from.html

Next up on the 2018 Sportlots train is a fresh new crop of football RCs !  As I believe I explained before, I added a number of guys who transferred--in general away from Michigan--as long as I ...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/01/2018-sportlots-purchases-happy-rookie.html

It may be a new year but I still have lots of 2018 pickups to get through.  Before I show off some bigtime scores from COMC let's have a look at my latest Sportlots haul. I'll open things up w...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/01/2018-sportlots-purchases-wide-world-of.html

No, I'm not going all Jack Skellington on you--I just had a bit of a surprised reaction to a card I found in a quarter box at my first show of 2019.  That's saying something since I'm pretty sto...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/01/1519-show-report-whats-this-whats-this.html

Today mark's one year since last New Year's Day , when I watched as Michigan Football ended a disappointing season with a bowl loss to South Carolina, then got over it and posted a bunch of new ...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2019/01/seventh-heaven.html

Just a few minutes after I post this the Wolverines will kick off their final game of the 2018 season.  While the destination isn't the one they ultimately had in mind thanks to a stunning col...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-michigan-gameday-13-vs-florida.html

I got a very nice surprise in my mailbox last week when I went through my mail and came up with an unexpected PWE from Chris, a.k.a. "The Collector" (though I'll probably always associate h...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-trade-package-15-collector.html

As I mentioned on TMV this evening (where you're probably coming from), I met my goal at this past Saturday's show of landing a bunch of pickups I can include in Christmas packages I'll be sendin...

http://toomanymarios.blogspot.com/2018/12/12118-card-show-report-happy-turco-day.html

It all comes down to this:  The Game.  #10 Ohio State hosts #4 Michigan in a matchup of 10-1 teams that have had completely different seasons.  While Michigan has mostly cruised to 10 straigh...

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