If You Build It, They Will Come

 Let's dig into the next four cards including one I'm unsure about. 2003 Press Pass Brad Banks has Banks in the away jersey.  Our only other clue is that there is a lot of red in the stands behind him.  The railings, padding, and fan apparel.  There is also yellow in those shirts, which could mean Iowa fans mixed in, or Iowa State.   The away games with red teams are as follows: 2001 Nov. 3 at Wisconsin 2001 Nov. 24 at Iowa State 2002 Sep. 7 at Miami (OH) 2002 Oct. 19 at Indiana I lean Iowa State on this one, but can't claim it yet. STATUS : Unknown

 Hawkeye football is easily the best represented in my collection.  I started on in earlier than most of the other Iowa collections, and there are plenty of players to collect.  But lets look at the numbers: 110 players I'm in the Top 5 collections 29 players I'm the top collection Over 100 cards of 5 different players 37 players I improved my ranking with this past year. There are still holes, especially in pre-1988 players.  There are still massive amounts of cards being added each year, but still pretty happy with where the collection is.   George Kittle and TJ Hockenson are the big winners this year with 35 and 32 cards added.  Tyler Goodson, Jim Jensen, Kenny Ploen, Zeron Flemister, Devon Mitchell, Jerry Reichow and Eddie Robinson  each added their first cards to my collection this year.  Goodson, Daviyon Nixon, Mekhi Sargent, Al DiMarco, Matt Hughes, Louis Trinca-Pasat and Carlos Honare all were added to the checklist as well. Ho...