Upper Deck Launches 2010 NCAA Sweet Spot Football Set; Video Shows Top College Draft Picks Singing Their School Fight Songs

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With the 2010 NCAA football season now underway, the Upper Deck Company is proud to unveil its newest gridiron card set: 2010 NCAA Sweet Spot Football! A 100-card collection licensed by NFL PLAYERS and the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), the set features, for the first time ever, Upper Deck's Sweet Spot brand using college logos! What's more, autographed helmet cards of NFL legends, veterans and rookies – all sporting their college uniforms – are part of the mix with multiple logo variations of each player. Hard-signed autograph cards of Hall of Famers like Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State), Dan Marino (Pittsburgh) and Steve Young (BYU) are included alongside veterans such as Peyton Manning (Tennessee) and first-year standouts Sam Bradford (Oklahoma), Tim Tebow (Florida) and Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame).

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Inside the product, which hits store shelves today, collectors will be happy to find one hard-signed "Sweet Spot Signature" or "Sweet Swatch" memorabilia card in every pack. There are a total of eight cards per pack, six packs per box, and all autographed cards are hard-signed and foil-numbered. All 35 attendees of the 2010 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot, including Gerald McCoy (Oklahoma), Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska), Rob Gronkowski (Arizona) and Jahvid Best (California), have autographed cards inside 2010 NCAA Sweet Spot Football.

In conjunction with the company's latest sports card release, Upper Deck is pleased to share a special video production that showcases 15 of this year's top collegiate football draft picks competing in a "Fight Song" competition hosted by Upper Deck, the winner of which walked away with a pair of signed LeBron James shoes, courtesy of Upper Deck Authenticated. The competition, which took place on May 22 during the annual NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, featured the likes of Bradford, Tebow, Clausen, Colt McCoy (Texas), C.J. Spiller (Clemson) and Ryan Mathews (Fresno State) all giving it the old college try to see whose pipes were the most melodic and whose memory would serve them best. The contest, which included 31 entrants, boiled down to three stellar efforts turned in by McCoy, Clausen and Joe McKnight (USC), but in the end, it was the luck of the Irish (Clausen) that prevailed!

"I appreciate it," said Notre Dame's former signal-caller as he accepted his pair of autographed LeBron James shoes. "It was a great fight song, and it was great singing it. And I really appreciate receiving these shoes. Thanks Upper Deck for these LeBron shoes. I'm gonna put them in my house."

To see the best efforts put forth by 14 of the more animated participants, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKC8srWDzJgs. Not only was Clausen's effort selected as the best overall, but he was also one of the most persistent performers. He offered up four attempts at nailing Notre Dame's fight song, mostly because his earlier efforts were drowned out by his own enthusiastic clapping.

About Upper Deck

Upper Deck is the leading sports and entertainment trading card and collectibles company. For more information on Upper Deck and its products please visit www.upperdeck.com.

SOURCE The Upper Deck Company

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