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6/10 DBD: All Hail the Mack Attack

Feldman presents his list of this year's workout freaks.  Taylor Mays sounds f'ing incredible.  Also, included, the Mack truck in the middle (left tackle?) of our line.

7. Alex Mack, Cal, center: Arguably the best offensive lineman in the country, the 6-4, 310-pound Mack, a standout wrestler in high school, is everything coaches want in a center. The guy is not only the most powerful player on the team, but also the most flexible guy too. His 374-pound power clean set a Golden Bear record, while he regularly displays his freakish flexibility by doing splits and scoring the highest marks on all of the flexibility tests the players do. "The two things that make him different from anybody I've ever coached are his work ethic and his flexibility," says Jim Michalczik, Cal's veteran O-line coach. "He is the hardest worker I've ever seen." Michalczik says that uncanny flexibility not only helps prevent injuries but as a center, Mack always is forced to operate in close quarters and is able to get low and stay low. Not bad for a guy who wasn't a high-profile recruit that had come to school as a 260-pounder.

Probably worth reading the rest of the article anyway.

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Doing….............the splits???

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by TwistNHook on Jun 10, 2008 8:38 AM PDT   0 recs

Interesting link about new potential downtown Berkeley museum. I don’t know too much about architecture, but the Chron seems to think this is something revolutionary. Or something.

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by TwistNHook on Jun 10, 2008 8:59 AM PDT   0 recs

Considering the rate of construction here, it will be built around the time we retire.

by BearsNecessity on Jun 10, 2008 11:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The article claims 2013. Who knows?

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by TwistNHook on Jun 10, 2008 12:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

hey

I’m planning on retiring by 2013!

I'm still wondering why the Nets didn't draft Leon Powe.

by yellow fever on Jun 10, 2008 1:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

NBA Draft Notes

ESPN.com’s Chad Ford doesn’t have Anderson or Hardin in his latest mock draft, but he’s got Hardin at 33 and Anderson at 41 on his Top 100 prospects list.

SI.com’s Luke Winn, however, says that Anderson will likely stay in the draft, and this Anderson interview by Rod Benson seems to imply that Anderson has every intention of staying in the draft.

Whatever Ryan Anderson decides, he’s got less than a week (June 16th in the deadline) to make a decision.

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Jun 10, 2008 1:29 PM PDT   0 recs

Hey why don’t we have a countdown for the Ryan Anderson decision, too???? You’ve really screwed us over again this time, Ragnarok. If that is your REAL name?

Which….it isn’t

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by TwistNHook on Jun 10, 2008 1:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The "Break Down" of who will stay

is hardly that and gives me NO information one way or another to evaluate the claim.

As for the video, too much joking around to really know what Ryan’s thinking. I still hope he pulls a Hardin and comes back for one more year and really don’t think the uncertainty in his draft position justifies staying in the draft.

The Birth certificate was hilarious!!

by oaktownmario on Jun 10, 2008 2:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Cal Hall

Announcements for the next round of inductees to the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame have been announced. Nice to see Brian Hendrick in there—Old Blues will remember him fondly.

Go Bears!

by SoCal Oski on Jun 10, 2008 4:12 PM PDT   0 recs

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