Let's just reuse this bad boy.  We are big on recycling here.  My protestations below might seem inane right now.  But with the way readership is now, when the season starts, I fear that the FanPosts might move at a much faster pace.  And certainly we don't want the old "Longshore is GOD" posts to be knocked off the front page quickly by newer "I HEART LONGSHORE" posts.

A Q+A with Cal soccer star, Alex Morgan:

CalBears.com: Was the experience representing the United States a lot different from competing for Cal?
Morgan: "This experience is not very different than competing for Cal. One difference is that I am not around these girls as much as my teammates at Cal, so it takes much more effort to become friends, especially in shorter periods of time. The camps help us all connect with each other and become a close team, but then we have a month away from each other. Playing for Cal and playing for the national team is really not much different. I put all my effort into my teams, and I take pride in wearing any jersey, Cal or the U.S."

MARSHAWN IS BACK HOME!

via imgs.sfgate.com

via imgs.sfgate.com

He is, as you might have guessed from the photos, doing a camp for children.

The camp is titled "Family First," a slogan Lynch and cousins Rob Jordan and Virdell Larkins adopted when they were teammates at Cal and extended with the saying, "Forever; Ambitious; Motivation; 1st place; Solid; Together." That family has now extended to other Cal and NFL players who have no East Bay links but found their way to the camp.

"It takes a world to raise a child," Delisa Lynch said. "We used to say a village, but these days, we need the world to come together for these children."

The message is hope. When one child asked Jordan if he played in the NFL, and he said, "I'm in the 49ers camp," the child didn't miss a beat. "I'll be there, too," he said.

"This brings hope to little people," Jordan said. "This is the way to show them that there is more to do than get in trouble."

Nothing new.

QB is a competition. Inexperience at WR. RBs look good with Best back. Props to the linebackers. 3-4 for the obvious reasons.

If the excitement of the Riley/Longshore QB competition is just too exciting to end, there's a chance both of them play.

7-5 overall and 5-4 in the conference with a bowl game at season's end. Gee, it's nice that they see us winning one more game than last year.

There are a few solid links.  So, now, then, dump away!  Go Bears!