Marshawn Lynch's legendary 67-yard touchdown run in 2010 has inspired a corn maze. Words cannot describe how incredible this is.
"Every year, it's a big decision, but we really enjoyed his Beast Mode and the fans were so behind that," Camille Hemenway of Rutledge Farms recently told MyNorthwest.com.
According to the Rutledge Farms website, the "Marshawn Lynch Family First Maze" was inspired by a 67-yard Lynch touchdown run in the Seahawks' improbable 41-36 wild-card playoff win in the 2010 postseason over the then-world champion New Orleans Saints, and the "beastquake" that resulted from it. We'll include the Super Mario Brothers version of the run, because it's one of the best football highlights ... well, ever.
...The maze will be open to the public on August 10, and Lynch will visit on September 1 to sign autographs and raise money for his Fam 1st Foundation, which seeks to empower families in the Bay Area, where Lynch grew up.
The real question, of course -- would Lynch be able to navigate the maze, or would be just bull through it?
"This one is going to take a little bit of time to get through. It's combined two mazes and it should take you a good hour and a half, two hours to get through," Hemenway said.
The only downside is that it looks too narrow to ghost ride the injury cart through the maze. Otherwise, this is a fine work of art.
Calympics
- Alex Morgan's late-game heroics sent the U.S. to the gold medal match.
- Cal alum and '04 gold-medal-winner Pete Cipollone sits down with CalBears.com for a Q+A.
- Heather Petri and Elsie Windes propelled the Bears to a 9-6 win over Italy in the water polo quarterfinals.
Football
- This isn't Cal related, but it's good for a laugh. Just when you thought Stanford couldn't get any more bougie: they issued iPads with playbooks on them to all players.
- Khairi Fortt reflects on his decision to commit to Penn State out of high school. He nearly picked Cal and seems grateful for the opportunity to make what he believes was a better decision.
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Brian Schwenke talks about the transition from guard to center. Despite a rough first few weeks, he says it feels like second-nature now.
- CalBears.com has a recap from practice #2 including highlights and quotes.
- CalBears.com has a great article on players' perspectives on fall camp. They talk about practice itself, staying in Bowles, "welcoming" the freshmen, and the movie/water park day.
- Tedford talks about injuries in defense after practice #2. Stefan McClure is the furthest away from returning (not surprisingly). Tedford said they will be extremely cautious about bringing him back this year and did not rule out the possibility of a redshirt.
- Austin Clark's foot injury (3-4 weeks) will move Keni Kafusi and Gabe King to nose guard.
- Tedford said the offense was pretty rusty, but that's par for the course at this stage in fall camp. TE Richard Rodgers has been impressive. The highlight of his day was when he blew past freshman DB Damariay Drew.
- CalBears.com has the only available recap of practice #3 since everyone else is now behind a paywall. Tedford praised the development of Zach Maynard, who is leagues better than he was at this time last year.