This week we received an e-mail from Diana, a marketing/PR coordinator for Yardbarker.com. For a moment we thought we happened upon a great tip, even better than learning of Nate Longshore’s blog:

Marshawn (Lynch) just put up his first post (on his Yardbarker blog) the other day, and, well, it’s pretty awesome. As a Cal alum, I think the students would really enjoy checking out his blog, so I’m writing again to see if we can work together to get the word out to them.

Intriguing … Diana continues with her forthrightness:

It would be great to give Marshawn some attention in the Daily Cal’s blog, as well as in the paper itself (publish an excerpt each time he posts).

Wait, what was that? “Publish an excerpt each time he posts”? Can we please liveblog every time he scratches his butt or picks his nose too? Lynch was a great player for the Bears, but somehow we don’t think his “awesome” posts are that newsworthy:

whats good yardbarkers what it do its ya local neighborhood running back outta OAKLAND….in buffalo playin for da bills…if u looked at da headline reading DAMN its cause ive been out 4 da past two weeks and its been hurting me not to b out der wit ma teammates even if we losing….i just cant wait til i can get back out der wit ma bra bras (teammates)

Sorry, we just can’t get over “bra bras.” Neither could someone else on Yardbarker, someone who decided to bleach out any bit of personality from Lynch’s post and “correct” it:

Good afternoon, everybody(everyone, friends, people, etc.). How is it going? I am Marshawn Lynch, the running back for the Buffalo Bills out of Oakland, California. I decided to title this article DAMN because I have been out for the past couple weeks and it is starting to irritate me. I realize right now we are not doing that well but my team needs me and I want to be out there. I cannot wait until I can go back to practice and be with my teammates.

LAME, we say. Bring on the awesomeness! (Just don’t run it in the paper.)

Image Source: Linda Zhu, Daily Cal
DAMN [Yardbarker]
DAMN by Marshawn Lynch Re-Written With 3 Semesters of a College Education [Yardbarker]

And of those 99 college football players, three of them played in our backyard.

As mentioned earlier, Marshawn Lynch went to the Buffalo Bills with the 12th overall pick in this year’s draft.

Defensive tackle Brandon Mebane was drafted by Seattle with the 85th pick overall.

The third Cal player to be taken was Daymeion “I Can Intercept a Nuclear Missile”. Hughes. The Super Bowl champs, the Colts, nabbed Hughes with 95th overall pick in the draft.

These are all good fits for all three players. Lynch should be an automatic start with Buffalo. Mebane will get playing time in the attacking Seahawks defense. And Hughes, whose draft stock took a major hit after running a horrible 4.65 in the 40 in this year’s NFL combine, should be perfect for Tony Dungy’s cover 2 system.

An even more interesting note is who the Bills drafted in the third round to go along with Lynch. It was none other than often-injured Stanfurd quarterback Trent Edwards.

Now, we think Trent’s a good guy. But will Lynch and Edwards be able to put their differences aside?

Our answer: It should be simple, since Trent won’t see playing time and Marshawn will. It’s guaranteed.

Seahawks wait, choose small, fast CB/KR Josh Wilson and DT Brandon Mebane [CBC]
Colts grab corner in third round [Scout.com]
Earlier: “Lynch Going To Bring the Hyphy to Buffalo“