GREG BEACHAM
BERKELEY, Calif. - The banners hang from most lampposts above the aromas of curry and patchouli on famed Telegraph Avenue. Just blocks from Memorial Stadium, the oversized portraits celebrate the university's beloved heroes. If Marshawn Lynch, DeSean Jackson, Brandon Mebane and Desmond Bishop played football in most any other college town, their faces would be on those banners. After all, they're the star players who have turned No. 9 California into a powerhouse with its highest preseason ranking in 54 years. But this is funky, free-spirited Berkeley, the world-renowned home of culture, education and all things tie-dyed. Those big banners on Telegraph? They're portraits of Cal's long list of Nobel laureates in economics, physics, literature and chemistry. As for Cal's sports heroes - well, the two quarterbacks vying to be the Golden Bears' starter can stroll around their adopted downtown for days without being recognized.
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