SF Chronicle: TRIPLE OPTION - This season, Cal might qualify to be called Tailback U -- North

Rusty Simmons, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ask junior tailback Marshawn Lynch who the best back in the nation is, and he says his backup Justin Forsett.  Ask Lynch what third-stringer Marcus O'Keith would do in Cal's offense, and he says, "He'd put up the same numbers I do."  The Heisman hopeful is being exceptionally humble, but his comments might not be far from the truth. The Bears' three tailbacks have been ranked by some publications as the best in the nation, and running backs coach Ron Gould says, with the addition of freshmen James Montgomery and Tracy Slocum, he's never had a group this deep.

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