Cal With The Best Giveaway Ever...The Marshawn "Ghost Ride The Whip" Bobblehead

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The bobblehead to end all bobbleheads.

If you don’t remember the reference…come on man.

10th Anniversary of Marshawn ghostriding the whip. Pretty great oral history of it from ESPN right here:

Avinash Kunnath, 2010 Cal grad; editor of California Golden Blogs and founder of Pacific Takes with SB Nation: I was in the 10th row, pretty close to the field, but we were all moving into the student section for overtime. It was really loud. If I remember correctly, Washington had the ball last, and they threw a pick. Everyone was going crazy. We were doing the “Bear Territory” chant. Then we all started noticing a football player driving this cart around — we weren’t sure if it was Desmond Bishop or Marshawn because they both had No. 10 — but then we realized it was Marshawn. He was just whirling around the field. We were all wondering if he was going to run into someone. He was going all over the place. It was crazy. He pulled up to the section and saluted us.

Bishop: I got the interception at the end of the game. There was a crowd [on the field], and we were walking back. Then we see Marshawn whipping it, ghost riding the cart. At first, a lot of people thought it was me because we both wore No. 10. He was all excited. We didn’t really think nothing of it. It was funny at the time. That was it. But after the game, you found out it was such a big deal.

Follett: I was still on the field. I saw Marshawn in the cart. We all just kind of laughed because Marshawn is a breed of his own. We saw him ghost riding, and at that point the whole “ghost riding the whip” movement was pretty fully in effect. That started with Bay Area rappers like E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. and Keak da Sneak. I think that’s what inspired Marshawn.

Jason Chong, Cal water boy, Class of 2006: I remember seeing Marshawn run to the sidelines and hop into the medical injury cart. He started up the cart and started driving around and celebrating. Of course, all of us in the student section, we loved it. We thought it was great. It was total, typical Marshawn. Having fun. We didn’t want it to stop. It was very timely because there were a lot of rap videos out about “ghost riding the whip.”

Marshawn Lynch, notoriously sheepish about doing interviews, has addressed the ride only a handful of times, such as with Inside Bay Area, Nov. 8, 2006: I was excited, man. In Oakland, we like to express ourselves in a lot of different ways, and one way is driving.

Forsett: Most of the team was in the locker room. We had TVs in the locker room. I remember looking up and seeing Marshawn in the cart driving around, across the field, going crazy. I didn’t see it on the field. Most of us saw it in the locker room. It was just widespread laughter. That’s Marshawn, man.

If you’re not one of the first 10K fans at that game vs. Washington, consider it one of the great regrets of your life.