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Cade McNown hit the beach with his UCLA teammates Thursday. Somewhere in the Malibu surf, McNown shed his old skin like a wet suit and braced himself for the numbing days ahead. For the next three months those will be manmade waves breaking at McNown’s feet, whipped into a froth by the winds of hype. Reporters will roll in and out like the tide, asking the Bruins’ senior quarterback about the Heisman Trophy that could be his. The current will be unpredictable. And there’s always a danger the constant pounding will wear on McNown or that he’ll get dragged down by the powerful undertow of public opinion. The hope is that he can hang on and enjoy the ride.
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