Subject: RE: Dopers before they were dopersTony Mandarich. I met him during his last year at Michigan State, they guy was massive. My grandpa was a tutor for the team, so he could take me through their old football building pretty much any time. I met a bunch of the players & coaches, played on the indoor field, but my most indelible memory was meeting Tony in the weight room. He was this huge guy bench pressing an ungodly amount of weight. The wall in the old weight room had different "clubs" for different lifts (300lb club, 400lb club, etc). I don't remember the #'s, but I remember that the far right of each display was the highest #, and Tony's name was usually the only one there. Once he got out of college and into a real testing program, he fell apart. |