Ask anyone in the City of Novato and they’ll tell you they have mixed feelings about this Sunday’s NFC Championship. The local favorite team, the
, is playing the Detroit Lions whose quarterback grew up in their town.
“I am a 49ers fan, but of course I love watching Goff,” said David Neseralla, a Novato resident. “The Niners better bring it because Jared Goff is going to play. He is going to play very well.”
Goff played high school football at Marin Catholic. While there, he brought the program to new heights by breaking numerous school records. He won team MVP in 2011 and 2012. His coach says Goff doesn’t worry about those accolades. He just loved to play football.
“He was just one of the guys,” said Mazi Moayed, the Head Football Coach at Marin Catholic. “He loved his family. He loved his teammates. You could see it when he first got here. When he was a freshman. You see him throwing the ball around, it looked really easy.”
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