Bay Area QBs Jared Goff and Tom Brady in Super Bowl LIII spotlight
The teams in Super Bowl LIII are from opposite coasts, but their starting quarterbacks are separated by less than 30 miles.
Sunday’s NFL title game won’t include the 49ers or Raiders, but it will give the Bay Area reason to brag: New England’s Tom Brady, who graduated from Serra-San Mateo, will share the field with the Los Angeles Rams’ Jared Goff, who attended Marin Catholic-Kentfield.
Marin Catholic and Serra don’t play in the same league, but they are part of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco.
“Obviously, it’s really unique for two guys from the same area to be on the same stage together,” said Marin Catholic football coach Mazi Moyad, who coached Goff in high school. “And to come from the same archdiocese -- it’s really neat.