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Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be: Luke Rubenzer’s journey to the opposite side of the field

You know it!”

The sun is shining, and the stands are full. It’s Sept. 5, and it is a perfect day for football. It’s almost the end of the second quarter in the first game of the Cal football season. The defense steps out onto the field. One of the 11 running out, however, is a quarterback.

“What?”

But in this game, he is a safety. In this moment, he stands behind his teammates, as per usual. He is no longer the person who has his hands on the football for the longest amount of time.