Not fun. That’s how California’s Jared Goff described his experience two years ago playing as a true freshman quarterback in the Pac-12.
Can you blame him? Goff was buried, bruised and beaten in just about every way imaginable while soldiering through the Bears’ 1-11 season in 2013. Yes, he rode his strong right arm to a school record of 3,508 passing yards in a season, but he didn’t win a single conference game and he was knocked out of the last game on a hit that separated his throwing shoulder, an injury that required surgery.
So, no, not fun.