Super Bowl quarterbacks bolster Cal’s reputation

As the Super Bowl approaches, a sudden ray of light shines upon Cal football. The Rams’ Jared Goff will become the fifth former Bears quarterback to start the game, joining Joe Kapp, Craig Morton, Vince Ferragamo and Aaron Rodgers. Believe it or not, no other school can boast more than three.

That’s certainly one way of looking at the program. Then there’s the T-shirt created by John Siamas, a San Francisco attorney and Cal alum who had it designed specifically for him.

Boldly entitled “The Cal Fan’s Burden,” it explains: “Condemned to a life of preordained disappointment punctuated by sporadic interludes of unwarranted optimism and irrational hope.