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Cal offensive tackle Steven Moore's old roommate used to wake him up in the middle of the night.
"He'd be watching film and he'd be like, "Hey, look at this play,'" Moore said. "It's like, 'Dude, come on, relax.'"
But that's why Moore thinks former Cal quarterback Jared Goff, the top overall pick in this year's NFL draft, was a can't miss choice for the Los Angeles Rams.
"That dude lives and breathes football, so there's no way he's not going to be successful," Moore said.
Then, in the true spirit of boundless preseason optimism, Moore said he feels confident Cal will be OK without Goff's supreme talent under center this year.
"It's the ultimate team sport. He's not going to break our team by him leaving," Moore said. "Obviously it doesn't help us, but we have to realize that we have good quarterbacks. Whoever is going to step in, there's not going to be that big of a drop off."
— Aaron Falk
Twitter: @aaronfalk