Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford
Jeffrey R. Tedfordis the former head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is best known as the former coach of the California Golden Bears, where he was twice named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and holds Cal records for most wins, games coached, and bowl game victories...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 November 1961
CityLynwood, CA
ball brings confidence evident game last ran steve table turn
Steve was very efficient. He didn't turn the ball over, he ran the huddle well and he brings a confidence to the table and it's infectious. It was pretty evident last game and it was there today.
athletes both compare game great impossible spread teams unfair
It's impossible to compare different eras because the game is so much different now. Things are so spread out today, and athletes are so much better, it's an unfair comparison. All you can say is both teams were great for their time.
aaron definitely guys mark period question short snap special taken
It's definitely a question mark about our season, ... Aaron was a pretty special guy. He did so much in such a short period of time. Now we'll be going with guys who have never taken a snap at this level.
difficult early manage players schedules
It's been very difficult to manage the schedules of the players because this is such an early game. This has been particularly challenging.
draw
That's not the way you draw it on the board.
close game learn means potential
Each game we learn new things. By no means did we come close to our potential tonight.
circumstance game
Each game has a different set of circumstances,
credit good job offense physical played spreading
I want to give BYU a lot of credit. Their offense did a good job of spreading the field. They played very well and they have a physical defense.
boost keeps player seems tremendous week
It was a tremendous boost for us to see what kind of player he really was. He just keeps getting better every week it seems like.
dabble unorthodox
They really know what they're doing with the option. There're a lot of things that are unorthodox with the option, and they don't just dabble in it; they know what they're doing.
holes potential skill spring
There's a lot of potential there. We have some skill and we have some holes to fill. The spring will be really important to us.
goofing turn
Every now and then you'd turn around (at practice) and see him goofing off with the guys. You don't see that anymore.
bring fast great guys
They bring another dimension, guys who are very fluid, very fast and with great hands.
resilient
They bounced back pretty well. They're a lot more resilient than the coaches.