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
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,
board chance drawing football game leaves time
Every time I look at that, it kind of leaves a knot in my stomach. It was an unbelievable football game and we had a chance to win, but didn't get it done. So we have to go back to the drawing board and see if we can do it this year.
aaron almost game gonna last oregon second start state talk
We had almost the same talk I had with Aaron after the Oregon State game ... Joe's gonna be our guy, not like the last game where he was going to start the second half.
few football game guys injury lost quite rough share
We've lost quite a few guys but that's no excuse. Football is a rough game and we all have had our share of the injury bug.
bowl game gives learned time win
We've learned a lot this year. Any time you can win a bowl game it really gives you some momentum.
against florida games last san tape watching
This week, we're watching their first two games against Rutgers and San Jose, but we are also watching the Florida tape from last year,
cannot crazy deep early force games gets score seen short
You cannot give them a short field. We've seen games where the score gets crazy early because they force turnovers down deep and score.
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.
conference games haunt special teams tonight type
We're going to play in conference games that are going to be close, and those type of things will come back and haunt you. Special teams had a letdown tonight and we didn't play to our potential.
aware chance everybody game hangover night practiced thursday until
We practiced very well for that game, but I wasn't aware of the hangover from the BCS thing until the night before the game. This year, we've told everybody that the game on Thursday is the only thing that matters. That's where you get a chance to make a stand.
attack coming corner game injuries knew plan test weaknesses
Our plan was to try to attack the weaknesses of the defense. We knew coming into the game that they had some injuries at corner and we had to test those guys.
game physical played poor
They played more physical than we did, ... a poor game plan.