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
difficult guy open people space spread
In open space with people spread out, the guy is very, very difficult to tackle.
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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.
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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.
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,
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vision of Cal being one of the premier dominating schools (in football). The academics here are high quality, and with coach Tedford, we're like a family.
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You have to put a lot of drill work in. A lot of your focus is put on things you don't see every day, like counters coming back off of it, play-option passes coming off it. They're always (blocking) at your legs. It's totally different than preparing for the typical team you play.
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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.
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Everybody enjoys being around him. He's got a great sense of humor and can always make people laugh.
Every day he's getting better and better with the reps he's getting.
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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.
kick position team
You can never put your team in the position to kick off from the 20-yard line.
What, are you nervous? ... That wasn't even close.
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We just need to stay together as a team. We need to understand that attention to details makes you win or makes you not win.
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This will step it up a notch, ... It's going to be one of those games, like I told the team ... this is why you play. A Top 25 opponent on the road, in the Rose Bowl, it doesn't get much better.