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
admire along bit both bring help natural shook team toughness type
I've said all along I really admire his toughness and his will to come back. At some point, it's only natural to be a bit shook up by this type of things. We've got to help him through this and bring him back, both for the team and for him as a person.
coming drill focus passes preparing team totally typical work
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.
opponent rose step team top
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.
kick position team
You can never put your team in the position to kick off from the 20-yard line.
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.
believe bit breeds care confidence felt goes level main mindset self-esteem success team time tried trust
Any time a team goes 1-10, their confidence and self-esteem is low, ... You really have to get that back up and believe in one another. That was the main thing. We just tried to take care of that in-house and get our mindset a little bit better to where they felt like they had a trust level that they could play through anything. Then a little bit of success breeds more success and goes from there.
focused guys mean pleased talk team understand veterans
I get the sense they understand, ... I've been very pleased with our mind-set. Our guys have been focused for every game. It hasn't really wavered at all. That's not us, I don't believe. We don't ever really talk about rankings. There are enough veterans on this team to understand that it doesn't really mean anything.
best college doubt seen team
In my opinion, they are the best team I have seen in college football. There is no doubt about it.
attention details stay together understand win
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.
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.
enjoys everybody great humor humorous people
Everybody enjoys being around him. He's got a great sense of humor and can always make people laugh.