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Skull and Bones · 2013-12-30T22:31:46Z

Early coaching careerAfter retiring as a player, Tedford became a volunteer assistant coach at Fresno State (1987–1988) under his former coach Jim Sweeney. He then coached as an offensive assistant for the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL (1989–1991); returned to Fresno State as quarterback coach (1992); was promoted to offensive coordinator at Fresno State (1993–1997); and worked as offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon (1998–2001). During his time at Oregon, the Ducks notched a Pac-10-best record of 38–10 while finishing progressively better each year (8–4 in 1998, 9–3 in 1999, 10–2 in 2000 and 11–1 in 2001).[5]While at Fresno State, he was instrumental in developing many players whom went onto the NFL: QB Trent Dilfer (1992-1993), QB Billy Volek (1997), RB Ron Rivers (1993), RB Reggie Brown (1994-1995), RB Michael Pittman (1993-1997), and WR Charlie Jones (1993-1995).CalAfter previous Cal coach Tom Holmoe resigned from his post amid a 1–10 season in 2001, worst in Cal's history, then athletic director Steve Gladstone hired Tedford to become Cal's 32nd head football coach. Tedford inherited a program that had not had a winning season since 1993 and had only won 29 games on the field since then, including only 18 wins in Pac-10 play.During his time at Cal, Tedford has become known for his work ethic, often working late hours in his office and sleeping on an air mattress.[6] In evidence of his turnaround of the Cal program, season ticket sales jumped from 16,200 in 2002 to 41,336 in 2007, setting new records each year from 2004 through 2007.[7]In Tedford's first season (2002), he led the Golden Bears to a 7–5 record, their first winning football season since 1993, the nation's biggest turnaround of the year, and was named Pac-10 coach of the year. The Bears ended a 19-game losing streak to Washington and a seven-game losing streak to arch rival Stanford in the Big Game. Despite their resurgence, the Bears didn't go to a bowl due to NCAA sanctions for academic fraud that were handed down shortly before Tedford took over.[8] After the season, Tedford signed a five-year contract through 2007 to replace his original four-year contract, which ran through 2005.[9]In the 2003 season, Tedford's record of 8–6 included the upset of eventual national co-champion University of Southern California in triple overtime, as well as a 52–49 shootout victory against Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight Bowl. The Bears won 5 of their last 6 games.Tedford accepts the 2006 Holiday Bowl trophyIn the 2004 football season, the Bears finished with a No. 9 national ranking in both the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll with a 10–2 record, losing to Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl. Tedford was named Pac-10 coach of the year for a second time. The team was undefeated at home, notched the fifth 10-win season in school history (and first since 1949). Since Pac-10 champion USC had earned a berth in the BCS national title game, it initially looked like the Bears, as runners-up, had the inside track to the Pac-10's berth in the Rose Bowl—which would have been their first appearance in that game since 1960. However, after a less than impressive 26–16 victory over 24-point underdog Southern Miss,[10] Texas received enough votes to edge past Cal in the final BCS standings, giving them a berth in the Rose Bowl.Following the regular season, Tedford signed an extension of his contract through 2009, which nearly doubled his base salary to $1.5 million per year; in the deal he also had the pay of his assistant coaches raised significantly.[11]Tedford (center) at the 2008 Big GameIn 2005, the Bears finished with a No. 25 national ranking in both the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll with an 8–4 record. Cal rose as high as No. 10 in the AP Poll and No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll in week 6 before losing to UCLA 47–40. They beat BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl, 35–28.In 2006, the Bears recorded an eight-game win-streak, including five straight games scoring 40 or more points, rising as high as No. 8 in the AP poll, and remaining undefeated at home. The Bears finished the season with a 45–10 Holiday Bowl victory over Texas A&M, a No. 14 ranking, and an overall 10–3 record. The Bears were also co-champions of the Pac-10 for the first time since 1975. Following the season, Tedford signed a contract extension through 2013, which raised his base salary to $1.8 million per year and included significant performance and retention bonuses.[12]The 2007 campaign saw the Bears jump out to a 5–0 start and a No. 2 national ranking, Cal's highest since 1951.[13] Set to move to No. 1 after LSU lost, Cal instead lost when freshman quarterback Kevin Riley—playing for the injured Nate Longshore—failed to get out of bounds for a game-tying field goal and time expired in a 31–28 home loss to Oregon State.[14] This began a streak of losses in six of the seven final regular season games, including Tedford's first losses as head coach to Washin...

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Tedford is a meh tag along. But he isn't a Buc problem. Yet.

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hmmm.....what happened to his offense during 2010-2012 which led to his firing? Was it program-based that he didn't get the caliber players to succeed in his system? And if so - why did he not adjust the system to match the player strenghts?thats my thing regardless of who comes in, they need to be able to adjust their system to match the players strength, and obviously effective management and playcalling come game day. we can't have another coach dead set in their ways.

I'd say that it was more a recruiting thing than anything. Cal went 1-11 this season, worse than it ever did under Tedford. Cal isn't an easy place to recruit, with the academic requirements and all. That, plus the rise of Stanford probably hurt recruiting. Good thing we won't need him to recruit for us.

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Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest One more thing. People focus on Tedford as a so-called QB guru, but what he is a 100% bonafide guru on is running backs. His backs put Alabama's, Texas', and every other power school's backs to shame with much less resources. He's a great running game coach and teaches his backs to play in the pass game. While we all know you don't actually win in the NFL with running, having a creative, productive running game sure beats slamming your back up the gut for two yards on every play. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:22 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest Just think a screen game... That works and is well executed... I cannot remember the last time... Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:32 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest Just think a screen game... That works and is well executed... I cannot remember the last time... Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:34 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest Just think a screen game... That works and is well executed... I cannot remember the last time... My leg just got a tingle like Chris Matthews watching an Obama press conference... Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:35 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest Just think a screen game... That works and is well executed... I cannot remember the last time... :Last year for about 5 weeks. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:35 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest One more thing. People focus on Tedford as a so-called QB guru, but what he is a 100% bonafide guru on is running backs. His backs put Alabama's, Texas', and every other power school's backs to shame with much less resources. He's a great running game coach and teaches his backs to play in the pass game. While we all know you don't actually win in the NFL with running, having a creative, productive running game sure beats slamming your back up the gut for two yards on every play. J.J. ArringtonMarshawn LynchJustin ForsettJahvid BestShane VereenNot to mention..DeSean JacksonKeenan AllenMarvin JonesHe gets Kyle Boller held against him, who wasn't even his recruit, but doesn't get credit for Aaron Rodgers, who was. He put almost every RB he coached at Cal in the NFL. The WR's he's put in the NFL all seemed to have a relatively short learning curve. Tedford is legit. I'd be happy with the hire. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:37 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest Hearing Tedford would be coming with Lovie definitely makes me feel better about that scenario. Tedford is a really, really good offensive mind who will fit a scheme around the players he's given. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:41 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest I'm not sold on Tedford, but I have to be honest, up until today all my knowledge of the guy could be summed up with the words "don't draft one of his QBs" He is an out of left field guy but at least he's not a Ron Turner type guy that Lovie is gonna drag along. Whatever Tedford might be the pros his name being dropped at least shows Lovie's heart is in the right place in terms of reforming. I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're saying or not, but what I like is Lovie and Tedford have no past history together that I know of. It's not like he's "getting the band back together" like Kiffin and Marinelli, Fisher and Gregg Williams, and other coaches trying to recreate past magic. I'd assume Lovie and Tedford met at some sort of unemployed coaching function and hit it off. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:54 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest General Manager: Eric StokesHead Coach: Lovie SmithOffensive Coordinator: Jeff Tedford (longshot, but I'd like to see it) Muhahahahha!!! Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:58 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest I'm not sold on Tedford, but I have to be honest, up until today all my knowledge of the guy could be summed up with the words "don't draft one of his QBs" He is an out of left field guy but at least he's not a Ron Turner type guy that Lovie is gonna drag along. Whatever Tedford might be the pros his name being dropped at least shows Lovie's heart is in the right place in terms of reforming. I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're saying or not, but what I like is Lovie and Tedford have no past history together that I know of. It's not like he's "getting the band back together" like Kiffin and Marinelli, Fisher and Gregg Williams, and other coaches trying to recreate past magic. I'd assume Lovie and Tedford met at some sort of unemployed coaching function and hit it off. Pretty much. I mean this isn't a Ron Turner type retread or the old RB coach for the Bears who ever the heck that was. This is a "fresh" name for Lovie. It also a guy who has a reputation for being creative and dynamic on offense so this isn't like he got "creative" and went after the OC at Wisconsin who runs a dead dull offense. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 10:58 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest General Manager: Eric StokesHead Coach: Lovie SmithOffensive Coordinator: Jeff Tedford (longshot, but I'd like to see it) Muhahahahha!!! I'd be very happy with that. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 11:00 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest General Manager: Eric StokesHead Coach: Lovie SmithOffensive Coordinator: Jeff Tedford (longshot, but I'd like to see it) Muhahahahha!!! pretty good prediction. Posted : Dec. 30, 2013 11:07 pm Anonymous (@Anonymous) Posts: 0 Cabin Boy Guest General Manager: Eric StokesHead Coach: Lovie SmithOffensive Coordinator: Jeff Tedford (longshot, but I'd like to see it) Muhahahahha!!! Holy crap. Good call man. Posted : Dec. 31, 2013 1:40 am

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