Jeff Tedford
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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
aaron bunch happen huge kyle learning spoiled throwing
It is a huge learning curve. We have become very spoiled here with expectations with Kyle (Boller) and Aaron (Rodgers) throwing a bunch of BBs all around the field. It doesn't happen overnight.
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.
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.
coach creating energy enjoying fly good group job obvious passion playing
I see a group that's playing with a lot of energy. They have a lot of passion for what they're doing. They fly around. They play very hard. It's obvious coach Zook has done a good job of creating a mind-set of enjoying playing the game.
events mark
Absolutely. It's one of those events you can mark off the checklist.
brought dive effort
They've brought it to a new level, the way they dive for balls, the effort they give.
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.
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.
believing last night proud staying talked together
We talked all week, especially last night and this morning, about believing and staying together as a team. I was very proud there was never any quit.
learn
We have to be patient. Joe's young and there are going to be some times where he need to learn a bit.
joe
We have to be patient. Joe will get it.
behind great others
While Marshawn is a great back, we have some others behind him that can play.
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.
drew loose
We let Maurice Drew get loose too many times,