Is Cal QB Riley finally winning over his tough-love coach?

I noticed an interesting change Tuesday in Cal coach Jeff Tedford's approach to quarterback Kevin Riley. It was almost as if Tedford switched roles from bad cop to good cop. For much of the season, Tedford has been very hard on his young quarterback. No doubt he wanted to humble Riley a bit and make sure he understood how much he still had to learn. But in the wake of Cal's 41-20 victory last week over UCLA and just days before a huge home game against Oregon, Tedford had little but praise for Riley during his weekly press conference. Tedford went so far as to say that he might have been too critical of Riley in the past. I get the feeling that Tedford has had enough of this season-long quarterback shuffle with Riley and Nate Longshore, that he's getting close to going all-in on Riley and that he decided it's time to start boosting his young QBs confidence. Yeah, I could be wrong. Tedford could do an about-face and make another QB switch ? or two or three. ...