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Quotes from Tedford's Holiday Bowl Press Conference
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December 09, 2011
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Cal Bags Chad Nightingale, 6'7", 315 pound Beast from Salesian High
Great news, made even better by the fact Cal beat out Oregon and Stanford. From the Chronicle:"Tagaloa gave Cal coach Jeff Tedford a verbal commitment last weekend and firmed it up Wednesday night when Cal offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Jim Michalczik visited the star recruit’s home. It’s been a really rough recruiting process for Tagaloa, ranked the nation’s...
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December 09, 2011
USC Spanks Cal 30-9
Zach Maynard threw three interceptions and fumbled the ball once in a *****-slapping by USC at AT&T park. His half-brother got in on the action, fumbling once as well. Tedford insightfully noted "We just turned the ball over too much."Another fun quote: "The fact he really telegraphed every ball he was going to throw made it easy," said USC linebacker Chris...
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October 14, 2011
Wall Street Journal: Cal is the Second Most Overrated Team in Past Decade
Today's Wall Street Journal had an article analyzing which college football teams are most notorious for failing to live up to preseason hype, based on the highest dropoff in points from the preseason poll to the final poll. Florida State was #1:"Since 2001, the Seminoles have been overrated more than any other major program based on the change between how many votes they...
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October 10, 2011
Blueprint on How to Beat Oregon
The collapse of the Cal defensive line in the second half last night shouldn't have been a surprise to the coaching staff. Oregon runs a play every 20 seconds, designed to wear down the defensive linemen. LSU recognized this a year ago and began preparing for this season's game against Oregon. Today's Wall Street Journal provided a detailed glimpse on how LSU's...
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October 07, 2011
Tedford Spotted in Galt
Jeff Tedford was at the Cosumnes Oaks vs. Galt game on Friday night. Good to see he's spending his bye week on the recruitment trail.
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October 02, 2011
September 6th Press Conference with Colorado's Head Coach
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September 07, 2011
SF Chronicle: Cal Has 2 Former Colorado Asst Coaches on Staff
John CrumpackerWhen Cal assistant coach Ashley Ambrose was talking about the importance of striking first and gaining an early advantage against Colorado on Saturday in Boulder, it sounded like so much meaningless coaching palaver.But wade through the coach-speak and you'll find kernels of truth. Cal leads Colorado 3-2 in a series in which the team that scored first has won all...
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September 07, 2011
Kyle Boller Beats Out Trent Edwards for #2 Quarterback Position with Raiders
The Raiders released Trent Edwards, with Kyle Boller currently backing up Jason Campbell. Link.On a happy note, JaMarcus Russell just paid off $200,000 owed to the State of California for taxes. His Oakland home is about to be auctioned off, however.
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September 07, 2011
Former Cal Bear Tracy Slocum Arrested for Pimping
From the San Jose Mercury News:A former high school football star from Fresno who played with little acclaim at Cal is being held without bail in Santa Clara County Jail on charges of domestic violence, sexual assault and pimping. San Jose police gave few details about Tracy Slocum Jr., 23, who was arrested Friday in Fresno by federal marshals and Fresno police and then brought...
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September 07, 2011
Denver Post: Colorado's Coach Looks Back at Last Year's Thrashing by Bears
Link.CU coach Jon Embree, at a Tuesday news conference in Boulder, looked back at the beating the Buffs took at Cal in 2010. Embree spent much of the off season examining the Cal loss. Of all the ineptitude, what stood out the most? “Lack of effort,” Embree said. “I don’t think we competed very well last year. I felt like we just kind of were hoping and waiting for the...
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September 07, 2011
Contra Costa Times: Cal Must Prove it Can Win on the Road
Monte PooleNo fan base in America could urge an athletic director to fire a college football coach whose team played its entire schedule on the road. Cal folks wouldn't dare.No A.D. would be irrational enough to dump a coach before allowing him to coach in the marvelous new facility built with the momentum he generated. Cal's Sandy Barbour won't even consider it.Not that...
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September 07, 2011
Chuck Muncie Autographed Ball
Bid high and bid often. Link to Auction.
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September 02, 2011
San Jose Mercury: Notes from Media Day
Jeff Tedford was the first coach on the stage in the formal interview session and wasted no time addressing the disappointing 2010 season:“We have created a standard and expectation at Cal over the last nine years. Last season, we fell short of that, and we’re not hiding from that.“We understand there’s a very fine line between winning and losing, and we were six points away...
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July 31, 2011
Sports Illustrated Interview with Jeff Tedford
Link. (Sorry about the ad).
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July 31, 2011
ESPN: Tedford to be More Involved in Offense
Ivan MaiselIn 2004, the Cal Bears averaged 492 yards of total offense and 36.8 points as they went 10-2. After that season, head coach Jeff Tedford began to delegate calling plays. They have never been as prolific again. This season, Tedford is going to return to his play chart. He said the offensive coaches will make calls as a staff. But he sounds as if he will immerse himself...
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July 31, 2011
Beau Sweeney Transfering From Cal
The Contra Costa Times reports that Beau Sweeney has been released from his scholarship and is transferring from Cal.Sweeney, a redshirt junior with two years of eligibility left, has been granted a release from his scholarship. Tedford said He's interested in transferring to a Football Championship Subdivision program so he doesn't have to sit out this season."He'...
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April 29, 2011
Wall Street Journal: The Cal Baseball Resurrection
Link.
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April 22, 2011
Saturday's Practice at Grant High School
Cal football will be practicing this Saturday at Grant High School in Sacramento from 1:00-3:30 p.m. My son has a little league game at 11:00 a.m., but I'll try and get there and take some photos.
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April 08, 2011
Cal Baseball Reinstated
From the University:The University of California, Berkeley, baseball program will continue to represent the campus as an Intercollegiate Athletics sport, now and into the future, as the result of a successful and ongoing fundraising effort on the part of alumni, former players, parents of current players and other team supporters, campus officials said today. After a significant...
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April 08, 2011
Cal Football's 2011 Schedule
2011 REGULAR-SEASON CAL FOOTBALL SCHEDULEDay, Date - Opponent (Time, TV)Sat., Sept. 3 - Fresno State (TBA) Sat., Sept. 10 - at Colorado (TBA)Sat., Sept. 17 - Presbyterian (TBA)Sat., Sept. 24 - at Washington (TBA)Thu., Oct. 6 - at Oregon (6 p.m. PT, ESPN)Thu., Oct. 13 - USC (6 p.m. PT, ESPN)Sat., Oct. 22 - Utah (TBA)Sat., Oct. 29 - at UCLA (TBA)Sat., Nov. 5 - Washington State (TBA...
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April 04, 2011
Cal Chancellor Says $1 Million More Needed to Reinstate Baseball
Per the Save Cal Baseball Facebook page:"Remarkably, the Chancellor has not reinstated Cal Baseball today. He said we still need another million dollars before he will do so. Frustration does not begin to explain our sentiment at this time. It took $8 million to reinstate rugby, women’s gymnastics, and women’s lacrosse. We now have over $9 million raised solely for baseball...
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April 01, 2011
ESPN: Cameron Jordan to Meet with Steelers
ESPN's James Walker is reporting that Cameron Jordan will meet with the Steelers on April 4th. "Jordan recorded 51 tackles and six sacks for the Golden Bears last season. He is considered a mid or late first-round pick. Pittsburgh holds the No. 31 overall selection."Link to article.
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April 01, 2011
SF Chronicle: Tedford Takes Reins of Cal's Offense
John CrumpackerWhen Cal takes the field for its games this season, there will be a new man calling plays for the Bears. In this case, however, it's like the old Who song: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Jeff Tedford hopes that's a good thing, because he's the boss and he'll be calling the majority of plays in an effort to make his first losing season as...
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March 30, 2011
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