Jeff Tedford

Tedford rules Best out for Saturday

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Cal coach Jeff Tedford said during his weekly meeting with the media today that running back Jahvid Best won't play against Washington at Husky Stadium Saturday.

Cal enters a new era with a new Tedford, as well

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Sometimes, after games, Cal coach Jeff Tedford will enter the locker room, make a hard right turn and walk all the way down the aisle, near a window against one side of Memorial Stadium, to heartily congratulate an offensive lineman on playing well. Then he'...

A new era, and a new Tedford

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Sometimes, after games, Cal coach Jeff Tedford will enter the locker room, make a hard right turn and walk all the way down the aisle, near a window against one side of Memorial Stadium, to heartily congratulate an offensive lineman on playing well. Then he'...

Spurrier Joins a Different Top 10 plus a comparison

Georgia Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

With Al Groh's departure at Virginia, Steve Spurrier moves into a tie for 10th place on the list of "Longest Tenured Coaches without a BCS Bowl" at their current BCS school. The 2009 pre-season list is here. Here's the latest Top 10: 1.(T) Mike Leach (Texas Tech) - 2001 1.(T) Greg Schiano (Rutgers) - 2001 1.(T) Gary Pinkel (Missouri) - 2001 4.(T) Bobby Johnson (Vandy) - 2002 4.(T) Jeff...

Here's Everything For Which I Am Not Thankful

Braves & Birds (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

... his blunder in the 2005 Tennessee game when he tried to call a timeout after an interception. Jeff Tedford for some insanely conservative decisions in the fourth quarter of the Cal-Stanford game when his team was locked in a shootout with the Cardinal. Punting on fourth and inches from his own 40 was dumb (and it took Stanford six plays to score thereafter); settling for a field goal...

Cal Bears

In Season Sports (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

... it the team’s fourth Bowl win in as many years and their fifth win in the last six years under Jeff Tedford. The Bears kick off the 2009 season with home matches against Maryland and Eastern Washington and are currently ranked 11 th in the Athlon preseason poll. The Bears are predicted to challenge USC in the Pac-10 this season as running back Jahvid Best is considered one of the...

49ers' playoff fantasies are just that

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

... Stanford goes for it? What a bizarre confluence of faith, arrogance and stupidity - although Cal's Jeff Tedford joined the parade of lunacy when he had Kevin Riley take a knee on that third-down play from the Stanford 9. How can you not take a shot at clinching the game?-- Overall Big Game impression: As entertaining as any collegiate game played this season. It's just too bad that...

College football: What we learned

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

What we learned Jeff Tedford outcoached Jim Harbaugh on Saturday. Besides the Axe, Cal gets a national ranking (No. 21) by its name again. Number-crunching guru Steve Sanchez said its only the second time in 12 games since 2003 that the Bears have won as an...

Jahvid Best ruled out of Big Game

Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

California star tailback Jahvid Best will not play in the Big Game against Stanford this week as he recovers from a concussion. Coach Jeff Tedford said Monday there is "no chance" Best would play Saturday against No. 14 Stanford. Best sustained his second concussion in an eight-day period when he fell on his back and head from about 8 feet in the air on Nov. 7 against Oregon...

• Cal's star back Best ruled out of Stanford game - SI.com
• California Golden Bears' Jahvid Best ruled out vs. Stanford - ESPN
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Cal upsets Stanford

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

... Golden Bears (8-3, 5-3 Pac-10) won the coveted Axe for the seventh time in eight years under coach Jeff Tedford. "It was mayhem," Riley said. "People were jumping up on you. I was struggling to find my teammates. I think it's the first time since Coach Tedford has been here that we were the underdogs. It was great." Stanford came into the game off two of its biggest wins, scoring...

Cal beats No. 14 Stanford 34-28 in Big Game

KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

... Golden Bears (8-3, 5-3 Pac-10) won the coveted Axe for the seventh time in eight years under coach Jeff Tedford.

"It was mayhem," Riley said. "People were jumping up on you. I was struggling to find my teammates. I think it's the first time since Coach Tedford has been here that we were the underdogs. It was great."

Stanford came into the game off two of its biggest...

Week 12 Predictions: Anyone Give A Damn For The Whole State of Michigan?

View From North America (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

... a Rose Bowl spot. It's do or die for the Cardinal against a Bears team trying to work out if Jeff Tedford should really get fired. Prediction: Go computer buffs and Tiger Woods lovers. Stanford wins by 21. Virginia vs Clemson Clemson's knack of self-implosion couldn't possibly happen against Al Groan and his Cavaliers, could they? Prediction: No. Clemson in a laugher. Connecticut...

Best ruled out of Big Game

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Cal coach Jeff Tedford did not hesitate and offered no equivocation Monday: There's "no chance" tailback Jahvid Best will play in Saturday's Big Game at Stanford. The news came as no great surprise, given the scary fall and severe concussion Best sustained...

Cal rules top rusher Best out for game vs. Stanford

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Location: Berkeley, Calif. | Founded: 1868 | Enrollment: 33,558 | Colors: Blue and Gold | Stadium: California MemorialCapacity: 73,347 | Coach: Jeff Tedford

Cal without star player aganist No. 17 Stanford

Covers.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

| | Cal without star player against No. 17 StanfordBy COVERS.com STAFF | November 16, 2009 | California will be without its best player when they suit up against No. 17 Stanford on Saturday. The Golden Bears' leading rusher Jahvid Best will sit out the contest while he recovers from a concussion he suffered in a game against Oregon State on Nov. 7. There is no timetable for his return and coach Jeff...