Reassessing Cal’s Jeff TedfordRandy Shawbyline‚ Nov. 18‚ 2008As another Big Game approaches, it is time to revisit some core assumptions about Cal football coach Jeff Tedford. For example, if he really is a quarterback “guru,” why has Cal failed to have effective play at that position since 2004? And if really is an offensive “genius,” why has the team’s offensive performed so poorly the past few seasons? Tedford clearly turned around a dismal Cal program, and I was among the many Cal fans that once viewed him in Bill Walsh-like terms. But four years of disappointing performances fit a pattern, and Tedford’s capacities appear to have been greatly overestimated. |