Cal Family,

One of the greatest coaches of all time returns home!

Join Jeff Tedford, the winningest head coach in Cal history, in attending Saturday's game vs. Oregon State. Tedford will be honored on the field at the end of the first quarter!

Make sure you are there to welcome him back to Bear Territory!

The first 10,000 fans through the gates will receive a souvenir clipboard to throw at the end of the game!

BearsWiin said:

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Cal Family,

One of the greatest coaches of all time returns home!

Join Jeff Tedford, the winningest head coach in Cal history, in attending Saturday's game vs. Oregon State. Tedford will be honored on the field at the end of the first quarter!

Make sure you are there to welcome him back to Bear Territory!

The first 10,000 fans through the gates will receive a souvenir clipboard to throw at the end of the game!

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As I was corrected as well, there was no clipboard involved. It was that massive and excessive play card that he carried around with him like the evil coach carried around the playbook in The Waterboy.

That said, Coach Tedford deserves a very robustly filled Memorial Stadium in his honor.

He threw his headset too, didn't he? My memory of the incident is of the video and not from my vantage point in the north end zone.

He certainly deserves a warm welcome. It was time for him to go, but before things fell apart he did give us some magical years. I miss the days when we would go into any game just expecting to win.

BearsWiin said:

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He threw his headset too, didn't he? My memory of the incident is of the video and not from my vantage point in the north end zone.

He certainly deserves a warm welcome. It was time for him to go, but before things fell apart he did give us some magical years. I miss the days when we would go into any game just expecting to win.

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I miss those days as well. Hopefully, we'll see them again before I die!

Cal even screws up JT's return to be honored, so typical

When is Sonny Dykes Day? What is the giveaway?

bearister said:

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When is Sonny Dykes Day? What is the giveaway?

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I hear they are going to give away leads.

Did anyone else briefly think the email was saying that Tedford had been re-hired as coach?

KoreAmBear said:

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BearsWiin said:

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Cal Family,

One of the greatest coaches of all time returns home!

Join Jeff Tedford, the winningest head coach in Cal history, in attending Saturday's game vs. Oregon State. Tedford will be honored on the field at the end of the first quarter!

Make sure you are there to welcome him back to Bear Territory!

The first 10,000 fans through the gates will receive a souvenir clipboard to throw at the end of the game!

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As I was corrected as well, there was no clipboard involved. It was that massive and excessive play card that he carried around with him like the evil coach carried around the playbook in The Waterboy.

That said, Coach Tedford deserves a very robustly filled Memorial Stadium in his honor.

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Maybe a nearly abandoned stadium is a nice honor. "Remember when the stadium would be full? Well, it was you, 'cause look at this BS now."

Teddy in DA HOUSE! I'll be there!

glutton said:

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Did anyone else briefly think the email was saying that Tedford had been re-hired as coach?

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Yes! Had me thinking that!

Should we expect any former players or coaches as well?

Maybe he can chuck another newspaper-sized play card following Oregon State's inevitable win (Tedford never beat the Beavs in Berkeley).

I wonder if Tedford appearance is timed to his 60th birthday on Tuesday.

Tedford was hired a month after his 40th birthday.

And … https://bearinsider.com/forums/2/topics/44107/1

Strykur said:

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Maybe he can chuck another newspaper-sized play card following Oregon State's inevitable win (Tedford never beat the Beavs in Berkeley).

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Maybe Oregon State winning isn't inevitable. Good that Tedford will finally be able to see the Bears beat the Beavs in Berkeley, anyway.

Go Bears!

Strykur said:

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Maybe he can chuck another newspaper-sized play card following Oregon State's inevitable win (Tedford never beat the Beavs in Berkeley).

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Yeah, Tedford is NOT our lucky charm against the Beavs at CMS.

Even Aaron Rodgers against the Beavs at CMS in 2003:
9 of 34 (26%) for 52 yds 0 TD 1 Int

The last 10 times Cal beat Oregon State in Berkeley:

2017
2015
1997
1996
1992
1983
1981
1980
1979
1977

Time to dust off my Tedhead shirt. The remodeled Memorial is the house that Tedford built.

Go Bears!

I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

okaydo said:

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The last 10 times Cal beat Oregon State in Berkeley:

2017
2015
1997
1996
1992
1983
1981
1980
1979
1977

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That gap is insane. Not being able to beat OSU at home, Oregon in Eugene, UCLA in LA or USC ever (except 2003) plus weird games against Arizona really held us back. Once Stanford got good we were doomed.

Who?

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bearister said:

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When is Sonny Dykes Day? What is the giveaway?

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I hear they are going to give away leads.

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There will be a special prayer in his honor before the game lead by Rich Rod.

This happened while you were sleeping. Arizona scored 36 in the 4th quarter, including 6 on a Hail Mary, to beat Cal. pic.twitter.com/sKE826cdCU

— Travis Haney (@travhaney) September 21, 2014

bearister said:

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When is Sonny Dykes Day? What is the giveaway?

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Sometime after Gilby and Holmoe Days

Why did we play them in back to back years ('96 & '97) in Berkeley?

panoramicknob said:

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Why did we play them in back to back years ('96 & '97) in Berkeley?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_California_Golden_Bears_football_team

1997 was @ Oregon St.

westcoast101 said:

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I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

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I love this comment!! I'm pretty sure the gold old days are always like the green light at the end of the dock.

TheFiatLux said:

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westcoast101 said:

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I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

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I love this comment!! I'm pretty sure the gold old days are always like the green light at the end of the dock.

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We are always in the "good ol' days". You just don't know it until time has passed and you look back wondering where that time went.

TheFiatLux said:

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westcoast101 said:

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I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

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I love this comment!! I'm pretty sure the gold old days are always like the green light at the end of the dock.

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and I love this reference to The Great Gatsby!

TheFiatLux said:

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westcoast101 said:

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I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.

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I love this comment!! I'm pretty sure the gold old days are always like the green light at the end of the dock.

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I just had a flashback to Mitch Breitweiser's undergrad American Lit class.

ColoradoBear said:

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panoramicknob said:

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Why did we play them in back to back years ('96 & '97) in Berkeley?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_California_Golden_Bears_football_team

1997 was @ Oregon St.

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According to Winsipedia, the 1997 game was played in Berkeley.





According to Sports Reference, the 1997 game was played in Berkeley.




According to Oregon State's 1997 media guide, the 1997 game was scheduled to be played in Berkeley.




According to Oregon State's 1996 media guide, the 1996 game was scheduled to be played in Berkeley.




Oh, and this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324214362551

As I've said before, many of us on this board would have left long ago if we didn't have JT teams as grrrrrreat memories!!

72CalBear said:

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As I've said before, many of us on this board would have left long ago if we didn't have JT teams as grrrrrreat memories!!

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+1. The period between Snyder to Tedford was especially painful, testing the patience of even the most passionate fans. Tedford pulled us back in. But now, the goodwill generated from the earlier years have been mostly spent by subsequent incompetent administrators.

I will always hold Tedford in high regard.

Can an argument be made that Tedford got "institutionally stale" at Cal like Ben Braun did and lost his mojo …...but then after the divorce Tedford got resurrected and reinvigorated?

..,,or is that a wholly unsupportable theory?

As Gary Radnich would to say: "Your thoughts, BI poster."


*I happened to see Tedford get out of his car from my seat at Prima in Walnut Creek (now tits up) around the time he was getting his large buy out check from Cal. He was giggling like a school girl.