Go Tedford, Go Bears!
Football fans are waiting with nervous anticipation to see if our beloved Coach Tedford can repeat his previous performances, or surpass them. A recent article in the Sacremento Bee, "The Jeff Tedford era: Awakening the Bears" is a definite must-read for anyone interested in Tedford or our football team.
Here are some choice quotes:

On expectations-
Until Tedford addressed a group of Cal boosters in Sacramento a few weeks ago and uttered the words "Cal football" and "national championship" in the same sentence. And nobody laughed.
On choosing Tedford for coach-
Marvin Lewis, now head coach of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals, was the first person contacted by outgoing Bears athletic director Steve Gladstone.
While Lewis stayed in the NFL, Tedford was the No. 4 guy at the start of Gladstone's search, the least likely prospect in a profession of larger-than-life commanders of young men.
On growing up-
"I had an alcoholic father," Tedford said. "We didn't have any money. We lived in a little place, a shack. My mom didn't make a lot of money, there were problems between my mom and my dad, and academics weren't a priority in my house.
On revenue increases-
Cal's season ticket base has doubled in Tedford's brief stint, jumping from 16,000 to the expected 32,000. On Feb. 5, the first day they were available, Cal sold 1,500 season ticket packages, an all-time single-day record.
"People were calling us like crazy," said Matt Terwilliger, Cal's director of ticket sales and advertising.
Meanwhile, Cal's corporate revenue has increased from $2.8 million to $3.5 million to a projected $4 million this season, said Solomon Fulp, the school's director of corporate partnerships.

There is much more interesting information in the article itself.
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