Tedford,
Bellotti
still have
respect
Cal head coach Jeff Tedford
returns to Autzen for the first
time after leaving the Ducks
in 2001 to lead the Bears
By Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
It is time for Cal head coach Jeff
Tedford to have his homecoming. It is
time to re-cross that bridge he left two
years ago. And it is time to walk out of
the tunnel at Autzen Stadium wearing
the blue and gold of California, not
the green and yellow of Oregon.
Tedford is making his first return to
Autzen Stadium since leaving after the
2001 season to take the head coach
ing position for the Golden Bears.
Tedford was the offensive coordinator
at Oregon from 1998-2001.
After being named the 2002 Pacif
ic- 10 Conference Coach of the Year,
Tedford returns on Saturday to go
head-to-head with an old colleague
and an old friend.
"I'm sure there's going to be some
feelings there," Tedford said. "I
walked down that tunnel quite a few
times and had a lot of success there.
There were a lot of great days. But I'm
with a new team now. I'm sure there
will be some memories and things
that come back to you after walking
down that tunnel so many days for
games and practices."
In his first year at Cal in 2002, Ted
ford led the Bears to a 7-5 overall
record and the team's first winning
season in nine years. He became na
tionally recognized, and Cal was con
sidered the biggest one-year turn
around in the nation that season.
Tedford inherited a team that fin
ished 1-10 the previous season and led
them to wins over the likes of Michigan
State Washington, Arizona State UCLA
and Stanford. Only Pappy Waldorfs
1947 team produced a larger one-year
turnaround in school history, going 9-1
after a 2-7 previous season.
Tedford did not face the Ducks last
year. It was the rare year off. And al
though their teams will duel on Satur
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Jeff Tedford has gone 12-10 in two seasons with the Golden Bears.
day, Tedford and Bellotti are still
friends and have great appreciation of
one another.
But game time means game time.
"I wish him well in every game but
ours," Bellotti said.
"When you get between the lines,
it's about competition, and once
that's over, we'll be friends again,"
Tedford said.
Bellotti said he hasn't really
thought about the coaching rivalry
that much, though, and Tedford feels
it is just another football game, saying
"1 have no ill feelings whatsoever, 1
have nothing to prove as far as that's
concerned."
The two coaches spoke on a regular
basis last year, but as Bellotti said, "the
first year the umbilical cord is very
tight, and after that it severed pretty
quickly."
Tedford expects that when game
time comes, the two will have "kind
words" for one another, whether it be
pre-game or post-game.
If anything, the game will come
down to respect. And despite his over
bearing success at times, Tedford still
considers Bellotti the dean of Pac-10
coaches.
"Yeah, definitely, there is no doubt
about it," he said. "That seems odd to
say, because Mike is a young guy. But
as long as he has been around the
Pac-10 and as successful as he has
been year in and year out, I think
without a doubt."
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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