Comments on: Football: If he’s called, quarterback Allan Bridgford says he will be ready for Oregon

By: oldcalfan

oldcalfan — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:24:48 +0000

Tedford stuck with a gimpy Longshore for 5, or was it 6?, losses in a row. Longshore couldn’t roll out, run, or scramble. When Riley went down (vs. Oregon State) Mansion came in totally unprepared. Now what’s Tedford going to do? Play a banged-up-knee Maynard? Unbelievable. Tedford should have been gone years ago. He needs to step down graciously and acknowledge his poor coaching since 2007. Thanks for the Stadium and giving us some hope but now it’s time to resign.

By: scottybear

scottybear — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:27:38 +0000

Did we win the 2nd half last week? 4th quarter? Coin toss?

By: Juancho

Juancho — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:54:22 +0000

I hope Bridgeford plays Saturday. I’ll be rooting my tail off for him.

Anyone listen to Tedford on “Coaches Corner” via 910 AM last night? He definitely didn’t make me feel like Bridgeford was going to play. He said that if Maynard can get a little bit of practice Wednesday or Thursday he’ll play.

I also can’t stand the Cal radio shows. They dumb it down for us and it’s all pure propoganda. From the Tedford interview you would have thought we were in BCS bowl contention.

“We did a lot of things well.” “We moved the ball well.” “We did a lot nice things.” “A lot of guys flying around.”

By: covinared

covinared — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:38:14 +0000

I think he stuck with Maynard so long was mobility. Tedford saw the writing on the wall that the spread was the new wave in college offenses. Bridgford wasn’t recruited for that type of offense. Maynard has all the tools to run it consistently well, and Tedford hoped he’d develope. It never happened.
I hope Bridgford gets a shot. the playbook needs to modifed to suit his strengths, like the few games that Levy took over in ’05. Bridgford was the second best pro style qb in socal when Barkley was the first.

By: Steve W.

Steve W. — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:46:07 +0000

Nor Cal Scott,

Love what you’re saying, but a rumor got started on Friday that Tedford was going to announce his retirment after the Washington game. We know this guy is stubborn, arrogant and detached. And I believe he is lying when he says he has not talked to the AD about his job situation. He is probably hard selling her right now on how his season got sabotaged by player injuries and maybe a coach or two that he will replace after the season.

If the speculation is true that Tedford sold his soul to get Allen into Berkeley and thus started an inferior player in the most important position on the field, then there is no doubt that Tedford is hated by a lot of the players. The players can sniff through that kind of BS in a heartbeat. I tend to believe something else: that Tedford wanted to open up his offense and thought that a Maynard, being more fleet of feet than Bridgford, would be a better fit for his vision. Once he named Maynard the starter and gave him all the snaps with the first team, his stubbornness and arrogance would not allow him to see through the errant passes and interceptions and realize he made the wrong decision.

By: Nor-Cal Scott

Nor-Cal Scott — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:37:25 +0000

“ZERO.”

That answer is unbelievable. When I read that I about fell out of my recliner.

Dan is correct. I have NEVER heard of the #2 QB not getting ANY snaps with the 1′s during the ENTIRE season.

Bobsac- I was at Grant HS that day too. I got home and called my ticket partner and said, “Bridgford will be the starter vs CU.”

Having seen AB throw the ball at a few scrimmages & practices, and his limited playing time, he is 10X the QB of Maynard. Tedford sold his soul to the Devil when he agreed to give Zach a schollie to get Kennan in Strawberry Canyon.

The rumors continue that Sandy has the $ to buyout Tedford, AND, that she has already approached him about negotiating a settlement. Start creating your short list boys, we’ll be debating replacements on the 19th.

By: Bobsac

Bobsac — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:15:11 +0000

I remember seeing Cal’s scrimmage up here in Sacramento in the spring of 2011. It looked to me like Allan Bridgford would be the QB based on that day. He put the ball out there for the receivers to make plays on and was very successful. He also looked good in relief against Oregon last year. Hopefully he is strong enough to not let the coach’s refusals to put him in in obvious situations where Maynard should have been relieved, destroy his confidence. If he gets to play Saturday, all of us present should give him all the support we can no matter what happens.

By: BlakeStreetBear

BlakeStreetBear — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:27:03 +0000

I see that JT is still the coach…moving on…

By: Batmansf

Batmansf — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:07:36 +0000

You can’t seriously blame that second “fumble” on Bigelow. It was a wildly inaccurate backward pass that he barely got a hand on. BTW, Maynard’s lack of touch on short passes makes these backward passes incredibly risky, when for other teams they are low risk plays.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:59:21 +0000

The fumble argument is moot. That’s not true anymore.