Doyel eviscerates Tedford

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14316401/thanks-to-east-coast-bias-tedfords-cheating-goes-unnoticed

Damn it, Doyel, why do you do this? That's about 3-4 columns in a row where I've agreed with you. I hate myself for that.

 

Jeff Tedford is losing his mind. The whole thing about the kicker is such B.S. because Oregon killed the clock deep in Cal territory to end it anyway. They could have scored in about four seconds if they wanted to.

A few weeks ago Cal lost to USC 48-14. It was 42-0 at halftime. After the game, Tedford said, "We won the second half."

Good column. The fakes were chicken-shit. Might be the kind of thing that gets rich donors to pony up the buyout money, too.

 

Couldn't agree more with Doyel on this one. Granted, I'm a bit biased. Earlier in the game there was another "injured" player and Tedford and the rest of the staff were laughing when the guy got to the sidelines. And yes, it was a two point margin because Oregon ran out the clock deep in Cal territory. There's no blaming the kicker.

For the record, Stanford pulled the same fake injury shit every bit as blatantly as Cal, if not worse. A guy got carried off the field and the TV crew got a tight shot of Chip Kelly screaming "Just you watch! Just you watch!" at the ref. 30 seconds later the guy was back in the game.

 

Good column. Only a couple of years ago, Tedford was king in Berkeley. He is in a downward spiral, but they've ponied up for the stadium renovation and probably can't get rid of him.
One more question, what are the ethics for feigning to be a tough guy?

 

So Tedford recruits soccer players?

 

Maybe I'm just jaded from being around too much SEC athletics most of my life, but this seems to me to be a lot of noise about not very much.

OK, so they faked injuries, BFD. Yeah, it's a little chickenshit, but it's up to the refs to call a penalty on it, and if they don't then it's just good gamesmanship.

When I think of cheating in college sports I think of $1,000 handshakes, 19-year-old point guards driving Escalades and five-star recruits being treated to lap dances by strippers with big titties.

 

I'm guessing Doyel bet on Oregon.

 

Cal's in a better place than they were pre-Tedford, for sure, but just hasn't been able to take it to the next level.

 

Starting at split end for the Cal Bears, at 5-9, 160 pounds, from Praia, Cape Verde ... Nani!

 

I'm sure Tedford is the first coach to ever think of such a thing.

I love Doyel's columns. I love the rage. I wish there were more columnists out there who still did it.

This one just seems like much ado about something pretty minor.

 

There's also no proof it actually happened. It probably did, but short of Tedford or a player admitting it, they can't prove anything.