What did you learn from the spread years?

Have you felt that the consistent turnover of offensive coordinators has hampered consistency on offense over the past couple years? Or has the team been able to transition well from each offensive coordinator’s style?

What was your most memorable win as head coach? What was the most crushing defeat?

Do you have any interest in scheduling your alma mater Fresno St as an OOC opponent in the future?

Which would you choose to be coach of: 100,000 screaming fans in a packed home stadium every week, but a fractious/trouble-filled team that goes 12-0? Or a close-knit, happy team in a tiny stadium that doesn’t sell out and goes 3-8? There is no middle ground.

Say the team is down by 17 at half. Your voice is gone and the coaches are nowhere to be found. What song would you play to inspire the team?

Complete this sentence: “I want to punch ________ in the face.”

Has anyone on your staff directed your attention to the California Golden Blogs or a post on the California Golden Blogs?

Do you have a special pre-game meal you like to eat?

What’s your favorite Berkeley restaurant?

Last year you said you gave up playcalling duties to Cignetti. Nevertheless, it’s always been understood that you still call some plays. Approximately how many plays a game last year did you call yourself?

What has been your top three favorite moments as a head coach for Cal Football? Baylor 2002? Insight Bowl 2003? Beating U$C in triple OT? Others?

Fat Slice or Blondies?

Recently you were quoted saying that Beau Sweeney has the most potential of all the QBs you’ve ever had at Cal. You mean to say that he has more potential than Aaron Rodgers? Please tell us what really stuck out to you as you watched Beau Sweeney’s highschool highlight reels that made you interested in recruiting him.

Were you aware that former Cal wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins hosted a free football camp for 300 youths in Stockton, California, recently? He was assisted by other notable Cal Football alumni such as Marshawn Lynch, Worrell Wiliams, Desmond Bishop, Robert Jordan, and current starting cornerback Syd’Quan Thompson. How does that make you feel to see Cal players giving back to their communities and maintaining connections after graduating from Cal?

After the 2007 season, it was reported that you had the team read John Maxwell’s book Talent is Never Enough. Are there any other books you have found to be quite influential for yourself or your players?

Are you superstitious about anything game-related? Do you go through any rituals, have any lucky items, or discard any supposedly unlucky items (like the OSU 2007 headset)?

What do you do with your play card and coded wristband after a game is over?

It has been mentioned from time to time in articles that you and Urban Meyer are friends. How close are you two (i.e. sharing information), and does Urban follow Cal football in any capacity?

Which Pac-10 Head Coach do you respect the most for their off the field character?

How do you feel and deal with recruiters from other school programs that will use smear tactics or speak ill of Cal’s program in order to lure recruits away?

Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names?

Which former player of yours do you think is most likely to become a college head coach some day? Is coaching a career path that you strongly encourage your players to pursue?

You’ve long been described as a quarterback “guru”, yet your teams at Cal have arguably produced a longer list of great running backs. We know you preach balance on offense, but if push came to shove, which extreme would you rather have: an offense that can run the ball at will but struggles in the passing game (a la the great wishbone offenses of the ’70s and ’80s at Oklahoma and Nebraska) or an offense that piles up the passing yards a la the old Houston teams, or more recently, Hawaii and Texas Tech? In other words, would you rather coach Barry Sanders 1988 or B. J. Symons 2003?

What coaches of the past—guys who are now retired—serve as your biggest role models? How about coaches, past or present, in other sports?

What college football rule would you most like to see changed?

You once showed an MMA match to inspire the Bears to an important victory (over I believe Tennessee). What other ways have you tried to motivate the players before big games?

Is this really your domicile?

What selling point do you reinforce the strongest with recruits?

Any truth to the rumor Cal and Texas are scheduling a home and home? If so, how far along are negotiations?

Any discussions with a local radio station for a weekly “Jeff Tedford Show?” If not, is it something you’d be interested in doing?

This might elevate me to Stalker status, but I’ve searched and searched for pics of you in your playing days to no avail. a) Do they exist, b) any chance YOkanes can post a few?

In recent years, Cal’s special teams’ defense has been horrendous and been a dominant factor in at least one Cal loss per year. Why has a coaching change not been made?

*feel free to rephrase

Of all the coaches on roster, Cal fans have been the most critical of Pete Alamar due to special team failures that have led to losses. Many Cal fans want to see Alamar replaced. Can you tell us the positives that Alamar brings to the program that has kept him around?

Do you think naming the starting QB (either privately or publicly) early on at the start of practice will help build continuity in the passing game? Does this theory apply to other passing game positions like WR, TE, and FB? What date do you have in mind for naming starters (again, either privately or publicly)?

Any chance we’ll see Jahvid Best reprise his role as Gunner this year? Because by my calculations, Anger + Best = game-winning field position.

Beginning with the Tennessee game in 2006, Cal has not played to the same level on the road that it has achieved at home. What factors have you identified as causing this tendency and what steps do you plan on employing to negate these factors? Can the wider Cal community play a role in aiding the team’s road performance?

We’ve seen this offseason that the new arms race in college football is top-notch assistant coaches. Cal has some excellent assistant coaches who could be viewed as highly valuable additions to other programs. I’d be shocked if the names of Lupoi, Gould, Marshall, and Thompson aren’t familiar to the major players in college football. Is Cal in a position to financially keep up with this latest trend and retain these coaches? Or are we going to get outbid by other “football” schools?

Can you please put the names back on the jerseys?