Remember when ...

There was a real victory in 2003, a 34-31 3OT thriller in Berkeley. Cal was the only team to beat USC in the 46-game stretch between WSU 2002 and Texas in the 2006 Rose Bowel.

FWIW, Tedford's record his first five years at Cal was 43-20 (.6825). Lambright was 44-25-1 (.6357), Skippy was 33-16 (.6735), and Sark was 34-29 (.5397). No need to include GIlby or Ty, I would think.

RoadDawg55

Cal was bad back when Tedford took over. Tom Holmoe, the coach before Tedford went 9-30 in Pac 10 play at Cal. Tedford did a very good job for awhile. If anything, he's an example of a good coach that lost it. We could be seeing something similar with Petersen.

Thump

I bet Tedford first 5 years had a higher winning percentage than any Husky coach since James
Not fair. Neu didn't get five years.

That was his own fault.

PurpleJ

I bet Tedford first 5 years had a higher winning percentage than any Husky coach since James
Not fair. Neu didn't get five years.
That was his own fault.

No. It was BabsFS fault. People forget that Neu won his case against the school for wrongful termination.

RaceBannon

Gambling is a disease!!!!!

MisterEm

I bet Tedford first 5 years had a higher winning percentage than any Husky coach since James
Not fair. Neu didn't get five years.
That was his own fault.
No. It was BabsFS fault. People forget that Neu won his case against the school for wrongful termination.

Just like everyone forgets Finland.

Kaepsknee

I bet Tedford first 5 years had a higher winning percentage than any Husky coach since James
Not fair. Neu didn't get five years.
That was his own fault.
No. It was BabsFS fault. People forget that Neu won his case against the school for wrongful termination.

However most Dawgs wanted him ran out on rail anyway back then. Something about not recruiting any lineman.

topdawgnc

Cal was bad back when Tedford took over. Tom Holmoe, the coach before Tedford went 9-30 in Pac 10 play at Cal. Tedford did a very good job for awhile. If anything, he's an example of a good coach that lost it. We could be seeing something similar with Petersen.

That's an interesting comparison.

Seems as if Peterman still has it on the D side ...

Wonder what happens if he loses Kawasaki.

RaceBannon

I bet Tedford first 5 years had a higher winning percentage than any Husky coach since James
Not fair. Neu didn't get five years.
That was his own fault.
No. It was BabsFS fault. People forget that Neu won his case against the school for wrongful termination.
However most Dawgs wanted him ran out on rail anyway back then. Something about not recruiting any lineman.

Back then going 8-4 was grounds for firing. Now if we could ever get to 8-4 it is grounds for an extension

allpurpleallgold

It's funny to remember that there was a lot of hate towards Rick because he interviewed for another job. Nowadays Sark leaves for USC and there's a lot of "he did so much for the program!". Only one of those two won a Rose Bowl.

BearsWiin

IIRC, one big issue with Skippy's other job interview was that he met with the 49ers secretly, and only fessed up to it when somebody called him on it.

RaceBannon

IIRC, one big issue with Skippy's other job interview was that he met with the 49ers secretly, and only fessed up to it when somebody called him on it.

Yeah but only doogs cared. Rick managed to lose both sides of the fan base even though at that time it was not obvious that there were two sides. The old school Lambo doogs hated him from day 1. Winner Dawgs were starting to hate him for losing too much.

The old school Lambo fucking stupid doogs won the day when they used that interview and a Final 4 pool to fire him in June, thus forever burying Husky Football under the man boobs of their new Coach Gilby. #HiHarv

Winner Dawgs probably would have gone for a firing after the season if he kept his downward trajectory. The Rose Bowl win should have given him that 5th year.