Jeff Tedford Quotations

To be the every-down back now is his big challenge.

He was an integral part of our program when we were getting started and it's exciting to have him back as part of the family.

People have said he was injured (that night). It's unclear what type of injury. It was a scratch on his wrist, a little bitty scratch, it wasn't even bleeding ... None of our players have been implicated in any wrongdoing.

People have said he was injured (that night). It's unclear what type of injury, ... It was a scratch on his wrist, a little bitty scratch, it wasn't even bleeding ... None of our players have been implicated in any wrongdoing.

People look to him for guidance. He is an ambassador for the team.

But you know that there's going to be more coming, because they haven't done it all in their first two games.

We have to be patient. Joe will get it.

We have to be patient. Joe's young and there are going to be some times where he need to learn a bit.

I've said all along I really admire his toughness and his will to come back. At some point, it's only natural to be a bit shook up by this type of things. We've got to help him through this and bring him back, both for the team and for him as a person.

You cannot give them a short field. We've seen games where the score gets crazy early because they force turnovers down deep and score.