Cal firing Tedford was a joke

his final three seasons, he was 15–22, including 9–18 in conference games and 0–3 vs. Stanford. Since the loss of the 2007 game to Oregon State, Tedford was 34–37.[23] In a letter to donors, Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour called a "great concern" the 48 percent graduation rate of football players at Cal who entered the school between 2002 and 2005; the rate was the lowest in the Pac-12.[14]

It might have been a stale hire but he's taken a 1-11 team to 8-3 in his first year. Two of those three losses were to Bama and Washington.