Is it the Stanford Cardinal or the Stanford Cardinals?

[austin316]

Also, what is up with their tree mascot? Or am I an idiot and that is a 'cardinal tree.'

 

[austin316]

jeez. finally figured out the correct search terms for google to answer this question myself.

 

[emmpee]

it's the cardinal.

 

[austin316]

http://www.enquirer.com/bearcats/2001/03/20/uc_daugherty_stanford.html

they used to be called the Indians, but that was deemed insensitive, so they changed the name to Cardinal (singular, because its the color cardinal, not the bird). The tree is actually the mascot of the band and is known as the Stanford Tree.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: austin316
Also, what is up with their tree mascot? Or am I an idiot and that is a 'cardinal tree.'

Regardless of the answer, that tree is so damn ugly. Die Stanford.

<--- UC Berkeley Guy (although I know there's no hope to ever beat them in NCAABB)

 

[Krk3561]

kinda some funny history is that when they changed the name from Indians because of protests they polled the students and they chose "robber barrons" to mock leland stanford and his railroad monopoly out west

 

[GhettoFob]

stanfurd sucks

 

[PoPPeR]

Originally posted by: GhettoFob
stanfurd sucks

yeah. Who the hell would ever want to go there.

Community college 4 life!

 

[Hector13]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
<blockquote>Quote
Originally posted by: austin316
Also, what is up with their tree mascot? Or am I an idiot and that is a 'cardinal tree.'

Regardless of the answer, that tree is so damn ugly. Die Stanford.

<--- UC Berkeley Guy (although I know there's no hope to ever beat them in NCAABB)[/quote]

f*ck that.. Cal will return to greatness in basketball soon... like back in the day when j. kidd or kevin johnson played there...

and I think they have a new tree mascot every year (I think whoever is the mascot designs their own ugly ass tree).

 

[ElFenix]

stanford > cal

 

[PMChris]

Cal is much better than Stanford.

 

[AgentEL]

Originally posted by: PMChris
Cal is much better than Stanford.

Go Bears!