[Treebound]

Great points FarmBoy.  I enjoy telling people that it's a Stanford (Band) tradition that the person chosen to be the tree, must make his own costume!  My son actually helped one "tree to be" design his costumer a few years back up at Sierra Camp.  Our band is non-traditional so it's no surprise that our mascot is non-traditional as well.  Some of the costumes are good and some look more like "shrubbery" or a celery stalk.  We tend to get good play in the ESPN commercials and we never fall into the generic mascot category.

As for the USCS Fighting Banana Slugs, the best name I've seen for a rugby tournament is their annual "SlugFest!"

[Treebound]

Great points FarmBoy.  I enjoy telling people that it's a Stanford (Band) tradition that the person chosen to be the tree, must make his own costume!  My son actually helped one "tree to be" design his costumer a few years back up at Sierra Camp.  Our band is non-traditional so it's no surprise that our mascot is non-traditional as well.  Some of the costumes are good and some look more like "shrubbery" or a celery stalk.  We tend to get good play in the ESPN commercials and we never fall into the generic mascot category.

As for the USCS Fighting Banana Slugs, the best name I've seen for a rugby tournament is their annual "SlugFest!"