Apparently, no one on this board has a clue re: the history of Stanford's mascot. I was watching a show called "Varsity Days" on the Pac-12 Network. Among other things, the show re-airs parts of games from the olden times, and this particularly episode featured the 1958 WSU (or should I say WSC?) football team vs. Stanford and UCLA. The game announcer was none other than a very young Keith Jackson.
In any case, the Pac-12 Network added to the broadcast pop-up messages regarding players and teams, and, after Jackson referred to Stanford as the Indians, one insightful message informed the viewers that Stanford changed its mascot from the Indians to the Trees in 1975. ???
In any case, the Pac-12 Network added to the broadcast pop-up messages regarding players and teams, and, after Jackson referred to Stanford as the Indians, one insightful message informed the viewers that Stanford changed its mascot from the Indians to the Trees in 1975. ???
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)