QUOTE (The Poojer @ Oct 4 2008, 04:10 PM)

not sure about that bit of information, but what i found from wikipedia
I used to work there. The team used to be called the Stanford Indians until the PC weenies got power. It is the Cardinal, the Color, because the school's chancellor's wife at the time picked that because of the uniform color.
Palo Alto, which is the city next to the campus (Stanford is unincorporated county land) is named for two trees that were located next to the campus along a creek that goes through the town and next to the campus. Only one still stands along a former rail line that is a trail now.
Stanford's "mascot" is the Tree. The tree got in a fight with Cal's (bitter rivals) Oski the Bear one year. The person who wants to be the tree has to put on an elaborate show and stunts as part of their audition. In 2006, the tree , then a woman, got suspended for public drunkeness at a basketball game. She was sipping from a flask and had a BAC of 0.15!
Stanford lost 21-28.