The Stanford Tree

By andy on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 2:24 pm

One of the craziest mascots in all of sports is the Stanford Tree. Well, last night I got to see it in person. Only an hour after arriving in San Francisco I drove down to Palo Alto (home of Stanford University). It is a georgeous area. Pristine yards, streets, great weather. I didn’t realize how close I actually was to Stanford, and once I did I had to drive through.

Driving through the campus I began to notice tons of people walking to a building. It meant only one thing – a basketball game! I had time to spare, and I figured “carpe diem”. $37 later, I had a ticket in the upper level (real small arena, so the seats weren’t too bad) for the Stanford vs. #9 Washington Huskies game.

I stayed only through the first half, but it turns out that Stanford won! For me, the $37 ticket was much worth it just to see the tree. How funny is it to have a tree dancing around the floor trying to pump up the crowd. “Who were the ad geniuses to come up with that one?”

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