Oski Stanford Tree

The idea took off, and the Tree continues to be a staple of Stanford sports games today. Meanwhile, the story of how Cal's Oski bear came to be is much more straightforward. He simply appeared

The Stanford Tree, played by Dahkota Brown, and the Cal mascot, Oski, at the Big Game in 2018. Oski, at the Big Game in 2018. Courtesy Dahkota Brown. Dahkota Brown. On ruling with a leafy fist The Stanford Tree can often be seen in front of the marching band. Courtesy Dahkota Brown. Oski enjoys a moment of sunshine. Brandon Sanchez

1998 Cal students steal the Tree costume. Threatened with arrest and a ban of Cal mascot Oski the Bear, they return the Tree three weeks before Big Game. 1997 Twenty-three are injured and six arrested when enraged Cal fans storm the Stanford Stadium field after a 21-20 Big Game loss. 1996 Cal fans tackle the Tree after another Big Game defeat

Oski-Tree II took place on Stanford's home turf. That rematch occurred on February 2, 1995, during a timeout of an ESPN-televised basketball game at Maples Pavilion, and . . . . well, we'll

A look at the mascot rivalry between Cal-Berkeley's Oski and the Stanford Tree from the documentary quotBehind the Mascotquot

Tussles with Stanford's tree mascot also made news, including one at an ESPN-televised timeout during a February 1995 basketball game that left Oski headless and revealing the identity of the student in the costume. Other bear versus tree incidents continued into the 2000s.

The Stanford Tree is the Stanford Band's mascot and the unofficial mascot of Stanford University. A week later the band received a ransom note offering the Tree in exchange for Oski the Bear which had been stolen from the UCB Student Union the previous year. The band did not think much of the trade and a tradition of making a new costume

Did Oski ever get embroiled in political controversy too? Nope! Stanford students engage in quotTree Weekquot an eclectic competition to win the honor of being the university's sports

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As the Pac-12 Conference era comes to a close after more than a century, we count down the Top 50 moments involving Cal athletics. THE MOMENT When it comes to Oski's fights with the Stanford Tree, one moment is not enough, as the two