In response to OldSoCalBear's request for the link to the Stanfurd Tree falling down: looks like the original video's gone. Fortunately, I saved a copy to laugh at every once in a while.
This is a touchy subject I realize, but we have a serious issue with Oski in his current form. Poor guy scares the crap out of people from it's 40's styling to his lackluster antics (I miss the Oski who tackled the Tree at a basketball game!).
We did an event years ago in downtown SF with both Oski and the Stanfurd Tree. The Oski group were a bunch of curmudgeons while the Tree was up for anything!
So, I wish we could start some thinking about updating Oski for the coming years to something more inspiring, more exciting, and more competitive - poor ol' bear gets about the least amount of TV airtime of any mascot short of Santa Cruz's Banana Slugs.
The Duck's absurdist antics—one men's basketball tournament game I attended, he slowly climbed on his belly up the stairs of the lower bowl for ten minutes—are completely joy-inducing. Keep The Duck in.
In response to OldSoCalBear's request for the link to the Stanfurd Tree falling down: looks like the original video's gone. Fortunately, I saved a copy to laugh at every once in a while.
Quality's worse than the original, but here it is: https://youtu.be/HrJMTuPSqtE
This is a touchy subject I realize, but we have a serious issue with Oski in his current form. Poor guy scares the crap out of people from it's 40's styling to his lackluster antics (I miss the Oski who tackled the Tree at a basketball game!).
We did an event years ago in downtown SF with both Oski and the Stanfurd Tree. The Oski group were a bunch of curmudgeons while the Tree was up for anything!
So, I wish we could start some thinking about updating Oski for the coming years to something more inspiring, more exciting, and more competitive - poor ol' bear gets about the least amount of TV airtime of any mascot short of Santa Cruz's Banana Slugs.
JMHO.
#GoBears
The Duck's absurdist antics—one men's basketball tournament game I attended, he slowly climbed on his belly up the stairs of the lower bowl for ten minutes—are completely joy-inducing. Keep The Duck in.
Track down the Tree voter, and lock him/her up. (Obviously, someone has started drinking pints way too early in the morning.)