Yes, but Oski from Cal has an annual tradition of doing a running
tackle on the Stanford Tree, pummeling him to the ground and ripping
off his ornaments. Oh yeah, I forgot, Oski drinks beer from his eye
too.
On 9/24/07, Ron Davies <rdavies1@cox.net> wrote:
> John!
> You know the weather is bad when we're talking about the various merits of
> school fight songs. :-)
> Some of us like 40-50 year old cars and 80+ yo fight songs. You just don't
> mess with success. USC #1 Cal #6
>
> Anyway, you can't deny we (USC) have the best mascot...
> A warrior Trojan in armor with sword riding a white horse vs....(no offense
> meant here to these fine schools, just a comparison of mascots IMHO)
>
> A live, inflated or costume of a:
> Duck, bear, alligator, tree, anteater, beaver, hog, artichoke, bee, sheep,
> friar boy, gorilla, leprechaun, banana slug, spider etc, I can't go on. (All
> found at Wikipedia) :-)
> Ron Davies
> SoCal
> Hey, clouds clearing. Time for a ride!!
>
>
>
> Go Bears! "Fight for California" is leaps and bounds above the boring
> repetitive USC fight song that appears to have been lifted from a 50's B
> movie sound track about gladiators.
>
> John Sims, BN6 and Cal '62
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
>
--
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
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