Mascot

[BigWave96744]

Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams. White was adopted as a secondary color in the 1940s.

On November 25, 1930, following a unanimous vote by the Executive Committee for the Associated Students, the athletic department adopted the mascot "Indian." The Indian symbol and name were later dropped by President Richard Lyman in 1972, after objections from Native American students and a vote by the student senate.[1]

From 1972 to 1981, the official nickname was the Cardinals, a reference to the color, not the bird.[1][3] During the 1970s, a number of suggestions were put forth as possible nicknames: Robber Barons (a sly reference to Leland Stanford's history), Sequoias, Trees, Railroaders, Spikes, Huns and Griffins. The last suggestion gained enough momentum to prompt the university to place two griffin statues near the athletic facilities.[1][3]

On November 17, 1981, school president Donald Kennedy declared that the athletic teams be represented by the color cardinal in its singular form.[1]

Stanford has no official mascot, but the Stanford Tree, a member of the Stanford Band wearing a self-designed tree costume, appears at major Stanford sports events. The Tree is based upon El Palo Alto, a redwood tree in neighboring Palo Alto that appears in the Stanford seal and athletics logo.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal

[cabanalane]

The correct info. Thanks.

[RedZone]

Times have changed. Pride Rocks! We are Simba!

[EITSwarrior]

Yeah let's have a lion as a mascot

[ttmf]

Have a big baby as the mascot cause people of Hawaii never satisfied and always got something to cry about.....and it's never about something that really matters too..Lol

[cabanalane]

Times have changed. Pride Rocks! We are Simba!

I think we can all agree that Warriors or Rainbow Warriors is PC sensitive. It's only a matter of time someone said something about it, and want that changed.

What should UH Football name (and mascot) be?

Tiger Sharks?

[Haynr8dr]

Never mind the Mascot.

Never mind the dancing, aka, the Haka.

Field a competitive team - that's the only worry

[Irse]

Never mind the Mascot.

Never mind the dancing, aka, the Haka.

Field a competitive team - that's the only worry

Amen. That's the main thing.

[ttmf]

Never mind the Mascot.

Never mind the dancing, aka, the Haka.

Field a competitive team - that's the only worry

I like this suggestion. Skip the antics and put the energy into trying to win the game.

[KanakaMaoli96792]

Never mind the Mascot.

Never mind the dancing, aka, the Haka.

Field a competitive team - that's the only worry

I like this suggestion. Skip the antics and put the energy into trying to win the game.

I think it's the responsibility of the Student body of UH to handle the Mascot. Not the coaches or recruiters.

[RedZone]

Never mind the Mascot.

Never mind the dancing, aka, the Haka.

Field a competitive team - that's the only worry

I like this suggestion. Skip the antics and put the energy into trying to win the game.

I think it's the responsibility of the Student body of UH to handle the Mascot. Not the coaches or recruiters.

They tried and came up with the marshmellow head. Poor thing was getting pelted at games. Not to mention the boos.

[MauiGuy]

Nobody cares about your mascot when you're up 35 pts. in the 4th quarter...

[cabanalane]

I think it's the responsibility of the Student body of UH to handle the Mascot. Not the coaches or recruiters.

If the football head coach got to worry about soap in the locker room, then the mascot should be several steps up on Rolo's to-do list.

[Irse]

I think it's the responsibility of the Student body of UH to handle the Mascot. Not the coaches or recruiters.

If the football head coach got to worry about soap in the locker room, then the mascot should be several steps up on Rolo's to-do list.

Soap in the locker room has to do with his players. The mascot does not. Soap would be a few steps up in my book.