Stanford Cardinals

I am back yet again with the Stanford Cardinals.

The Stanford Cardinals began playing football in 1892, only one year after the University was founded. Over the decades, a large rivalry has developed between Stanford and Cal, after Standford beat them in their first Big Game. This has become one of the oldest rivalry games in college football. Since 1981, Stanford has been known as the Cardinal, changed their name to the Indians from 1930 to 1972. The change came after Standford native American students met with President Richard Lyman, and expressed the insult they felt by the mascot to their culture and heritage.

The Stanford Cardinals have a653-451-52 (.587) record, which is one of the highest in the Pac-10. Though the Cardinals have gone through many coaches since its establishment, the Standford football program's head coach is Jim Harbaugh who has been their for the past three years. As a college football player himself, Harbaugh knows what it takes to succeed and pushes his team on and off the field. Alumni of the Cardinals have won numerous awards, including the Heisman Trophy, and more recently in 2009, the Doak Walker Award. The Standford Cardinals continues to produce amazing players and an outstanding record to make sure to check them out this next season!

The Pacific Ten football schedule is full of rivalry games

While all conferences have their rivalries and “big-games” the Pac-10 is the only conference in the NCAA where every team has an in-state, conference rival. Pac-10 fans know that these games are often the best of the season and are always worth buying tickets for way in advance.
The Pac-10 rivalry Schedule this season is as follows:

Cal Golden Bears vs. Stanford in the “Big Game”: Nov 21

Arizona vs. Arizona State in the “Duel in the Desert”: Nov 28

Washington vs. Washington State playing for the “Apple Cup”: Nov 28

UCLA vs. USC playing for the “Victory Bell”: Nov 28

Oregon vs. Oregon State in the “Civil War”: Dec 3

All of these games draw in fans from across the Pac-10 for lots of unique traditions and rituals. Each school has its own superstitions about the game and most participate in messing with the other guy before the game. In Arizona the two schools paint the opposing schools “A” on the school sign in their own colors. The Oregon-Oregon State rivalry has been known to get so heated that police have to be involved and in several past years students have been “kidnapped” and forced to do embarrassing acts for their return, this kidnapping once included the nabbing of the Oregon State homecoming queen and forcing her to ride a child’s scooter in the town square while begging to be released. While most of the traditions surrounding the Pac-10 rivalry games are in good fun some of the pre-game traditions are under review by university officials and are strongly discouraged.