looking for a pic of the stanford tree mascot completely gassed in the brutal austin heat a few years back. I've googled it and couldn't find what i was looking for.
If you are taolkin about the tree on their helmets that shouldn't be difficult to find, but if you are talkein about the guy dressed up like a tree, try this: images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS296US297&q=stanford+cardinal+mascot&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=PPq8Sq_iC8ve8Qb8pvSSDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1
That thing IS creepy... I was looking for a specific picture of the tree mascot after it had shed most of it's costume and was pouring water on his head. It was very hot that day, and the guy wearing the outfit just shelled out of it. Couldn't blame him, plus the longhorns were kicking azz. I used to have that pic on my hard drive (a few pc's back) and now that i have a use for it...i can't find it.
I used to have that pic and the pic of the blocked punt from that 1999 game, (any guy who has ever seen that picture is uncomfortably adjusting himself right now). The tree was creepy. But I had a run in with tree several year earlier at the Erwn Center. The Lady Longhorns were hosting an NCAA tournament game and the Stanford band and tree were right by where we were sitting on the second row. Barbara Jordan was sitting at the end of the socrer's table, as she often did for the Lady's games. I had gone to speak to her and to ask for her autograph when secutiry and the Stanford tree came after me. Professor Jordan shot security "that look" that clearly meant it was ok with her and they backed off; the tree however continued to come after me. Security then stopped the tree and escorted back to where the cheerleaders were. BTW,"the look" was the same one that she used when she would stare down Sue Kennedy, the worst Women's basketball official of all time (the only call she knew was walking). And for those that have never seen it, Barbara Jordan's signature looked exactly the way her voice sounded.
