All 4 Big Games during my time at Stanford were so special.
1989 - The Budweiser Big Game - What are those crazy Berkeley drunks thinking? The Stanford team had so little on field success, but watching those b.ea.r fans get crushed by security was almost as entertaining as watching the team run at will.
1990 - Please clear the field - And I did tell those around me that the celebration would enable Stanford to kick an FG if the onside kick is recovered. Glass half full type even then. :)
1991 - Palo Alto Property Pledge - That was a good year to buy too, but we knew Treggs would never follow through. I remember the block "S" on some of the socks too, that was a nice touch.
1992 - Walsh II\'s Great year - Sometime during 4th quarter it dawned on me that the game was a blowout. What a delight because that meant 4 wins, 0 ties, 0 losses & 4 full years with the Axe on campus.
They were all fun, but the onside kick recovery was the best moment. I was in the student section looking right down that sideline and knew instantly it had been recovered by Stanford. And consistent with my glass half full perspective I knew that making a 50-55 yard field goal on that artificial turf was a very real possibility.
There were a lot of glass half empty types that were not there to see the end since they left during the first celebration. Those types have become hard to find, but that night they were easy to identify. They were the ones that just couldn\'t believe the stories that the other Stanford fans were telling.
1989 - The Budweiser Big Game - What are those crazy Berkeley drunks thinking? The Stanford team had so little on field success, but watching those b.ea.r fans get crushed by security was almost as entertaining as watching the team run at will.
1990 - Please clear the field - And I did tell those around me that the celebration would enable Stanford to kick an FG if the onside kick is recovered. Glass half full type even then. :)
1991 - Palo Alto Property Pledge - That was a good year to buy too, but we knew Treggs would never follow through. I remember the block "S" on some of the socks too, that was a nice touch.
1992 - Walsh II\'s Great year - Sometime during 4th quarter it dawned on me that the game was a blowout. What a delight because that meant 4 wins, 0 ties, 0 losses & 4 full years with the Axe on campus.
They were all fun, but the onside kick recovery was the best moment. I was in the student section looking right down that sideline and knew instantly it had been recovered by Stanford. And consistent with my glass half full perspective I knew that making a 50-55 yard field goal on that artificial turf was a very real possibility.
There were a lot of glass half empty types that were not there to see the end since they left during the first celebration. Those types have become hard to find, but that night they were easy to identify. They were the ones that just couldn\'t believe the stories that the other Stanford fans were telling.