Quote:Who cares if the players want to wear black? With the exception of the occasional James McGillicuddy, they mostly haven\'t been at Stanford long enough to have any sense of tradition. If they decide they\'d like the team to be the Packers (or the Redskins!), do we do that, too? How about if they want to start playing at Candlestick?
Tradition is a key differentiator between college and pro football. It\'s why we play for the Axe. It\'s why the California schools continue to play one another in the Pac-12. It\'s why Texas A&M has a bonfire. It\'s why Michigan\'s loss record against Ohio State meant more than its winning record overall. It\'s why Punt \'Bama Punt means anything. It\'s why Uga is part of an unbroken line of puppies.
Tradition is the Ramblin Wreck from Georgia Tech. It\'s the Sooner Schooner and Big Bertha. Tradition is Reveille, and Ralphie and Bevo. Tradition is the War Eagle and the Air Force falcon. It\'s Howard\'s Rock and Play Like a Champion Today. It\'s "War Eagle," "Roll Tide," and "Hook \'em Horns." Tradition is Bucky Badger, and Oski, and the Lephrechaun, and Benny the Beaver. It\'s On Wisconsin and Hail to the Victors and Wake up the Echos, and that gawd awful Fight On. It\'s the Little Brown Jug, and the Shillelagh, and Paul Bunyan\'s Ax, and Floyd of Rosedale, and numerous victory bells.
Tradition is college football.