gobears725;841979095 said:

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after the 2002 big game i ran on the field along with about 3 of my buddies and ran straight over to the stanfurd student section flipping them off as we got there. needless to sat they werent interested in any payback for 1997

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Lame... As lame as Furd students in 1997.

calbluejames;841979129 said:

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Can't believe I hadn't heard these awesome stories before. Alas you guys didn't leave any fun for the millennial classes. I remember running on the field in 2002. That was back when Tedford was God and saving us after our one win season. The following year in my only trip to the farm, I felt so happy beating down the furd and felt like we took over their stadium as chants of This is Bear Territory is all that could be heard at the end. Of course I remember there was the riot police and even vans ready to arrest rowdy fans. But on the plus someone did steal the tree mascot... How often has that happened? At half time there mascot I guess had been returned, but it was tainted in their eyes so the furd shredded it. Pretty good show.

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Was it 2003 where we did a Wave around Furd's stadium with only ~10 sections worth of Furd not participating?

Cal's first Home game on the Farm... It was like 80-20 in favor of Cal fans... awesome.

calbluejames;841979129 said:

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Can't believe I hadn't heard these awesome stories before. Alas you guys didn't leave any fun for the millennial classes. I remember running on the field in 2002. That was back when Tedford was God and saving us after our one win season. The following year in my only trip to the farm, I felt so happy beating down the furd and felt like we took over their stadium as chants of This is Bear Territory is all that could be heard at the end. Of course I remember there was the riot police and even vans ready to arrest rowdy fans. But on the plus someone did steal the tree mascot... How often has that happened? At half time there mascot I guess had been returned, but it was tainted in their eyes so the furd shredded it. Pretty good show.

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The best thing about the millennial Big Games at furd is that Cal has taken over their stadium every. damn. time. Making it smaller didn't help. Just ask Tiger Woods.

While Cal fans hope to see a Rose Bowl in their lifetimes, furd fans hope to see a Big Game in their lifetimes where they actually have home-field advantage. It'll take years and years of Cal sucking for such a thing to be even within reach for furd.

510Bear;841979213 said:

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The best thing about the millennial Big Games at furd is that Cal has taken over their stadium every. damn. time. Making it smaller didn't help. Just ask Tiger Woods.

While Cal fans hope to see a Rose Bowl in their lifetimes, furd fans hope to see a Big Game in their lifetimes where they actually have home-field advantage. It'll take years and years of Cal sucking for such a thing to be even within reach for furd.

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Tiger... the first sh*tty day in a LONNNNNG line of Sh*t days.

Phantomfan;841979219 said:

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Tiger... the first sh*tty day in a LONNNNNG line of Sh*t days.

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There should be like a plaque commemorating that moment.

There was so much outrage in the media that Tiger Woods was booed.... and then, 5 days later, his life changed.

My friend was just pissed that he didn't hook up with the Stanford girls. He had no chance anyway, more of a tool really. But I became the scapegoat. He completely ignored me on the long ride home. Sitting in a completely separate section of the train and staring straight ahead. Makes it even funnier really.

But until the late 80's you could bring in a six pack to watch a game at Stanford Stadium. Apparently the 89 Big Game got too rowdy and they had to reconsider their policy. Surely some of you remember taking in booze to the games there.

From the NY Times:

In 1987 Stanford tightened the football stadium's alcohol policy with a ''six-pack rule''; it prohibited spectators from taking more than six bottles of any alcoholic beverage to the games.



http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/24/style/campus-life-stanford-ban-on-alcohol-at-sports-events-being-considered.html

Cardinal96;841979152 said:

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It is funny about how which school you attended colors your perceptions of these events. I was class of 1996 and was in law school at the time so I didn't attend that Big Game. I remember reading about the events and talking with friends who were at the game. The consensus at the Stanford side was that Cal had dozens of hooligan fans that rushed the field after losing and tore down the goalpost. We could never get our arms around the fact that you would rush the field and tear down a goalpost after losing.

Looking back on it now, there is some blame to go around on both sides. Stanford fans shouldn't have taunted Berkeley fans behind the fence. That is bush league. That said, there is really no excuse for rushing the field and trying to tear down a goalpost, particularly after you lose. The risk of physical violence goes up exponentially in that case.

The aftermath of that Big Game was pathetic on both of our sides and it is certainly nothing I am proud of from a Stanford perspective. If you step back from the rivalry for a second, you realize these are two top-notch academic instutions and I have higher expectations of Stanford and Cal fans than I do of, say, Alabama and Ohio State fans.

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Ah, finally some Furd jerkoff shows up to tell us how there is no excuse...blah blah blah...

STFU Indian

I totally disagree with the comments written by BigRedPussy96.
The aftermath of that Big Game was pathetic only on Stanfurd's part. The Cal reaction to the furd provocateurs was awesome.

these are awesome stories. times used to be different and it sounds awesome. i remember being a little kid and watching the fruit fly. it was fun to watch.
fans like phantom and cardinal while are in the right are the type that have probably never teepeed a house or played doorbell ditch.
i apologize for your boring childhoods and college years. things id never forget. go bears!

Gee, why stop with bringing back the "glorious" era of throwing fruit? How about we start doing this too? That'll make the rivalry even better!
:sarc:

(edited to add: I can't blame anyone too much for reminiscing about good times. We all want to do that. But for crying out loud, think about what happens to someone who gets beaned in the nose by a frozen orange, just for being in the wrong section. That would kind of mess up their good time, dont'cha think?)

Did anyone here advocate bringing back the throwing of fruit? Times were different back then, Junior. I walked to school, by myself, from the time I was in first grade. I wouldn't suggest bringing back that practice either.

gobears725;841979306 said:

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fans like phantom ... are the type that have probably never teepeed a house or played doorbell ditch.
i apologize for your boring childhoods and college years. things id never forget. go bears!

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lol wut the sh*t are you talking about?

510Bear;841979311 said:

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Gee, why stop with bringing back the "glorious" era of throwing fruit? How about we start doing this too? That'll make the rivalry even better!
:sarc:

(edited to add: I can't blame anyone too much for reminiscing about good times. We all want to do that. But for crying out loud, think about what happens to someone who gets beaned in the nose by a frozen orange, just for being in the wrong section. That would kind of mess up their good time, dont'cha think?)

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lol... Penn State lost that game... along with about a 100 more IN A ROW.

I still vividly remember the faces of the Stanfurd fans the moment they realized the Cal fans were no longer safely trapped behind the fence. That "oh sh!t" moment where "Berkeley sucks! F--- you! What you gonna do about it!" turned into "Oh god, Run Run Run!!!"

Phantomfan;841979370 said:

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lol... Penn State lost that game... along with about a 100 more IN A ROW.

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Actually, in the ultimate LOL (more of a LMFAO), there was one game between PSU and OSU that BOTH teams were forced to vacate. Nobody knows who won that game.

phoenixfive, There are some fans here who don't know the story of your escapades. Please fill them in on the story. Are there any links? photos? Your avatar is too small to see the details!

phoenixfive;841978558 said:

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Yeah, '96. I think the highest level of security, though, was at the '98 game (after we had "liberated" the Tree and it was replaced with a new one). I got a huge kick seeing it relegated to about a 10-foot area directly in front of the Furd section, surrounded by about 20 yellow shirt security guards.

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maxer;841979053 said:

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We sure did throw it over the top (We all made sure no one was down there first). It was awesome. I think some guys took one of the arms back to Berkeley on top of a van but that part is hazy to me.

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It was a Winnebago. Yes the post made its way to Berkeley...

northendbear;841978444 said:

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not sure where the remnants are these days

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I have a decent idea where one remnant is...

Go Bears! :tree

Calfans;841979518 said:

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phoenixfive, There are some fans here who don't know the story of your escapades. Please fill them in on the story. Are there any links? photos? Your avatar is too small to see the details!

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Oops! Just posted about this in another thread. Also, there was a thread on this last year (I don't want to bring it up [U]every[/U] year), so see that here: http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51081

All the links I'm aware of should be included in the Wikipedia article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Five_(prank). Unfortunately the Daily Cal got rid of all of their online content before 1999, so the good Daily Cal articles aren't available, but there's still some content out there, and the prank still gets mentioned in random publications to this day. Go Bears!

Have you tried looking in the Wayback Machine for the DC articles?

http://archive.org/web/web.php

86Oski;841978770 said:

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I think Stanford has pulled a couple of good pranks. The fake Daily Cal prank following the '82 BG was pretty good, although at the time I was amazed anyone fell for it.

Another grudging acknowledgement of a prank well-pulled goes to the people from Stanford who called the company renting the buses to the Cal Band for the 1983 BG and canceled them. The Band made it down to the Farm around the end of the first quarter.

Where's aunursa1 when you need him???

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The 80s had a few Furd pranks and shenanigans:

I was still a senior in high school at the time, but friends of mine attending Cal said that one reason some people fell for the fake Daily Cal work was that the real Daily Cal was distributed late that day. Afterwards the Daily Cal staff collected as many as the fake papers as possible and sold them for a buck a piece.

I remember the Band arriving late in 1983. The area of the Cal Rooting Section in which I sitting all wondered where the Band was.

In 1984, a couple of Stanfurd students attempted to hang a large banner with an S and a tree on it from the Campanile. They did not succeed. The banner ended up in the hands of Rally Comm, who used it as decoration for the 1985 bonfire.

In 1985, a "sheep" (made up of a bunch of helium balloons) floated over Stanfurd Stadium. On one side was written "Lambo" and on the other "Ram Ewe Cal"

In the summer of 1986, some Stanfurd students stole the stuffed Kodiak Bear from the ASUC. It was not returned until 1988.

But enough about 'Furd.

Though Big Game related, one of the greatest verified pranks of all time was the 1984 April Fools Day stunt in which members of Cal's Acacia House placed a Mickey Mouse face and hands on the south clock of the Campanile.

.. the master who pre-dates *every* sports fan bbs on the internet, as webmaster of the very first "list": an email based Cal sports-themed service, cleverly named GoBears!

Also heckofa boat cruise guide at Disneyland.

#Oldtimers ROCK.


Notoriously secretive, he's been ambushed by the paps only this one time..

This is better

ColoradoBear1;841978435 said:

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they wouldn't know as they don't go to their or other games....

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I found this the other day and thought to offer an apology. No hard feelings

I watched in great amusement as the Stanford kids thought they were so tough when they were on the track in front of the cal student section and as soon as the fence came down they ran away like little girls. The funniest moment came later in the eucalyptus grove when these two kids had part of the goal post and strapped it on the roof of there rented motor home. Man that was the only time I really enjoyed going to the Big Game down on the farm except for the time we kicked Bill Walsh and his high school teams ass.