What can I say? I like my mascots like I like my peppers — hot. The Stanford Tree mascot dances with the Stanford University marching band at a halftime show. (L.G. Francis/San Jose Mercury News) The ...

The distinct traditions and personalities of the nation’s hundreds of college football programs play an outsized role in the popularity of the sport. There is no better example of that fact than ...

From then on, the mascot trial runs began as three different ... the Syracuse Orange, and even the Stanford Tree,” St. Ewart said. “It has to happen organically with groups of students and ...