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There's nothing quite like the Stanford Tree ... just try it yourself

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

I think that I shall never see A bigger fool be the Stanford Tree. PALO ALTO, Calif. -- I apologize to Joyce Kilmer for rewriting his verse. And I apologize to all of Stanford-kind for my arrhythmic attempt at being the school's inimitable mascot for half a basketball game last week. I skipped, sprinted and spun around Maples Pavilion during five timeouts in the first half of Stanford's 82-79 victory over Washington. Mostly I tried to avoid running into courtside fans, officials, players ...

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