The Axe has now made it back to Berkeley with an impressive 30-7 victory over the Cardinal of Stanfurd. Tradition gets sketchy since it has been 8 years since this happened, but apparently there's a rally on Monday at Sproul Plaza to parade the axe around.

And now the Stanfurd Jonah:

When the training days are done,
And the Big Game's just begun,
And there's music in the air;
When our team runs on the field,
Stanfurd knows her fate is sealed,
For the Golden Bear has left his lair.

When the yells from lusty throats,
Start to getting Stanfurd's goat,
And the rooting section seems a howling mob, Hey! Hey!
Then you grab your hat and shout,
You let folks know you're about,
For you know that Stanfurd Jonah's on the job.

So...then... it's...
Up with the Blue and Gold,
Down with the Red;
California's out for a victory.
We'll drop our battle-axe on
Stanfurd's head, Chop!
When we meet her, our team will surely beat her.
Down on the Stanfurd Farm there'll be no sound,
When our Oski rips through the air.
Like our friend Mister Jonah,
Stanfurd's team will be found
In the tummy of the Golden Bear!

Relegated to the bottom of this post are the facts that the Sharks lost to Pittsburgh 4-1, the Spartans of San Jose State finished their season 6-7 with a lost to Fresno State 19-16, dashing their hopes of a playoff bowl bid goodbye, and Oak Grove was eliminated from the CCS Playoffs by Homestead 48-34. They finish their mediocre season at 7-4. Also defeated were my sister and her band/colorguard team. They finished ninth in the preliminaries and did not qualify to compete in the finals of the big Western Band Association finals in San Diego.