Indeed, Saturday, Sept. 26 marks the birthday of Oski the Bear. The mascot is turning 68 years old this year and will probably be on TV in just a few short hours. Some history behind the origin of the U.C. Berkeley mascot: read more »

Yep, it’s that special time of year that’s like every other special time of year—Homecoming is back! (Though we could have gone with midterm season.) Berkeley has a Homecoming you can take pride in: Unlike other campus festivities like Caltopia, you can get lots of free things during Homecoming.

And unlike Cal Day, there will be tons of lectures by Berkeley professors that will make even the most balanced jack of all trades feel inadequate. And unlike the Big Game, read more »

As promised, here’s the grizzly footage of Stanfurd’s tree against dear Oski. We love the commentating for this video, but most of all, we love that even as Oski’s escorted out, he still struts his signature walk.

And here’s another thought: Anyone see an allegory here? If Oski can beat up the Stanfurd tree, how does that bode for, say, a grove of oaks against a group of Golden Bears?

We think we already know the answer to that.

Bear vs. Tree [YouTube]

It looks like the guys at SPiN on Sports, a subdivision of SportsLine.com, have been a little bored as of late.

Inspired by the Discovery Chanel’s Planet Earth series, the guys at SPiN have created a March Madness-esque tournament to see who (or what) is the most dominant mascot of all-time!

And of course Cal is in the field of 64 animals/inanimate objects/things/people.

The Golden Bears are the No. 5 seed taking on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the “Predator Region.”

Why Oski is in the “Predator Region,” we really don’t know. We mean, look at him. He doesn’t look like he can eat anyone (or anything for that matter). We do know that all he’s good for is chopping down some trees.

Speaking of trees, the Stanfurd Cardinal is the No. 14 seed in the “Inanimates/Mythological Creatures Region.” So which category do you think “Cardinal” fits under? Inanimate or Mythological? We’d go for the mythological, since a prancing tree seems pretty mythic.

Notably, the Small Dickless Bears, aka, fUCLA, didn’t get into the tournament. Why? We’re guessing they were too busy being small and dickless.

Voting for the first rounds continues through April 27th, when SPiN will be announcing the quarterfinal matchups.

It should be an easy win for Cal. We mean, it’s Iowa and it’s a hawk. Don’t Bears eat Hawks?

Most Dominant College Mascot on Earth: First Round [SPiN]