RE: Yeah. Leland Stanford Jr. is the namesake of the university

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Nov 29, 2022
8:06:37am

Rivers Cuomo All-American

RE: Yeah. Leland Stanford Jr. is the namesake of the university

Leland Stanford Jr.

Leland Stanford Jr. (May 14, 1868 – March 13, 1884), known as Leland DeWitt Stanford until he was nine, was the only son of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane. Following his death from typhoid at age 15, he became the namesake of Stanford University. Early life...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford_Jr.?wprov=sfti1

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Wait it's not even the Stanford Band that does these skits??

crimedog Hater of Bernard

11/29/22 8:01am

the Junior goes to Stanford's name, not the word university

byujag

11/29/22 8:03am

Yeah. Leland Stanford Jr. is the namesake of the university

11/29/22 8:05am

RE: Yeah. Leland Stanford Jr. is the namesake of the university

11/29/22 8:06am

That's the name of their band. It's high-brow, snobby humor

Skeptical Optimist

11/29/22 8:05am

Funny how it happens every time. And everytime they issue an apology

11/29/22 8:06am

Or was at least the QB was slated to be.

Leonardo

11/29/22 8:12am

"We are sorry for our band......again"

WJCougar

11/29/22 8:13am

This was the first thing that came to my mind when reading the post.

11/29/22 3:19pm

Take the "apology" and shove it up your tailpipe.

byubyu

11/29/22 8:08am

Until the behavior changes, apologies are just hot air. That conference becoming

vagabonder

11/29/22 8:11am

That and the state of their FB team and yet LDS recruits still go there.

Blue Ridge

11/29/22 8:18am

Don't look at the last 2 seasons as "the state of their football program."

outsidethebubble

11/29/22 9:06am

Outside of the last 15 years under Harbaugh and Shaw, Stanford has been mostly

CameronG

11/29/22 9:20am

I'd say 15 years is a pretty good streak.

outsidethebubble

11/29/22 9:24am

It's been a great 15 years yeah but I think there's a reason Shaw has struggled

CameronG

11/29/22 9:29am

And...are those actual trees in the seats around the stadium?

11/29/22 9:47am

Apologies don't mean anything when they do it over and over again. Seems to me as if they'd rather do what they want

lightmann

11/29/22 9:56am

It’s called a “culture” issue…apologies don’t fix that

Hang10

11/29/22 10:30am

Can you imagine the outrage if they pulled this crap against a Catholic or maybe

ProvoSpain

11/29/22 10:59am

they already did dress like nuns/cardinals and conductor used a cross instead of a baton when they played Notre Dame

byujag

11/29/22 12:08pm

So the next time BYU plays Stanford, we can expect the same band display and

SoValleyCOUG

11/29/22 11:43am

It probably would not reflect well on us if we made fun of their Sacraments...

AF'er

11/29/22 11:53am

Apology from the athletic dept, not the school administration. Typical Pac

Count Cougar

11/29/22 12:02pm

That’s 2 of the PAC institutions that have had to “apologize” this year alone

pegushin

11/29/22 12:25pm

"Deeply Regrets" but does nothing about it

Coug Dude

11/29/22 1:41pm

The fake apology crap was probably written before the game.

Les IsMore

11/29/22 3:54pm

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