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Big Game Week

The Grind
A graphic of the Oval.

Senior Scaries: Holding a live turkey in the name of college football

Erin Ye
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Jan. 4
News
The head of a stuffed bear resting on the Claw Fountain in White Plaza. (Photo: CAYDEN GU/The Stanford Daily)

Oski the Bear pronounced dead at ‘Bearial’

Torin Young
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Nov. 18
Special Editions
A woman sitting on letters that spell "Crossword"

Big Game, Big Crossword (Nov. 21, 2024)

Bradley Bush
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Nov. 21, 2024
The Grind
The 2022 Bearial, where a student has the head and body of a bear in separate hands and walks into The Claw, a fountain.

What’s the point of a rivalry?

Sam Waddoups
  •  
Nov. 16, 2022
Campus Life
Stanford football players hold the Axe trophy

‘Take Back the Axe’: Stanford gears up for Big Game with decapitated teddy bear and train whistles

Callia Peterson and Rani Chor
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Nov. 15, 2022
Football
The stanford band plays in the stands at a football game

A Stanford student’s guide to the 125th Big Game

Annie C. Reller
  •  
Nov. 15, 2022
Photos
The Axe Committee, the guarder of the Stanford Axe, cheer on the Cardinal from the bleachers.

Photo gallery: Student spirit during Big Game Week

Crystal Chen and Andy Huynh
  •  
Dec. 2, 2021
Football
Stanford football players pose with the "Our Axe" design at Cal's stadium

An Axe to Grind: the Stanford Axe Committee renews their rivalry

Stanford Stickney
  •  
Nov. 19, 2021
Football
A graphic with the title "A Century of Big Games at Stanford Stadium" with four sections, each showing a cartoon-like image of a football player or the stadium.

Highs and lows from 100 years of the Big Game in Stanford Stadium

Zach Zafran
  •  
Nov. 19, 2021
Sports Columns
Michael Thomas '12 (3 above) is among the Cardinal who now play in the NFL. (Photo: BOB DREBIN/isiphotos.com)

Reddy: Cal vs. Stanford NFL alumni showdown

Shan Reddy
  •  
Nov. 25, 2020
Sports Features
The Axe, the ultimate trophy of the Stanford-Cal rivalry, became the centerpiece of a legendary 1973 heist that outsmarted tight security and sparked chaos.

Q&A: Axe Committee Chair Alex Hou ’21

Cybele Zhang
  •  
Nov. 24, 2020
Humor
(PATRICK MONREAL/The Stanford Daily)

To celebrate Big Game week, ethically-sourced bear meat appears in Stanford dining halls

Kirsten Mettler
  •  
Nov. 23, 2019
Arts & Life
Gaieties 2019 centers around a romance between two characters with underrepresented narratives, and the whole cast and crew abounds with talent and aplomb. (Photo: Cole Griffiths / The Stanford Daily)

Gaieties takes a step forward in its 2019 rendition

Khuyen Le
  •  
Nov. 19, 2019
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Shi: Hatred of Cal goes further than rivalry with USC

Winston Shi
  •  
Nov. 20, 2013
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Beyda: Big Game well worth any price of admission

Joseph Beyda
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Oct. 17, 2012
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Editorial: Beat Cal, but not with batons

Editorial Board
  •  
Nov. 18, 2011
Multimedia
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Gaieties takes the stage

The Daily Photo Staff
  •  
Nov. 17, 2011
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Colorful rivalry: Intermission celebrates Big Game Week with a special issue

Intermission Staff
  •  
Nov. 19, 2010
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Big Game Rally

The Daily Photo Staff
  •  
Nov. 19, 2010
Daily Banter
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Abolish Football or Beat Cal?

Aysha Bagchi
  •  
Nov. 16, 2010
The Stanford Daily

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