In honor of rivalry week

[jakldawg]

Here's some pranks, fights, and general shenanigans including the always hilarious "kidnapping the homecoming queen" stunt from other rivalries.
Cal-Stanford's legendary nerdy hijinks.
Oregon-Oregon State's civil war is more intense than I thought.

 

[Mr Meoff]

1960: Ardis Henry, Oregon State's homecoming queen, was abducted in front of her Azalea House residence in Corvallis and returned unharmed a half hour later. Before her return, Oregon State student body president Dick Seideman received a ransom note demanding he ride a child's scooter to 13th and University Street in Eugene and make a public appeal for Henry's return.

You gotta love that they demanded the guy to ride a scooter.

 

[Agentdog]

This has to be the greatest prank ever. Hilarious.

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In 1961, the USC fraternity <font color="#002BB8">Sigma Nu</font> pulled what some have called the greatest prank in the rivalry's history. A few minutes before Clemson football players entered the field for pre-game warm ups, a group of Sigma Nu fraternity members ran onto the field, jumping up and down and cheering in football uniforms that resembled the ones worn by the Tigers. This caused the Clemson band to start playing "Tiger Rag," which was followed by the pranksters falling down as they attempted to do calisthenics. They would also do football drills where guys would drop passes and miss the ball when trying to kick it... Clemson fans quickly realized that they had been tricked, and some of them angrily ran onto the field. However, security restored order before any blows could be exchanged. Carolina won the game 21-14, although Clemson was on the Gamecock one-yard-line when time expired.