Stanford University, located in Palo Alto, California, uses the nickname Cardinal for it's athletic teams. This refers not to the bird, but the type of tree indigneous to the area.
Stanford university official name is the cardinal, Which is a color. The tree is an unofficial nickname.
Stanford's nickname is "The Cardinal"
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The Oakland Athletics' nickname of the "Athletics" originates from athletic clubs in the 19th century.
Tigers is the nickname for the Catholic Georgetown University.
Silicon Valley is an area located on the San Francisco,California Peninsula,radiating outward from Stanford University. Silicon Valley the nickname of the San Francisco Bay region in northern California.
The bruin is the mascot of the University of California, Los Angeles sports teams. Nathan is an avid fan of UCLA athletics, and this is the significance of the Bruin in his Twitter nickname. But he has now changed his Twitter to @NathanKress.
It is the Princeton "Tigers."The Princeton university mascot is the Tiger.
The Department of Defense is often referred to as The DOD.
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