Controversial History

From the stanfraud review - the farm now claims it invented the card stunt:

The Card stunt started as a way for Stanford to make-up for the smaller size of their cheering section in the Big Game. Ralph Fitting sets the scene for the 1904 Big Game: “What Stanford lacked in numbers, it made up in campus-wide Stanford spirit. The memory of the stolen Axe clung vividly in the minds of everyone; kept alive by the colorful Axe Yell. Revenge was the pass-word.”

As Stanford fans entered the stadium, each received a small packet of confetti. Those in certain seats also received a white tarp and instructions on how to hold it over their hats. As the Stanford team walked onto the field, the Yell leaders gave the command, and the Stanford section threw up their confetti, creating a cloud of red. Fitting comments: “When the great sea of red subsided over the rooting section a great white S emerged on the background of the red rooters’ hats. The Berkeley side was completely stunned...Newspaper cameras clicked from every side. The Stanford stunt became history, again to add to the list of Stanford traditions.”

The card stunt also became history at the farm when they discontinued its use in the 1970's.

Now white tarps do not equal cards. However, this undercuts the long-time claim that the UC Rally Committee believes:

Card stunts originated in the 1910 Big Game against Stanford University. Their appearance at this game marks the first appearance of card stunts and the Rally Committee is attributed with their invention. At the time, it was an activity known as "bleacher stunts."

It's almost like the question of who invented the Wave?