Oski was controversially suspended for two weeks in January 1990 for throwing a cake towards
Oregon State fans. Some of the cake landed on the father of Oregon State point guard
Gary Payton. In 1999, the
Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) passed a bill calling for a makeover of the "poorly constructed and pathetic version of a bear". The ASUC president vetoed the bill. Given the
rivalry with UC Berkeley and Stanford University, Oski frequently fights with Stanford's unofficial mascot,
the Stanford Tree. During the 1988
Big Game, Oski and the Tree became entangled in an altercation that required security to intervene. In 1995, an inebriated Oski and the Tree fought at a nationally televised basketball game, which was later narrated by
Charley Steiner on that evening's
SportsCenter and resulted in global coverage. Stanford police announced that misdemeanor charges could be filed against both parties, although none were ultimately filed. Since then, all Oskis participating in Big Games have had to be
breathalyzed before entrance. ==References==