The Stanford Axe is a trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Big Game, a college football match-up between the University of California Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinal. The trophy consists of an axe-head mounted on a large wooden plaque, along with the scores of past Big Games. Stanford is currently in possession of the Axe after beating Cal 21–3 on October 20, 2012 at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.
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“If the axe is not sharp, it doesn’t matter how hard the wood is.”
—Chinese proverb.