Posted at 6:22 PM on January 30, 2007 by Colin

In ESPN columnist Pat Forde's most recent Forde Minutes column he discusses his dislike for giant cartoon animals planting themselves on college basketball courts across the country. The University of Montana has a giant Griz on their court but Forde says there an exception to the "animal gigantism" rule: "The Grizzlies get a pass because their Grizzly bear looks semi-authentic, and because he's indigenous."

The image above is a cell phone picture taken on the court after the Stanford upset. Good times.