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Does anyone know the origins of "Tigerbait"?
Posted on 9/15/09 at 10:30 am
Posted on 9/15/09 at 10:30 am
When and how did it start?
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Posted on 9/15/09 at 10:32 am to Kingwood Tiger
No but I know the origin of "eat um up Tigers" if you care to know.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 10:41 am to Kingwood Tiger
Tigerbait was started by a fan named "Big Red". He had red hair and a huge booming voice and he chanted tigerbait in a very quick pace when the opposing team made an entrance. His voice carried all across the stadium and when he was really going to town, many times the rest of the fans would just stop and marvel.
It was meant to intimidate the PLAYERS. It was NOT directed at opposing fans in a menacing manner.
It was meant to intimidate the PLAYERS. It was NOT directed at opposing fans in a menacing manner.
This post was edited on 9/15/09 at 10:42 am
Posted on 9/15/09 at 10:42 am to Stadium Rat
When a man loves a tiger...
Posted on 9/15/09 at 10:43 am to Kingwood Tiger
Cavemen used it to lure tigers into pits.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:07 am to Stadium Rat
*I well remember Big Red at athletic events in the '60's and '70's. Hid booming voice could be heard through his sheet metal megaphone in the Cow Barn during the basketball games and at Alex Box for baseball as well as football road trips. But, I suspect that "tigerbait" as a cheer preceded the "Big Red" era.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:12 am to melonheadla
I remember hearing Big Red's voice in Tiger Stadium. It carried incredibly well. He sat in the North Endzone.
But I, like melonhead, believe that "tiger bait" has been around longer than the era of Big Red.
But I, like melonhead, believe that "tiger bait" has been around longer than the era of Big Red.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:13 am to tigerinridgeland
Big Red's Obit:
quote:
Published on December 7, 1993, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) 1-man cheering section for LSU games dies at 61 James "Big Red" Braswell, best known for his booming "Go get 'em, Tigers" and "Tiger bait" chants at LSU football and basketball games, died Wednesday at his mother's home in Natchez, Miss. He was 61.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:15 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
Tigerbait was started by a fan named "Big Red". He had red hair and a huge booming voice and he chanted tigerbait in a very quick pace when the opposing team made an entrance. His voice carried all across the stadium and when he was really going to town, many times the rest of the fans would just stop and marvel.
I know he perfected it, but I'm not sure he STARTED it.
Big Red was also great at baseball games, which only drew about 200 or so other folks back in those days.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:16 am to Stadium Rat
More about Big Red:
* from SMILEY ANDERS
* Published: Nov 26, 2008
About Big Red
Les Champagne, of Denham Springs, tells the reader who inquired about “Big Red,” the guy with the loud voice who used to yell “Tiger Bait!” at LSU football games:
“Big Red and I were State-Times paper deliverers in north Baton Rouge over 40 years ago. Red’s name was James Braswell.
“He was born in Mississippi and moved to Louisiana at an early age. Needless to say, he fell in love with LSU, particularly LSU football.
“No one could yell ‘Tiger Bait!’ like Big Red. You could even hear him as plain as day over the radio.
“I seem to remember an article in the paper asking ‘Where’s Big Red?’ after an illness one football season. Everyone missed him. I also seem to recall some years back reading about his death.
“Those who attended games or listened to LSU broadcasts all the years Red was around will never forget him — he could shout for LSU like nobody has since.”
* from SMILEY ANDERS
* Published: Nov 26, 2008
About Big Red
Les Champagne, of Denham Springs, tells the reader who inquired about “Big Red,” the guy with the loud voice who used to yell “Tiger Bait!” at LSU football games:
“Big Red and I were State-Times paper deliverers in north Baton Rouge over 40 years ago. Red’s name was James Braswell.
“He was born in Mississippi and moved to Louisiana at an early age. Needless to say, he fell in love with LSU, particularly LSU football.
“No one could yell ‘Tiger Bait!’ like Big Red. You could even hear him as plain as day over the radio.
“I seem to remember an article in the paper asking ‘Where’s Big Red?’ after an illness one football season. Everyone missed him. I also seem to recall some years back reading about his death.
“Those who attended games or listened to LSU broadcasts all the years Red was around will never forget him — he could shout for LSU like nobody has since.”
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:18 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
It was meant to intimidate the PLAYERS. It was NOT directed at opposing fans in a menacing manner.
Oh for God's sake.........
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:22 am to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
I know he perfected it, but I'm not sure he STARTED it.
The stories I've found don't say that, but I remember reading an article a long time ago where the reporter asked him about how he came to use the "bait" part, since bait is what you would use to catch a tiger, not the prey of a tiger. He said something to the effect that that was what fit best, so that's what he used.
Maybe someone with a research account can pull that up.
Posted on 9/15/09 at 11:44 am to Y.A. Tittle
I have great memories of being a Boyscout usher in the early 70's & watching Big Red do his thing outside the visitor's lockerroom with his bullhorn while we got our assignments. 
Big Red!
Big Red!
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