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If You Not a Tiger, You Tiger Bait!

Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:37 pm
Posted by TheAntiGump
Member since Nov 2008
383 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:37 pm
Has anyone ever heard this yelled before? How did it start?
Posted by manwich
You've wanted my
Member since Oct 2008
52605 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

Has anyone ever heard this yelled before?
no

where did you hear it? it sounds made up
Posted by Fat Man
Gotta Luv Cov ... ington
Member since Jan 2006
7057 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

Has anyone ever heard this yelled before?


yes, but not much.

quote:

How did it start?


Someone probably said it out loud.
Posted by TheAntiGump
Member since Nov 2008
383 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

it sounds made up



As opposed to "Geaux Tigers!" - which wasn't made up.

Posted by TheAntiGump
Member since Nov 2008
383 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:53 pm to
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no

where did you hear it? it sounds made up




My brother started yelling it one morning before we left for a game (he rolls out of bed yelling about the Tigers on game days). I started yelling it, too, then a few games later I asked him where he heard that cheer before - and he said that he heard it first from me. Which I knew couldn't be true, because I heard it first from him.

Posted by manwich
You've wanted my
Member since Oct 2008
52605 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

he rolls out of bed yelling about the Tigers
bunk beds?

are you ten?
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
8876 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

How did it start?


It may have been adopted by some Tiger fans who heard some Gator fans saying it. The first time I ever heard anything like it was in probably '95 or '96 when a Gator player (I think it was Lawrence Wright) said, "If you ain't a Gator, you Gator bait". Direct and factual quote, definitely from the mid-90's.
Posted by TheAntiGump
Member since Nov 2008
383 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 1:16 pm to
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bunk beds?



Rooms across the hall from each other while he was in college and I was in grad school.

quote:


are you ten?



No.



Posted by TheAntiGump
Member since Nov 2008
383 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 1:17 pm to
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It may have been adopted by some Tiger fans who heard some Gator fans saying it. The first time I ever heard anything like it was in probably '95 or '96 when a Gator player (I think it was Lawrence Wright) said, "If you ain't a Gator, you Gator bait". Direct and factual quote, definitely from the mid-90's.




"Tiger Bait" itself was ripped off from "Gator Bait", right? Or is it the other way around?
Posted by Towelie
America's Wang
Member since Aug 2007
19119 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 1:20 pm to
quote:

If You Not a Tiger, You Tiger Bait!


turrable grammer
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
8876 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 1:30 pm to
quote:

"Tiger Bait" itself was ripped off from "Gator Bait", right? Or is it the other way around?


That I don't know about. I've always thought "Tiger Bait" came first. When I moved here in 1990, it seemed very strange to hear Gator fans saying "Gator Bait". So at the very least, "Tiger Bait" is much more well known.

But I do believe pretty firmly that Lawrence Wright originated the whole "If you ain't a ________, you ________ bait".
Posted by Jaydeaux
Covington
Member since May 2005
18761 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 1:36 pm to
Actually I started it after an argument with an AU buddy of mine. It's actually if you're not an LSU tiger you're tiger bait.

She asked how she could be tiger bait if she was a tiger, i rolled off and said, bitch "if you're not an LSU Tiger you're tiger bait."


I thought I'd add answer a silly question with some fiction of my own.
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 8:40 pm to
never heard of it
Posted by futuretiger6
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2007
2576 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 8:42 pm to
Tiger Bait came first i believe
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34377 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 8:46 pm to
quote:

My brother started yelling it one morning before we left for a game (he rolls out of bed yelling about the Tigers on game days). I started yelling it, too, then a few games later I asked him where he heard that cheer before - and he said that he heard it first from me. Which I knew couldn't be true, because I heard it first from him.
If you not retarded, you fooling me.
Posted by Das Tiger
Tiger Town
Member since Mar 2007
3163 posts
Posted on 11/17/08 at 9:02 pm to
LSU fans were yelling taht in the 70's, you bunch of whippersnappers
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