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re: Pete Carroll Says LSU Poked Mike da Tiger with Cattle Prods
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:25 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:25 pm to ProjectP2294
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I realize that standard of care for animals like Mike were much different back in the day. But do you think the handlers were retards? At any point when dealing with a 700lb meat eating cat, does it sound like a good idea to intentionally make him angry?
I can't speak to prior to Mike IV - but they did rattle around a broom handle in there. This was done to encourage him to roar on the sidelines. He would get agitated and, ultimately, snap it into 3 or 4 pieces with his gigantic paws. He was only around 425 or so. That was unnecessary with Mike V as he would roar at Mike the Tiger. Mike VI is too chill and I think he is too superior and aloof to do anything his staff wants him to do. He's like CEO cat, except in tiger form.
This post was edited on 9/6/12 at 1:26 pm
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Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:30 pm to PurpleReignUW
It's a guide staff. Cat handlers almost always have one. Big cats are very reponsive to anything that resembles a spear for some reason.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:39 pm to bbap
Yeah, old Mike III used to get a lot of abuse from the cheerleaders back in his early days. I always thought if he managed to get out of that cage at that time he would quickly resort to selective gleaning from all 80,000+ people in that stadium for those fricking cheerleaders.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:39 pm to phelps4824
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The answer is NO. They don't even make him go to the game if he don't want to. He has it better than most of us.
This. He's cared for by LSU Veterinaries. They probably love animals WAY more than the average person does.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:40 pm to PurpleReignUW
He is light in the loafers 
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:44 pm to PurpleReignUW
Thats a straight up lie
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:51 pm to Draconian Sanctions
If Pete could not notice McKnight driving around in a Range Rover, I doubt he has the eyesight to see Mike in his cage.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:55 pm to PurpleReignUW
Where is the University of the Pacific and I remember playing them and pummeling them in 1970s.
Obviously Carol forgot about the pummeling he took.
Obviously Carol forgot about the pummeling he took.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:55 pm to PurpleReignUW
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PurpleReignUW
Pete Carroll Says LSU Poked Mike da Tiger with Cattle Prods
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Nope actually he says
quote:
They were poking him with a cattle prod or something as we were walking by."
Depends how you read it. "or something" to me implies they poked him with a stick or object of some sort, and Pete thought it might had been a cattle prod.
That didn't keep Carroll and his teammates from being intimidated when they played in the den of the LSU Tigers, walking onto the field by the school's mascot.
Carroll's quote:
"That thing scared the pie out of our team," Carroll said. They were poking him with a cattle prod or something as we were walking by. It was horrible."
#1 There was never, is, and will never be a "they" next to Mike's cage AS THE VISITING TEAM IS WALKING BY. And BTW, why was the U. of Pacific team "walking" by? shouldn't they have at least been trotting when they were announced in pre-game introductions?
#1A. The LSU cheerleaders have never been given "prods or sticks" to "poke" a 700 pound tiger. That is not what cheerleaders do.
#1B Even if that was even remotely true, a "cattle prod;' or stick would not fit in the little tiny holes in the outer shell that surround Mike's cage !!! The only thing that might fit would be a straw maybe?
#2. The Top Ten LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and the Athletic Department handlers would """"""""" N E V E R """""""""""" and have never allowed such shameful activity by anyone.
#3. Pete Carroll out-and-out MADE THAT UP. He is an absolute piece of skunk rectal refuse unborn mucas membrane regurgitated possum afterbirth.
#4. His team (also the 'Tigers') lost to LSU that night in 1972 31-13.
#5 He can go rot in the 13th ring of Hades.
This post was edited on 9/6/12 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:03 pm to phelps4824
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The answer is NO. They don't even make him go to the game if he don't want to. He has it better than most of us.
I remember Mike being provoked to growling as recently as the late 60's early 70's, there was a microphone by the cage to pick up the growls pre-game, Carroll is relatively correct, something was used to at least rattle the cage to get a response that came over the PA system.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:04 pm to MetryTyger
They never used cattle prods. They used a spray bottle with water in it. They would spray from the back of the truck. Tigers, and all cats, are not big fans of water. So when he was sprayed he would roar. Never were sticks ever used. That is from 1st hand experience.
Pete is still a tool!
Pete is still a tool!
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:06 pm to CarrolltonTiger
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CarrolltonTiger
Pete Carroll Says LSU Poked Mike da Tiger with Cattle Prods
quote:
The answer is NO. They don't even make him go to the game if he don't want to. He has it better than most of us.
I remember Mike being provoked to growling as recently as the late 60's early 70's, there was a microphone by the cage to pick up the growls pre-game, Carroll is relatively correct, something was used to at least rattle the cage to get a response that came over the PA system.
A mike may have been put up to the cage, but nothing was ever used to rattle Mike's cage.
There were 2 surfaces anyway - the outer cage that had very small holes, and the inner cage that was too far inside the outer cage to fit anything into!!!!!!
Again, Carroll is a total liar....
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:08 pm to PurpleReignUW
Pete Carroll is a punk arse bitch....
And everyone knows Tigers hate cinnamon......they spray him with cinnamon...
And everyone knows Tigers hate cinnamon......they spray him with cinnamon...
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:10 pm to MetryTyger
Oh, so they sprayed him with water and then shocked him. That would make me growl.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:11 pm to DustyDinkleman
seattles the next penn state
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:11 pm to PurpleReignUW
It wasn't cattle prods. We used water, apparently.
This post was edited on 9/6/12 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:12 pm to bbap
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why is that?
Field was still pretty crappy from what I heard
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:13 pm to MetryTyger
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A mike may have been put up to the cage, but nothing was ever used to rattle Mike's cage.
Then Mike was very cooperative and into the game as he always roared on que.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:15 pm to VernonPLSUfan
I was there at that game with a beautiful date from New orleans named jane Russell--whatever happened to her? anyway, i digress---the Pacific team did walk by the cage at the time, because it was left by their entrance to intimidate the opponents. The cheerleaders did not use sticks or rods, but banged on cage to get Mike to roar.
This post was edited on 9/6/12 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 9/6/12 at 2:22 pm to darkdaysof dinardo
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Tigers are not big fans of water
ummm no. They are very big fans of water. They love to swim. They have webbed feet FFS.
oh, and frick Pete Carroll
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