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Mike the Tiger as Blind Referee
Posted on 1/9/09 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 1/9/09 at 10:24 pm
Someone was looking for this image a while back. I saw this photo at Ralph & Kacoo's today. I believe this was around 80-83 when Mark Jeffers was the mascot. No one has else has approached the success he had as Mike.
Also, note the old school ESPN logo.
A photo of Mike in this attire was picked up by the wire services and was printed in papers all over the country.
It also led to some rule that prohibits a school's mascot from making fun of referees.
Also, note the old school ESPN logo.
A photo of Mike in this attire was picked up by the wire services and was printed in papers all over the country.
It also led to some rule that prohibits a school's mascot from making fun of referees.
This post was edited on 1/9/09 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 1/9/09 at 10:32 pm to LuckySo-n-So
I saw him do that...way back in the early 80's Everybody loved it...he did it to "three blind mice"




Posted on 1/9/09 at 10:33 pm to 2geaux
that picture is in my dad's yearbook. Basketball was the thing
Posted on 1/9/09 at 10:53 pm to futuretiger6
back in the day when mike whould come down from the ceiling the deaf dome whould go nuts
Posted on 1/9/09 at 11:05 pm to LuckySo-n-So
That is a great photo. Thanks for posting it.
Posted on 1/10/09 at 9:32 am to LuckySo-n-So
That I believe is a guy named Mark Jeffers. He in was CRAZY as Mike the Tiger. Someone who all after him needs to live up to.
I see you already pointed this out. You are correct on Mark.

I see you already pointed this out. You are correct on Mark.
This post was edited on 1/10/09 at 9:35 am
Posted on 1/10/09 at 9:35 am to LuckySo-n-So

Great picture, never seen that before
Posted on 1/10/09 at 9:41 am to GatorTrunk
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I love the 80s!
I loved them the first time,
and after a day of shopping with my teenager, I'm realizing just how much of the 80's is coming back!

Great picture, and I hope and pray that LSU basketball is on its way back to that kind of interest!!

Posted on 1/10/09 at 9:59 am to LSUmomma
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after a day of shopping with my teenager, I'm realizing just how much of the 80's is coming back!
Isn't it fun to have them laugh at your old pics, only to be FORCED to follow the crowd later in life. I call it payback by retro.
Posted on 1/10/09 at 10:05 am to Walt OReilly
Awesome pic! Thanx!
:mike:
:mike:
Posted on 1/10/09 at 10:10 am to LSUshad

Posted on 1/10/09 at 10:13 am to LuckySo-n-So
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No one has else has approached the success he had as Mike.
Good memory lucky. They used to show that for years in the intro to Dale Brown's t.v. show and if I'm not mistaken on the SEC game of the week as well.
It lived on for years after that...into the 90's.
Posted on 1/10/09 at 10:14 am to Good Times
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Isn't it fun to have them laugh at your old pics, only to be FORCED to follow the crowd later in life. I call it payback by retro.


Yes. I have new leverage with my daughter, because over a year ago, I told her that she would be wanting superskinny tapered jeans, and she was offended!
Now, after a day of her begging me for the damn things at the Galleria yesterday, I told her that from now on, when I am right and she's wrong, my "code word" is going to be: "straight-legged jeans" to end any argument!

Posted on 1/10/09 at 10:18 am to LSUmomma
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I told her that from now on, when I am right and she's wrong, my "code word" is going to be: "straight-legged jeans" to end any argument!


Posted on 1/10/09 at 11:05 am to LuckySo-n-So
Didn't sometimes when he'd come stumbling out dressed like that the band would play the song, "Three Blind Mice." Am I imagining that I remembered that?
Posted on 1/10/09 at 11:13 am to CU-onda-BIU
Whatever happened to Mark Jeffers?
Posted on 1/10/09 at 12:04 pm to LuckySo-n-So
Mark Jeffers was the very best Mike the Tiger. Really funny guy.
Coming back from the horrible game against Tulane in the dome in 1981, Mark had stored some cheap arse wine on the bus (I think it was called Chatanooga Express) to drink on the way back to BR if we lost. Well, he started drinking it and someone asked him what it tasted like. He said "Kool-Aid with a lot of Comet in it." He drank that whole bottle.
Coming back from the horrible game against Tulane in the dome in 1981, Mark had stored some cheap arse wine on the bus (I think it was called Chatanooga Express) to drink on the way back to BR if we lost. Well, he started drinking it and someone asked him what it tasted like. He said "Kool-Aid with a lot of Comet in it." He drank that whole bottle.

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