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re: Mike only has to work 6 days a year, and he can't even do that!
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:25 pm to tigerfan5803
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:25 pm to tigerfan5803
I am serious that I would like him to come to the games. They train tigers to jump through rings of fire....and they hate fire as much as they hate pepper. How hard could it be to bait him into the trailer? Wasn't that the whole point of having a mascot to begin with? Wonder if we could trade him for the I10 Gas Station tiger? I bet he would show more appreciation of his new home and show up on Saturday Night.
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Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:26 pm to roguetiger15
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:26 pm to tigerfan5803
Ok…Ya'll may remember my all out rant on this topic, but on a very serious note.
Why can the university not bring in a TIGER TRAINER to train him to get in the trailer? Hollywood and Zoos and Circus and all sorts of organizations utilize HUMANE ( hey Vet school….pay attention to that word) methods to TRAIN big cats to do certain things. They are all under the microscope of PETA ( hey Vet school…looked there…you know those folks, right?). They things they train tigers to do is nothing like what we are asking. For example…remember the movie Gladiator? Well, PETA was on site as the Tigers were trained to jump out and roar fiercely and pretend to attack with bloodlust. Maybe…..JUST MAYBE…and I am spitballing here….we could retain the same quality trainers to convince Mike to step into a freaking trainer…..under PETA's supervision of course.
This is a very RAW topic for me. To me this is the same as the GBFTL saying they do not feel like walking down the hill pre-game because playing music while walking on an un-level surface is dangerous.
For crying out loud…….GET THE TIGER BACK IN THE STADIUM!!
Why can the university not bring in a TIGER TRAINER to train him to get in the trailer? Hollywood and Zoos and Circus and all sorts of organizations utilize HUMANE ( hey Vet school….pay attention to that word) methods to TRAIN big cats to do certain things. They are all under the microscope of PETA ( hey Vet school…looked there…you know those folks, right?). They things they train tigers to do is nothing like what we are asking. For example…remember the movie Gladiator? Well, PETA was on site as the Tigers were trained to jump out and roar fiercely and pretend to attack with bloodlust. Maybe…..JUST MAYBE…and I am spitballing here….we could retain the same quality trainers to convince Mike to step into a freaking trainer…..under PETA's supervision of course.
This is a very RAW topic for me. To me this is the same as the GBFTL saying they do not feel like walking down the hill pre-game because playing music while walking on an un-level surface is dangerous.
For crying out loud…….GET THE TIGER BACK IN THE STADIUM!!
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:26 pm to tigbit
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Mike only has to work 6 days a year, and he can't even do that!
Or...and this is a more realistic option...we scrap the plan of getting him into the stadium entirely because we simply are unwilling or unable to do what is necessary to get him in his mobile cage, and allow him roam around his giant enclosure on game days so fans that have bought, paid for, and are continuing to pay for his upkeep can actually see the damn tiger!
I have not seen Mike live in probably a year. I'm only in Baton Rouge for games in most cases, and since he is not allowed out into his enclosure during the day if they plan to try and get him into his mobile cage, I never seen him in his habitat. and since he won;t get in the mobile case, he's never in the stadium.
Scrap the idea that we actually have a tiger in the stadium, because we don;t, and allow fans to at least enjoy seeing him in his habitat during the day on game days.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:27 pm to tigbit
I never cared if he was brought into the stadium bc I could barely see him in his cage anyways
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:28 pm to nerd guy
Don't feed him for 3 days prior to gameday and on gameday throw the meat in his trailer.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:29 pm to biglego
how about we just do a fricking live feed of mike in his habitat during pre game?
maybe of him eating the meat with our opponent's logo?
maybe of him eating the meat with our opponent's logo?
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:29 pm to Barrister
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under PETA's supervision of course.
You're confusing PETA with the Humane Society. PETA activists would chain themselves to the cage before they offered constructive advice on how to handle the tiger.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:29 pm to noassatall01
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Don't feed him for 3 days prior to gameday and on gameday throw the meat in his trailer.
Bingo! How hard could that be?
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:33 pm to roguetiger15
Reading historical comments from opposing team players, it was pretty intimidating to them when they took the field and had to go past Mike, since we always parked the trailer at the opponents gate entry to the field.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:33 pm to roguetiger15
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funny story, my first ever home game back in the early 90s we went see mike and he came walking up against the fence, turned around and fricking sprayed piss all over me
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:34 pm to tigbit
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TAM's Collie
That dog is so sedated on game days I'm surprised it can even walk.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:36 pm to Pelican fan99
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why? Bringing mike to games is a big tradition that we've just about abandoned.
Yea I hate that he doesn't come anymore. That was one of my favorite parts of the pregame growing up
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:37 pm to TheChosenOne
serious though, how badass would it be to have a live feed of mike roaming his habitat, stalking a fricking deer that we place in his habitat. 
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:41 pm to TheChosenOne
I was at the RRR and they had Bevo on the field. Now he was clearly sedated as frick, but all they had was a few small barricades and two guys holding him with ropes. I thought it would be funny if he just decided to run bc no way they were stopping him
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:44 pm to roguetiger15
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how badass would it be to have a live feed of mike roaming his habitat, stalking a fricking deer that we place in his habitat.
Rather, when we played Arkansas…put a live pig in there.
When we play South Carolina….a live chicken
When we play State and Georgia….a live bulldog
When we play Tennessee…let's see if we get a Volunteer
When we play aTm…..let's use a live Cadet
When we play Florida….let's use Tim Tebow
When we play Bama….color his swimming pool RED and see if it makes a wave
When we play Ole Miss….who knows….a bear or Col Reb…beats me
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:46 pm to Barrister
quote:
Ok…Ya'll may remember my all out rant on this topic, but on a very serious note.
Why can the university not bring in a TIGER TRAINER to train him to get in the trailer? Hollywood and Zoos and Circus and all sorts of organizations utilize HUMANE ( hey Vet school….pay attention to that word) methods to TRAIN big cats to do certain things. They are all under the microscope of PETA ( hey Vet school…looked there…you know those folks, right?). They things they train tigers to do is nothing like what we are asking. For example…remember the movie Gladiator? Well, PETA was on site as the Tigers were trained to jump out and roar fiercely and pretend to attack with bloodlust. Maybe…..JUST MAYBE…and I am spitballing here….we could retain the same quality trainers to convince Mike to step into a freaking trainer…..under PETA's supervision of course.
This is a very RAW topic for me. To me this is the same as the GBFTL saying they do not feel like walking down the hill pre-game because playing music while walking on an un-level surface is dangerous.
For crying out loud…….GET THE TIGER BACK IN THE STADIUM!!
Epic!
Posted on 10/19/14 at 10:57 pm to Barrister
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When we play Ole Miss….who knows….a bear or Col Reb…beats me
Put a BLACK Bear in there and really confused their fan base. They won't know if they should pull for the bear or the tiger.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 11:10 pm to nerd guy
Mike acts like an Obama supporter!
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