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re: Uga, Smokey, Bevo - just some of the live mascots still on field. WHY NOT MIKE?!?
Posted on 10/26/22 at 11:43 am to Ron Grover
Posted on 10/26/22 at 11:43 am to Ron Grover
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Are the people opposed to this concerned it's going to scare a grown tiger? Is it really going to cause irreparable harm? Debilitating anxiety?
I mean.. a cat is a cat. It might not be harmful but it's just a bit cruel and unnecessary. Why subject a tiger to all that noise and chaos?
As to the previous Mikes being on the field.. that was a different time. Right or wrong, it's never going to happen again, but apparently this question will get asked until the end of time.
Do people really think it was that "intimidating" for opposing teams? It's no different than going to the zoo. Mike was in a cage. There was no chance he was going to escape and maul all the opposing players.
Of all the things to gripe about, this one vexes me. It's just not a hill worth dying on imo.
But to each their own
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Posted on 10/26/22 at 1:35 pm to sweetwaterbilly
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Do people really think it was that "intimidating" for opposing teams?
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Joel Samuels known as the "Tiger Man" recalls an LSU-Alabama game when coach Bear Bryant was the Alabama head coach. Samuels had a way of getting Mike to growl simply by saying, "Get 'em Mike." As the Alabama players gathered around the tiger trailer, Samuels quietly gave Mike the signal to growl. When Mike did so, it so unnerved the Alabama players that Coach Bryant took Samuels aside and gave him a stern lecture, advising him in no uncertain terms that he was not to upset his players like that. As far as we know, none of the other tigers growled on verbal cue.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 2:13 pm to sweetwaterbilly
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As to the previous Mikes being on the field.. that was a different time. Right or wrong, it's never going to happen again, but apparently this question will get asked until the end of time.
Times change, people change, science and society progresses....
At one time, people believed the world was flat.
At one time, science thought that bleeding was the best way to treat disease and release the "ill humors" from a body.
At one time, people thought that it was entirely appropriate for one person to own another.
At one time, people thought the plague was the wrath of God descending on a godless people.
At one time, people thought it was fine to keep an adult chimp locked up in a small cage at an amusement park for decades.
At one time, I thought it was completely okay to let my 10 year old son stick his hand into an Orca's mouth and pet his tongue (boy, was THAT stupid!)
on and on and on.
Time progresses, and we move forward. While I enjoyed the atmosphere of having a live tiger in a cage roaring at opposing players when I was young, "old" me knows better now.
Just my opinion, folks. You're entitled to your own.
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