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Mike the Tiger's Birthday Cake
Posted on 7/25/14 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 7/25/14 at 5:41 pm
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Searched but didn't see anything. Mike got a birthday present of turkey bacon, goat milk, and meat.
Searched but didn't see anything. Mike got a birthday present of turkey bacon, goat milk, and meat.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 5:44 pm to NWLATigerFan12
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turkey bacon
Didn't know Mike was Muslim.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 5:56 pm to NWLATigerFan12
Damn it's crazy he's already 9
Posted on 7/25/14 at 6:11 pm to BayouBandit24
How old we lookin for him to live?
Posted on 7/25/14 at 6:13 pm to NWLATigerFan12
Wait, he is already 9? Damn
Posted on 7/25/14 at 7:00 pm to NWLATigerFan12
Looks tastier than any cake I've ever had.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 7:21 pm to UnAnon
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How old we lookin for him to live?
Prior Mikes from LSUSports.net
MIKE V
Mike V was donated by Dr. Thomas and Caroline Atchison of the Animal House Zoological Park in Moulton, Ala. Avid LSU supporter Charles Becker, a member of the LSU booster group the Tammany Tigers, put Dr. Sheldon Bivin of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in touch with the Atchisons. Bivin traveled to Alabama and brought the baby tiger back to Baton Rouge. Born Oct. 18, 1989, the new tiger was introduced to LSU fans at a basketball game against Alabama in February of 1990. He officially began his reign on April 30, 1990, when he was moved into the tiger habitat across from Tiger Stadium. Mike V died on May 18, 2007, at the age of 17.
MIKE IV
Mike IV reigned over Tiger athletics for 14 years after being donated to the school by August A. Busch III from the Dark Continent Amusement Park in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 29, 1976. Born on May 15, 1974, Mike's age and health were determining factors in his retirement to the Baton Rouge Zoo in 1990. The centerpiece of the Zoo's cat exhibit, Mike weighed in at 500 pounds. His only hiatus from the LSU campus before 1990 was the summer of 1981 which he spent at the Little Rock Zoo while his cage was being refurbished. Ironically, the Little Rock Zoo was the birthplace of Mike I. Mike IV died of natural causes in March of 1995 at the age of 21.
MIKE III
Just in time for the 1958 national championship season, Mike III was purchased from the Seattle Zoo following a "national search" by then-athletics director Jim Corbett. The student body contributed $1,500 for the purchase of the tiger. Mike III served as mascot for 18 seasons, dying after the only losing season of his reign as LSU posted a 5-6 record in 1975.
MIKE II
Served a brief reign, lasting only the 1957 season, before dying of pneumonia in the spring of 1958. He was born at the Audubon Park Zoo near the Tulane campus in New Orleans.
MIKE I
In 1936, the original Mike was purchased from the Little Rock Zoo for $750, with money contributed by the student body. Originally known as "Sheik" at the time of his purchase, his name was changed to Mike for Mike Chambers who served as LSU's athletic trainer when the first mascot was purchased.
Chambers had played football at Illinois where he blocked for the legendary Red Grange.
The first Mike was housed in the Baton Rouge Zoo for one year before a permanent home was constructed near Tiger Stadium. Mike I reigned for 20 years before dying of pneumonia in the midst of a six-game LSU losing streak in 1957.
Fearing the LSU faithful would give up hope upon the death of the mascot, Mike's death was not made public until the Tigers finally ended the losing streak.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 8:05 pm to NWLATigerFan12
Can't believe he's 9. Damn time flies.
He's gotta be the best tiger personality wise we've had. Obviously his habitat compared to the old one is a huge part of that.
He's gotta be the best tiger personality wise we've had. Obviously his habitat compared to the old one is a huge part of that.
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