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re: Mike the Tiger and Seminole mascot tangle in pregame 1982

Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:35 am to
Posted by Flyingtiger82
BFE
Member since Oct 2019
1000 posts
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:35 am to
I was there chunking oranges with everyone else! Best night ever in Tiger Stadium. It was a great time to be a Tiger!

Don’t get me wrong a lot better stuff happened since then, but it was a drunken bourbon infused fog with a waft of orange peel in the air. You could feel the victory before the kickoff.

Of course they lose 21-20 in the Orange Bowl to Nebraska, but that night was like bottled lightning.
Posted by JodyPlauche
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2009
8736 posts
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:07 am to
Chicken needs to find out who down voted this and BAN THEM!

This might be the best LSU Football video on YouTube
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
19047 posts
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:30 am to
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Yep. I remember. I was there


Me too. First year living here in Louisiana. Never saw so many oranges...
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
19047 posts
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:35 am to
quote:

Mark Jeffers was the best Mike the Tiger ever. Also got punished by the league for going on the basketball court with a refrees shirt and a white cane


When he got off suspension he came back in a prison uniform and a leg ball and chain! Haha
Posted by MC123
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
2028 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 8:18 am to
Is the coaching staff all wearing purple pants?
Posted by G I Jeaux
off duty
Member since Aug 2009
2162 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 8:30 am to
quote:

I feel like I’ve been deprived of something special.



You have and you are. Its called humor.
Posted by Logician
Grinning Colonizer
Member since Jul 2013
4511 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 9:49 am to
Why has no one gif’d the scalping yet? I thought this was TD.
Posted by Festus
With Skillet
Member since Nov 2009
84986 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 9:57 am to
I was there as a freshman in the student section. The aftermath was awesome. First oranges thrown on the field. Then stadium seats.

Then saw a student stalk a cop the entire length of the field and pelt him with an orange in the back of the head. Then saw a bunch of cops chase him and tackle him right in front of me in the end zone. Then beat the ever loving shite out of him.

As I left, I saw them loading the bloody mess left of him into an ambulance. What a time to be alive.
Posted by LivingstonLaw
Livingston County
Member since Jul 2021
2531 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:02 am to
Who downvoted this? Identify yourself!
Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
6936 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:09 am to
Thx for sharing.

I was there and will never forget it. One of the best games ever in TS...
Posted by dennistracy
Washington, DC
Member since Jun 2004
912 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:18 am to
I was there for that. One of my first vivid memories of Tiger Stadium as a kid.

I remember Mike would put the Gator into a gumbo pot also ??
Posted by Adam39
Member since Nov 2019
347 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:28 am to
Thanks for posting.
Posted by vince vega
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2014
655 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 1:05 pm to
JFC, oh, the 80's, how I miss you!

Posted by brickyard
Member since Jan 2007
534 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 1:33 pm to
Now, 3/4’s of the fan base thinks it’s too ‘traumatic’ for the real tiger to roll around the field before the game. Man have we gotten soft as a society or what?
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 2:20 pm to
quote:

I was there as a freshman in the student section.


whippersnapper! I did the charter to the Orange Bowl that year, lots of fun going down to MIA, not so much coming back
Posted by Ooflord2566
Tampa
Member since Dec 2021
11 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 3:25 pm to
You're correct. I was there and my date only drank White Russians. I had to bring in milk, Kahlua, and vodka. And, a bag of oranges. First and last date with her. Didn't get any either. Lol
Posted by mattytiger123
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2014
3022 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 4:27 pm to
Insanity
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
8205 posts
Posted on 9/3/22 at 5:11 pm to
I was at the game, can’t believe it was 40 years ago!
Posted by TigerBandFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
868 posts
Posted on 9/4/22 at 11:29 am to
Geaux Tigers!
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