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Who remembers when they dropped Mike(mascot) out of the ceiling.
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:32 pm
I think it was in the 80's prior to the Kentucky game just before the player introductions. They darkened the arena and the place went crazy. It had to be the loudest I have ever heard the PMAC. Everyone went nuts as he was let down with a rope and safety harness. We killed Kentucky that day.
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Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:36 pm to bmistr1023
Did it all the time in the early 90s
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:36 pm to bmistr1023
It was always awesome. They half arse tried it last year, but they did it way too early and it took a full minute for him to drop because some genius thought the drop needed to be timed with the eye of the tiger song. Just drop the rope and let him repel down right before the starting line ups like he used to do for the kentucky games and the place will go nuts.
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:38 pm to bmistr1023
They did it once last season and it sucked.
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:43 pm to bmistr1023
Yep. Sometimes he would come down head first, really fast, then pull up and flip feet down at the last possible moment.
Pretty sure it was a ringer fake Mike, since he never had a tail.
For all of you youngsters, it wasn't the REAL tiger... it was the guy in the tiger suit.
Pretty sure it was a ringer fake Mike, since he never had a tail.
For all of you youngsters, it wasn't the REAL tiger... it was the guy in the tiger suit.
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:47 pm to The Boat
Last year
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:48 pm to LSU Weirdo
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For all of you youngsters, it wasn't the REAL tiger… it was the guy in the tiger suit.
Thanks for the headsup
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:36 pm to bmistr1023
Like it was yesterday
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:52 pm to bmistr1023
This is all I think about when hearing stories of mascots being lowered from ceilings. LINK
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:58 pm to bmistr1023
they got ROTC students to do it just for the rappel down. at least sometimes
I know this for a fact
I know this for a fact
Posted on 1/22/14 at 12:00 am to jimbeam
would be more badass if they dropped the real mike from the ceiling of the PMAC.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 12:30 am to bmistr1023
I was there for that a few times in the early 80s. I was probably 6-10 years old. It made an impression and got the crowd wound up. They should bring that tradition back!
Posted on 1/22/14 at 2:19 am to bmistr1023
Those were the greatest years in Tiger basketball. It set the tone for some of the most exciting games in LSU History
Posted on 1/22/14 at 2:19 am to HeavyCore
I laugh every time I see that nuggets mascot video
Posted on 1/22/14 at 2:32 am to Slapouttiger
It was great in the '70s-'80s when entire student section would dis opponents introductions by standing and appearing to be absorbed in their copies if the Reveille, and when intros were finished, wadded up the papers and tossed them onto the court-- then a pause for cleanup. Dale loved it.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 3:35 am to melonheadla
Was good times.
Still hear Tiger Rag playing...
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....Not sure if they do that anymore but was funny as hell when there was a bad call and mike would break out he dark shades and the blind mans cane and start walking around tapping his cane as he went...
Still hear Tiger Rag playing...
LINK
....Not sure if they do that anymore but was funny as hell when there was a bad call and mike would break out he dark shades and the blind mans cane and start walking around tapping his cane as he went...
This post was edited on 1/22/14 at 3:42 am
Posted on 1/22/14 at 4:42 am to bmistr1023
I was courtside. About the loudest I ever heard the PMAC. Kentucky was either #1 or #2 at the time, and we beat their brains in, something like 33 points. That may have been JJ's last home game, and it was one of his best games as a Tiger.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 5:29 am to mtntiger
First time they did it was against Kentucky 78-80 range. Can't recall the exact year but I remember it happening, totally unexpected and the place went nutts.
Posted on 1/22/14 at 5:51 am to Ponchy Tiger
That Nuggets video has me in tears this morning. 
Posted on 1/22/14 at 6:03 am to Goldfinger
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....Not sure if they do that anymore but was funny as hell when there was a bad call and mike would break out he dark shades and the blind mans cane and start walking around tapping his cane as he went...
Because of Mike doing this (I wanna say the guy in the costume was a guy named Mark Jeffers--he totally changed the way "Mike" performed at events), the NCAA passed a rule basically saying that you couldn't make fun of referees.
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