re: LSU should be proactive and change their mascot

This will certainly satisfy the perpetually offended mob. Great idea

STTDB

The Bengal Tiger has been the official mascot of Louisiana State University since 1936. LSU chose the Panthera tigris tigris because it was the custom at the time to choose a name based upon a vicious animal. Dr. Charles Coates, who was Dean Emeritus, College of Pure and Applied Science and the Tigers' first coach who was affiliated with LSU from 1893-1939, detailed this history in the following letter to the LSU Alumni News in October of 1937:

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It was the custom at that time, for some occult reason, to call football teams by the names of vicious animals; the Yale Bulldogs and the Princeton Tigers, for example. This is still the vogue. It struck me that purple and gold looked Tigerish enough and I suggested that we choose "Louisiana Tigers," all in conference with the boys. The Louisiana Tigers had represented the state in Civil War and had been known for their hard fighting.

This name was applied collectively to the New Orleans Zouaves, the Donaldsonville Cannoniers, and to a number of other Louisiana companies sent to Virginia, who seemed to have the faculty of getting into the hardest part of the fighting and staying there, most of them permanently. One company I knew of went in 200 strong; only 28 returned and many of these were wounded.

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How The Tigers Got Their Name - Dr. Charles Coates

So, although the LSU football uniform also reminded Coates of the Tiger Rifles and their colorful uniforms similar to those worn by French Zouaves, and the name had been used by various Louisiana military units that pre-dated the Civil War, the LSU football team was named after the cat (in accordance with custom at the time), not a military unit.

The tiger head symbol came from the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. A militia unit that traces its history back to the 1830s, the Washington Artillery had a logo that featured a snarling tiger's head similar to that which adorns LSU's football helmet.

Shut. The. frick. Up.

frick that shite. I’m no LSU fan but I support them being the Fightin’ Tigers.

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The mob is going to get to it eventually

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No. They aren't. This stupid bullshite has got to end, and it will.

I get the troll job...with that said, you have just won the prize. Biggest idiot in the history of the OT. Congrats, that is a major fricking accomplishment. Maybe Chicken can make you a trophy you cocksucker.

How about you be proactive and go suck some black dicks on a street corner to show them you’re not a racist.

Okay.

LSU Transgenders. Geaux Transgenders!