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Should LSU bring a live tiger back into the stadium?

Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:53 am
Posted by Shexter
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:53 am


Last time it was done was Landry in 2024.



















This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 2:48 pm
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:54 am to
Omar Bradley TYFYS
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:54 am to


YES
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:55 am to
PETA says no
Posted by BIGJLAW
Member since Mar 2013
9080 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:55 am to
No but a Nutria would be more fitting.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78973 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 11:58 am to
No.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
5834 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:03 pm to
If Mike doesn’t mind and not stressed, sure. Didn’t the last one not like being out there?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:05 pm to
I'd start with not losing to Ole Miss
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:06 pm to
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Didn’t the last one not like being out there?
Gen Z tigers are soft and on the spectrum.
Posted by SUB
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Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:07 pm to
Can't wait for AI to learn how to speak cat and can translate Mike. He'll say that he's pissed that he hasn't been given a shot at going inside the stadium he looks at every day.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:10 pm to
Yes. 1000%

LSU is not the only school that brought a live mascot on to the field. FAR from it. There are dogs, eagles, buffaloes, horses, pigs, etc. Yet, because of pussy administrators and (evidently by many of the responses to this topic) pussy fans, LSU can't maintain a tradition it had for decades.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
64089 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:10 pm to
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No but a Nutria would be more fitting.


Just spitballing here, but go back over a century when hippo farming was considered and Louisiana was where it was going to be done. Screw that Colorado mascot, but running one of these bad boy up and down the field would be awesome!

Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
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Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:10 pm to
Yes we do, but it needs to be Mike. And only in Pregame ceremony to appease the fruits
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
30320 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:15 pm to
I'm a little torn on it. Mike was always in the stadium when I was a student, and it was awesome when he was mic'd up and would roar, but if not brining him to games makes it more palatable for people to not put up a stink about him still remaining on campus, I'm okay with it. Mike on campus is more important to me than Mike at the game.

Fun fact: did you know Mike V loved catnip (I think it was V. could have been VI)? I guess it makes sense cat nip can affect tigers the same as house cats, but I watched a friend blow catnip bubbles into his cage one day and that big fella turned into a doped-up purring kitten popping those bubbles.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
65163 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:15 pm to
No.
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
3861 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:15 pm to
Dumb. You can't even see it in the stadium unless you're sitting in the immediate area.
Posted by hillrosetiger
BR
Member since Jul 2011
264 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:18 pm to
STOP with this thread. It ain’t happening, nor should it. It’s just stupid. Mike is not a domesticated animal. We are lucky to have him on campus. Leave it at that.
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
8409 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:20 pm to
Of course they should.

Getting rid of this tradition is dumb. And don't tell me the tiger is forever traumatized by being in the trailer a few times a year for the home games.

Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
39406 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:21 pm to
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Wowza! Former #LSU Provost Roy Haggerty unloaded about what prompted him to leave the university: @LAGovJeffLandry’s bid to revive LSU’s tradition of bringing a live tiger to football games. Haggerty said Landry started yelling during a meeting about it #lalege #lagov



Yet another Landry win.



The dude is on a heater that never stops.




If we have admins that soft they need to be purged
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
36572 posts
Posted on 9/25/26 at 12:26 pm to
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STOP with this thread. It ain’t happening, nor should it. It’s just stupid. Mike is not a domesticated animal. We are lucky to have him on campus. Leave it at that


Is he any less domesticated than an eagle, buffalo, or boar in this context?

It's not like some coonasses went to India and trapped a wild tiger. He's for all intents and purposes a pet. A unique pet. But a pet nonetheless. Mike doesn't know a life outside of captivity.
This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 12:28 pm
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