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bhelmLSU · Nov 10, 2006

LSU at #23, Mike should be much higher. And that Colorodo Bull at #1:angry:

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6149922

LStUdent · Nov 10, 2006

That is an absolute joke. Any ranking that doesn't have a live tiger on the top of the list as the most badass mascot ever is not even worth paying attention to.

KajunKenny · Nov 10, 2006

bhelmLSU said: ↑

LSU at #23, Mike should be much higher. And that Colorodo Bull at #1:angry:

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6149922
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LStUdent said: ↑

That is an absolute joke. Any ranking that doesn't have a live tiger on the top of the list as the most badass mascot ever is not even worth paying attention to.
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I say like the tiger fight the bull and winner gets #1....

ATL_Tigah · Nov 10, 2006

Any poll that ranks a freakin tree above a live Tiger, holds absolutely no water.

I thought the Aubarn eagle was named Plainsmen? :rofl:

Robidoux87 · Nov 10, 2006

The ND leprechaun should be higher too. No matter your opinion of Irish football, a red-haired, short student growing a beard and dressing like a leprechaun is awesome.

MLUTiger · Nov 10, 2006

I love his reasoning for ranking Mike the Tiger below the freaking Stanford tree...

It would be much higher on the list if anyone outside of LSU, and opposing players, actually knew it existed. "Mike" is kept in a pen in the back of the stadium before it's rolled out in a cage close to the visitor's locker room where the players have to pass by him on the way to the field.
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What a dumbass...

G-LSU · Nov 10, 2006

I can't really argue with the Buffalo being #1..... But OU#5???? I don't think so. Mike was the lowest rated live mascot and that is wrong....

How can you rank a mule, a tree, a wagon, a cereal character and some spare birds over Mike the Tiger????

I thought the Seminole shold have been ranked higher as well...
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red55 · Nov 10, 2006

Americas Best Online has a much better list apparently compiled by someone who know the difference between a live Tiger and a guy in a Davy Crockett suit.

Best Live Mascots 2006

8. Mike the Tiger, LSU. One of LSU’s traditions is for Mike to parade around the field with the LSU cheerleaders perched on top of his cage-on-wheels. Mike’s trailer stops in front of the Tiger Band and the student section. LSU tradition dictates that the Tigers will score a touchdown for every time Mike growls before the game. According to Baker, Mike the Tiger does not appear to like Mike the Mascot, or any other mascot for that matter. Mike tends to roar at the mascot almost every time he sees him, predicting a touchdown for LSU and exciting the crowd inside Death Valley.
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PURPLE TIGER · Nov 10, 2006

Where are the Greeen Wave and Ragin Cajuns? ooops...they're only ranking college teams!:hihi:

At least they didn't rank that Corn-Shucker ahead of us!

Jean Lafitte · Nov 10, 2006

The legend, true or not, is that a confederate soldier, lying wounded on the battlefield, could see only two living things, himself and a baby eagle. He took the eagle with him when he went back to school at Auburn, where he became part of the faculty. In the school's first meeting with Georgia in 1892, after Auburn scored its first touchdown, the eagle broke free, flew around the field, and later died having done its part giving everything it had in the 10-0 win.
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This is the aubie legend. It is STRANGE. The eagle breaks free after a touchdown, flies around a bit, and DIES? If this is the tradition, shouldn't the War Eagle bird die after EVERY baubie touchdown? Or maybe they should kill it after every TD . . . sort of like a ritual killing?

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