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bayareatiger · Jul 4, 2011

Video: Djokovic eats Centre Court grass after winning Wimbledon - Busted Racquet - Tennis Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Yahoo Sports said:

Novak Djokovic celebrated his first Wimbledon title by having a taste of the grass on Centre Court.

After meeting Rafael Nadal at the net following his 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 victory, the 24-year-old Serb walked back out onto the court, crouched to his knees and basked in the cheers from the 15,000 at the All England Club. Then his impromptu celebration led to him snatching up some blades of Wimbledon's green grass and putting them in his mouth.

Djokovic explained his herbivorous celebration after the match:

"I felt like an animal. I wanted to see how it tastes. It tastes good. It just came. I don't know. It came spontaneously really. I didn't plan to do it. You know, I didn't know what to do for my excitement and joy."

The grass-chomping drew immediate comparisons to LSU football coach Les Miles, who has been known to munch on some blades of grass during games. Miles heard about Djokovic's move and Tweeted about it later Sunday:
I hear Wimbledon champ likes eating grass too. Hope he enjoyed it. Nothing beats Tiger Stadium grass though.
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Nice job Coach.

I guess he wasn't up to spelling Djokovic

OkieTigerTK · Jul 4, 2011

bayareatiger said: ↑

Video: Djokovic eats Centre Court grass after winning Wimbledon - Busted Racquet - Tennis*Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Nice job Coach.

I guess he wasn't up to spelling Djokovic
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I wouldn't be up to spelling it either!

Way to geaux clm. A trendsetter!

SabanFan · Jul 4, 2011

OkieTigerTK said: ↑

I wouldn't be up to spelling it either!

Way to geaux clm. A trendsetter!
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LaSalle's going" "Grass??"

TigerCliff · Jul 4, 2011

once you eat grass you never go back

ok awesome · Jul 4, 2011

Les Miles is an omnivore. He also enjoys duck, gator, etc..

HalloweenRun · Jul 4, 2011

No such thing as bad publicity. Good Job for there, Coach!

Tiger_fan · Jul 4, 2011

bayareatiger said: ↑

Nice job Coach.

I guess he wasn't up to spelling Djokovic
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i'd be more concerned about Miles' intelligence had he wrote "I hear Wimbledon champ is a herbivore too. Hope he enjoyed it. Nothing beats Tiger Stadium grass though."

Contained Chaos · Jul 5, 2011

HalloweenRun said: ↑

No such thing as bad publicity. Good Job for there, Coach!
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Jim Tressel begs to differ.

Miles is becoming quite ubiquitous, isn't he? Exposure like this can only help recruiting.

LaSalleAve · Jul 5, 2011

Novak "is wayne brady gonna have to" Djokavic. A sportscenter anchor said that and cracked me up...