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Richdog · Aug 14, 2011

OldDuckFan said: ↑

Yes, we Oregon fans get this a lot. Our mascot is a Duck, a small bird that is a prey animal, not big and mean and ferocious like other team's mascots.

On the other hand, there are a LOT of actual ducks on the campus. Our mascot choice reflects the habitat of Eugene. How many tigers are there in LSU?
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92,000 on saturday nights

LSUTiga · Aug 14, 2011

OldDuckFan said: ↑

Yes, we Oregon fans get this a lot. Our mascot is a Duck, a small bird that is a prey animal, not big and mean and ferocious like other team's mascots.

On the other hand, there are a LOT of actual ducks on the campus. Our mascot choice reflects the habitat of Eugene. How many tigers are there in LSU?
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We're not tree huggers. We didn't name our mascot after some environmental occurrence; rather, based on a symbol of our State heritage.

According to Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., PhD. and the "Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865" (LSU Press, 1989), the name Louisiana Tigers evolved from a volunteer company nicknamed the Tiger Rifles, which was organized in New Orleans. This company became a part of a battalion commanded by Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat and was the only company of that battalion to wear the colorful Zouave uniform. In time, Wheat's entire battalion was called the Tigers.

That nickname in time was applied to all of the Louisiana troops of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The tiger symbol came from the famous 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. These two units first gained fame at the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861. Major David French Boyd, first president of LSU after the war, had fought with the Louisiana troops in Virginia and knew the reputation of both the Tiger Rifles and Washington Artillery.

Thus when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in their fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the "Tigers."
It was the 1955 LSU "Fourth-Quarter Ball Club" that helped the moniker "Tigers" grow into the nickname, "Fighting Tigers."
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red55 · Aug 14, 2011

There are many ducks on the LSU campus, too. The turtles and alligators find them delicious. We do have a big honking Bengal Tiger, but he hangs out in his $2 million habitat and eats steak by his pool and waterfall.

Rwilliams · Aug 14, 2011

Cluck a duck and feed'm fishheads.
( no disrespect to you fishhead)

Rwilliams · Aug 14, 2011

Well , maybe fishhead has something to feed a few miss duck cheerleaders. A dose of Louisiana hospitality maybe?

SabanFan · Aug 14, 2011

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And why is the tiger dead? Because he ate people.

Richdog · Aug 14, 2011

SabanFan said: ↑

And why is the tiger dead? Because he ate people.
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a duck sure didn't kill him/her.