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Bayou Bengal?
Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html and an aside for those who don't follow American college sports - the nickname for the athletic teams at Lousiana State University (LSU) is the "Bayou Bengals" Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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*arroo??*
At Ft Polk?!? That's a new one on me.. And yeah, you can't step a foot into the state without being swamped with the orange and black stripes Grace going off to read the article "Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message ... Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html and an aside for those who don't follow American college sports - the nickname for the athletic teams at Lousiana State University (LSU) is the "Bayou Bengals" Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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*arroo??*
At Ft Polk?!? That's a new one on me.. And yeah, you can't step a foot into the state without being swamped with the orange and black stripes Grace going off to read the article "Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message ... Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html and an aside for those who don't follow American college sports - the nickname for the athletic teams at Lousiana State University (LSU) is the "Bayou Bengals" Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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Jeanne Hedge wrote:
Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html Good luck to them in finding it. As we all know from experience, when a cat doesn't want to be found, it's almost impossible to find it! I hope they do, though, for the tiger's sake as much as for the people who are on the base. Joyce |
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Jeanne Hedge wrote:
Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html Good luck to them in finding it. As we all know from experience, when a cat doesn't want to be found, it's almost impossible to find it! I hope they do, though, for the tiger's sake as much as for the people who are on the base. Joyce |
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FYI....
LSU has always had a tiger in house (At the university) who is named Mike. The former Mikes (at least one who passed away at a healthy old age a couple years ago) can be found at the Baton Rouge Zoological Park. Here are a few links about our beloved Mike V. http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/033/mike.html http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/043/mike.html (Mike's birthday, health discussion and vet commentary on LSU's longterm tiger preservation plans) http://www.mikethetiger.com/vtour.html (Mike's new home, awesome plans PING HELEN! you'll love this) Taken from http://www.nicksaban.net/legacy/mike.html One of the most important participants in Game Day is Mike V, LSU's beloved Royal Bengal tiger mascot. Mike's ride through Tiger Stadium before home games in his cage topped by the LSU cheerleaders is a school tradition. Before entering the stadium, his cage-on-wheels is parked next to the opponent's locker room in the southeast corner of the stadium. Opposing players must make their way past Mike's cage as they enter and leave the field for their pre-game warm-up. The 2001 season marks Mike V's eleventh year of reign on the LSU campus. Tradition dictates that for every growl elicited by Mike before a football game, the Tigers will score a touchdown that night. For many years, Mike was prompted to roar by pounding on the cage. Objections of cruel punishment brought about the use of recorded growls to play to the crowd before the games. That practice was discontinued shortly afterward, and, today, Mike participates in the pre-game tradition without provocation. The Tiger mascot stopped traveling with the LSU team in 1970 when his cage overturned on Airline Highway in an accident en route to a game. Mike IV traveled four times in recent years, however, as he appeared at a Mardi Gras parade in 1984, the 1985 Sugar Bowl, and LSU's basketball games in the Louisiana Superdome. Mike V made his first road trip in December 1991 to the Superdome to witness LSU and Shaquille O'Neal defeat Texas, 84-83. In the mid-1980's, pranksters cut the locks on Mike IV's cage and freed him in the early-morning hours just days before the annual LSU-Tulane clash. Mike roamed free, playfully knocking down several small pine trees in the area, before being trapped in the Bernie Moore Track Stadium where police used tranquilizer guns to capture and return the Bengal Tiger to his home. The incident was reminiscent of a kidnapping of Mike I many years ago by Tulane students before a Tiger-Green Wave battle. MIKE'S FAMILY TREE MIKE I The original Mike was purchased from the Little Rock Zoo for $750, with money contributed by the student body. Originally known as "Sheik" at the time of his purchase, his name was changed to Mike for Mike Chambers who served as LSU's athletic trainer when the first mascot was purchased. Chambers had played football at Illinois where he blocked for the legendary Red Grange. The first Mike was housed in the Baton Rouge Zoo for one year before a permanent home was constructed near Tiger Stadium. Mike I reigned for 20 years before dying of pneumonia in the midst of a six-game LSU losing streak in 1957. Fearing the LSU faithful would give up hope upon the death of the mascot, Mike's death was not made public until the Tigers finally ended the losing streak. MIKE II Serving only a brief reign over the remainder of the 1957 season, Mike II died of pneumonia in the spring of 1958. He was born at the Audubon Park Zoo near the Tulane campus in New Orleans. MIKE III Just in time for the 1958 national championship season, then-athletic director Jim Corbett purchased Mike III from the Seattle Zoo following a "national search". The student body contributed $1500 for the purchase of the tiger. Mike III served as mascot for 18 seasons, dying after the only losing season of his reign as LSU posted a 5-6 record in 1975. MIKE IV Mike IV reigned over Tiger athletics for 14 years after being donated to the school by August A. Busch III from the Dark Continent Amusement park in Tampa, Florida on August 29, 1976. Born on May 15, 1974, Mike's age and health were determining factors in his retirement to the Baton Rouge Zoo in 1990. His only hiatus from the LSU campus before this time was the summer of 1981, which he spent at the Little Rock Zoo while his cage was being refurbished. Ironically, the Little Rock Zoo was the birthplace of the first Mike the tiger. Mike IV died of old age in March 1995 at the age of 21. MIKE V The newest tiger mascot was donated by Dr. Thomas and Caroline Atchison of the Animal House Zoological Park in Molten, Alabama. Avid LSU supporter Charles Becker, a member of the LSU booster group the Tammany Tigers, put Dr. Sheldon Bivin of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in touch with the Atchisons. Bivin traveled to Alabama and brought the baby tiger back to Baton Rouge. Born October 18, 1989, the new tiger was introduced to LSU fans at a basketball game against Alabama in February 1990. He officially began his reign on April 30, 1990, when he was moved into the tiger cage across from Tiger Stadium. The Nickname that Stuck In the fall of 1896, Coach A. W. Jeardeau's LSU football team posted a perfect 6-0-0 record, and it was in that pigskin campaign that LSU first adopted its nickname. "Tigers" seemed a logical choice since most collegiate teams in that year bore the names of ferocious animals; however, the underlying reason LSU chose "Tigers" dates back to the Civil War. During the "War Between the States," a battalion of Confederate soldiers comprised of New Orleans Zouaves and Donaldsonville Cannoneers distinguished themselves at the Battle of Shenandoah. These Louisiana rebels had been known by their contemporaries as the fighting band of Louisiana Tigers. Thus, when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in the fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the "Tigers." It was the 1955 "fourth-quarter ball club" that helped the moniker "Tigers" grow into the nickname, "Fighting Tigers." wrote in message ... Jeanne Hedge wrote: Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html Good luck to them in finding it. As we all know from experience, when a cat doesn't want to be found, it's almost impossible to find it! I hope they do, though, for the tiger's sake as much as for the people who are on the base. Joyce |
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FYI....
LSU has always had a tiger in house (At the university) who is named Mike. The former Mikes (at least one who passed away at a healthy old age a couple years ago) can be found at the Baton Rouge Zoological Park. Here are a few links about our beloved Mike V. http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/033/mike.html http://www.lsu.edu/highlights/043/mike.html (Mike's birthday, health discussion and vet commentary on LSU's longterm tiger preservation plans) http://www.mikethetiger.com/vtour.html (Mike's new home, awesome plans PING HELEN! you'll love this) Taken from http://www.nicksaban.net/legacy/mike.html One of the most important participants in Game Day is Mike V, LSU's beloved Royal Bengal tiger mascot. Mike's ride through Tiger Stadium before home games in his cage topped by the LSU cheerleaders is a school tradition. Before entering the stadium, his cage-on-wheels is parked next to the opponent's locker room in the southeast corner of the stadium. Opposing players must make their way past Mike's cage as they enter and leave the field for their pre-game warm-up. The 2001 season marks Mike V's eleventh year of reign on the LSU campus. Tradition dictates that for every growl elicited by Mike before a football game, the Tigers will score a touchdown that night. For many years, Mike was prompted to roar by pounding on the cage. Objections of cruel punishment brought about the use of recorded growls to play to the crowd before the games. That practice was discontinued shortly afterward, and, today, Mike participates in the pre-game tradition without provocation. The Tiger mascot stopped traveling with the LSU team in 1970 when his cage overturned on Airline Highway in an accident en route to a game. Mike IV traveled four times in recent years, however, as he appeared at a Mardi Gras parade in 1984, the 1985 Sugar Bowl, and LSU's basketball games in the Louisiana Superdome. Mike V made his first road trip in December 1991 to the Superdome to witness LSU and Shaquille O'Neal defeat Texas, 84-83. In the mid-1980's, pranksters cut the locks on Mike IV's cage and freed him in the early-morning hours just days before the annual LSU-Tulane clash. Mike roamed free, playfully knocking down several small pine trees in the area, before being trapped in the Bernie Moore Track Stadium where police used tranquilizer guns to capture and return the Bengal Tiger to his home. The incident was reminiscent of a kidnapping of Mike I many years ago by Tulane students before a Tiger-Green Wave battle. MIKE'S FAMILY TREE MIKE I The original Mike was purchased from the Little Rock Zoo for $750, with money contributed by the student body. Originally known as "Sheik" at the time of his purchase, his name was changed to Mike for Mike Chambers who served as LSU's athletic trainer when the first mascot was purchased. Chambers had played football at Illinois where he blocked for the legendary Red Grange. The first Mike was housed in the Baton Rouge Zoo for one year before a permanent home was constructed near Tiger Stadium. Mike I reigned for 20 years before dying of pneumonia in the midst of a six-game LSU losing streak in 1957. Fearing the LSU faithful would give up hope upon the death of the mascot, Mike's death was not made public until the Tigers finally ended the losing streak. MIKE II Serving only a brief reign over the remainder of the 1957 season, Mike II died of pneumonia in the spring of 1958. He was born at the Audubon Park Zoo near the Tulane campus in New Orleans. MIKE III Just in time for the 1958 national championship season, then-athletic director Jim Corbett purchased Mike III from the Seattle Zoo following a "national search". The student body contributed $1500 for the purchase of the tiger. Mike III served as mascot for 18 seasons, dying after the only losing season of his reign as LSU posted a 5-6 record in 1975. MIKE IV Mike IV reigned over Tiger athletics for 14 years after being donated to the school by August A. Busch III from the Dark Continent Amusement park in Tampa, Florida on August 29, 1976. Born on May 15, 1974, Mike's age and health were determining factors in his retirement to the Baton Rouge Zoo in 1990. His only hiatus from the LSU campus before this time was the summer of 1981, which he spent at the Little Rock Zoo while his cage was being refurbished. Ironically, the Little Rock Zoo was the birthplace of the first Mike the tiger. Mike IV died of old age in March 1995 at the age of 21. MIKE V The newest tiger mascot was donated by Dr. Thomas and Caroline Atchison of the Animal House Zoological Park in Molten, Alabama. Avid LSU supporter Charles Becker, a member of the LSU booster group the Tammany Tigers, put Dr. Sheldon Bivin of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in touch with the Atchisons. Bivin traveled to Alabama and brought the baby tiger back to Baton Rouge. Born October 18, 1989, the new tiger was introduced to LSU fans at a basketball game against Alabama in February 1990. He officially began his reign on April 30, 1990, when he was moved into the tiger cage across from Tiger Stadium. The Nickname that Stuck In the fall of 1896, Coach A. W. Jeardeau's LSU football team posted a perfect 6-0-0 record, and it was in that pigskin campaign that LSU first adopted its nickname. "Tigers" seemed a logical choice since most collegiate teams in that year bore the names of ferocious animals; however, the underlying reason LSU chose "Tigers" dates back to the Civil War. During the "War Between the States," a battalion of Confederate soldiers comprised of New Orleans Zouaves and Donaldsonville Cannoneers distinguished themselves at the Battle of Shenandoah. These Louisiana rebels had been known by their contemporaries as the fighting band of Louisiana Tigers. Thus, when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in the fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the "Tigers." It was the 1955 "fourth-quarter ball club" that helped the moniker "Tigers" grow into the nickname, "Fighting Tigers." wrote in message ... Jeanne Hedge wrote: Tiger spotted on Louisiana Army base http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/09/....ap/index.html Good luck to them in finding it. As we all know from experience, when a cat doesn't want to be found, it's almost impossible to find it! I hope they do, though, for the tiger's sake as much as for the people who are on the base. Joyce |
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On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:01:52 -0500, "Gracecat"
wrote: FYI.... LSU has always had a tiger in house (At the university) who is named Mike. massive snippage of much interesting information Wow Gracecat, are you an alum or is all this lore something you pick up by osmosis down there? g The Nickname that Stuck In the fall of 1896, Coach A. W. Jeardeau's LSU football team posted a perfect 6-0-0 record, and it was in that pigskin campaign that LSU first adopted its nickname. "Tigers" seemed a logical choice since most collegiate teams in that year bore the names of ferocious animals; however, the underlying reason LSU chose "Tigers" dates back to the Civil War. During the "War Between the States," a battalion of Confederate soldiers comprised of New Orleans Zouaves and Donaldsonville Cannoneers distinguished themselves at the Battle of Shenandoah. These Louisiana rebels had been known by their contemporaries as the fighting band of Louisiana Tigers. Thus, when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in the fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the "Tigers." It was the 1955 "fourth-quarter ball club" that helped the moniker "Tigers" grow into the nickname, "Fighting Tigers." If they're the "Fighting Tigers", then where does "Bayou Bengals" come from? I honestly thought the latter was their nickname. They certainly are called by that name often enough. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:01:52 -0500, "Gracecat"
wrote: FYI.... LSU has always had a tiger in house (At the university) who is named Mike. massive snippage of much interesting information Wow Gracecat, are you an alum or is all this lore something you pick up by osmosis down there? g The Nickname that Stuck In the fall of 1896, Coach A. W. Jeardeau's LSU football team posted a perfect 6-0-0 record, and it was in that pigskin campaign that LSU first adopted its nickname. "Tigers" seemed a logical choice since most collegiate teams in that year bore the names of ferocious animals; however, the underlying reason LSU chose "Tigers" dates back to the Civil War. During the "War Between the States," a battalion of Confederate soldiers comprised of New Orleans Zouaves and Donaldsonville Cannoneers distinguished themselves at the Battle of Shenandoah. These Louisiana rebels had been known by their contemporaries as the fighting band of Louisiana Tigers. Thus, when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in the fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the "Tigers." It was the 1955 "fourth-quarter ball club" that helped the moniker "Tigers" grow into the nickname, "Fighting Tigers." If they're the "Fighting Tigers", then where does "Bayou Bengals" come from? I honestly thought the latter was their nickname. They certainly are called by that name often enough. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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They're alot of one, a little of another. Mostly it's just the Fighting
Tigers now, sometimes they're called bayou bengals but I think the football team is considered the Fighting Tigers so that's what they're mostly known as. http://bayoubengals.com/ LOL it's mostly osmosis "Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message ... On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:01:52 -0500, "Gracecat" wrote: FYI.... LSU has always had a tiger in house (At the university) who is named Mike. massive snippage of much interesting information Wow Gracecat, are you an alum or is all this lore something you pick up by osmosis down there? g The Nickname that Stuck In the fall of 1896, Coach A. W. Jeardeau's LSU football team posted a perfect 6-0-0 record, and it was in that pigskin campaign that LSU first adopted its nickname. "Tigers" seemed a logical choice since most collegiate teams in that year bore the names of ferocious animals; however, the underlying reason LSU chose "Tigers" dates back to the Civil War. During the "War Between the States," a battalion of Confederate soldiers comprised of New Orleans Zouaves and Donaldsonville Cannoneers distinguished themselves at the Battle of Shenandoah. These Louisiana rebels had been known by their contemporaries as the fighting band of Louisiana Tigers. Thus, when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in the fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the "Tigers." It was the 1955 "fourth-quarter ball club" that helped the moniker "Tigers" grow into the nickname, "Fighting Tigers." If they're the "Fighting Tigers", then where does "Bayou Bengals" come from? I honestly thought the latter was their nickname. They certainly are called by that name often enough. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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