{"id":434712,"date":"2024-11-09T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T18:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=434712"},"modified":"2024-11-09T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T18:05:34","slug":"mike-the-tiger-chows-down-on-alabama-themed-pregame-meal","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/lsu-football\/mike-the-tiger-chows-down-on-alabama-themed-pregame-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike the Tiger chows down on Alabama-themed pregame meal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike the Tiger had a nice pregame meal ahead of LSU&#8217;s huge matchup against Alabama. Mike VII, who is the only tiger living on an American college campus, chowed down on some beef that was in the shape of a houndstooth Alabama hat.<\/p>\n<p>This is a weekly tradition for Mike. The tiger always enjoys eating the logos of opposing teams before each big showdown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rivalry\u2026it\u2019s what\u2019s for dinner. Geaux Tigers! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUfootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LSUfootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SEC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/espngameday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#espngameday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rt04Pu78oN\">pic.twitter.com\/Rt04Pu78oN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike VII (@MikeTheTiger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeTheTiger\/status\/1855059191754277372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For Week 11, the Tigers will have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/lsu-football\/lsu-to-feature-live-tiger-on-sideline-for-alabama-showdown\/\">live tiger on the sideline<\/a> for the first time since 2015. It won&#8217;t be Mike VII, but instead, it will be a tiger from Florida named Omar Bradley.<\/p>\n<p>Mike VII has had the role of Mike the Tiger since the 2017 season. The tiger was born in 2016 and was donated to LSU by a wildlife sanctuary in Florida. LSU has had a live version of Mike the Tiger on campus since 1936.<\/p>\n<p>On the field, Week 11 will be the biggest game of LSU&#8217;s season thus far. The No. 15 Tigers enter the matchup with a 6-2 overall record and a 3-1 mark in conference play. The No. 11 Crimson Tide, meanwhile, enter with a 6-2 record overall and a 3-2 record in SEC play.<\/p>\n<p>The Tide have won 8 of the last 10 in this rivalry series, but the Tigers have won 15 home night games in a row. The winner of this game will remain alive in the College Football Playoff race by picking up another quality SEC win.<\/p>\n<p>These rivals will kick off from Tiger Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike the Tiger enjoyed a nice Alabama-themed meal ahead of Week 11. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367784,"featured_media":434714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-434712","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-lsu-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/434712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}