{"id":434745,"date":"2024-11-09T15:02:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=434745"},"modified":"2024-11-09T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T20:02:18","slug":"lsu-fans-call-out-gov-jeff-landry-over-live-tiger-stunt","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/lsu-football\/lsu-fans-call-out-gov-jeff-landry-over-live-tiger-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU fans call out Gov. Jeff Landry over live tiger stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LSU&#8217;s fans are livid, and they haven&#8217;t even had a chance to sink their teeth into Saturday night&#8217;s all-important showdown against rival Alabama at Death Valley.<\/p>\n<p>This anger has nothing to do with anything on the field, at least football-wise. It has everything to do with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry confirming earlier this week that a live tiger would be brought onto the field at Tiger Stadium for Saturday night&#8217;s game. It will be the first time in almost 10 years that the tradition will take place in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A redditor on r\/LSU has posted some photos of a live tiger in a rolling cage on the field at Tiger Stadium. Posing with him is John Walters, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSU<\/a> VP of External Affairs, who reportedly has been in meetings with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAGovJeffLandry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LAGovJeffLandry<\/a>\u2019s team about the tiger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lalege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lalege<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lagov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lagov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y6x9Hv3mbd\">pic.twitter.com\/Y6x9Hv3mbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Piper Hutchinson (@ByPiperHutch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByPiperHutch\/status\/1855254456457126030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hope is that maybe we can get this tiger to roar a couple of times,&#8221; Landry told FOX News on Friday. &#8220;And that\u2019ll indicate how many touchdowns we\u2019ll have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, many LSU fans and others aren&#8217;t having it. Not in the least.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I like how the LSU community is all collectively coming together to talk about how much of a dumbass Jeff Landry is by bringing that Tiger to Louisiana<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Not Ryan Theriot (@not_theriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/not_theriot\/status\/1855289721024368662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">forcing a live tiger to go to a college football game with 102,000 spectators and using taxpayer money to ship it in from florida is animal abuse and disgusting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffLandry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffLandry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LSU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; allie (@iibypilots) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iibypilots\/status\/1854743199174074810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The issues I have with this:<\/p>\n<p>-It\u2019s not Mike<br \/>-Gov. Landry went out his way to do this after LSU\u2019s vets said they didn&#39;t want Mike in the stadium<br \/>-It\u2019s a distraction from the actual game<br \/>-No one said how this is paid for <br \/>-Gov. Landry touts tradition when he\u2019s not even an LSU grad <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qEJs4XKTQQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/qEJs4XKTQQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Farrah Yvette (@farrah_yvette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/farrah_yvette\/status\/1855312814421741802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/geoffschwartz\/status\/1855309785677042007<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dumbest thing I\u2019ve ever seen in my life!! We don\u2019t need the antics for this game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4F8mmzbhm\">https:\/\/t.co\/a4F8mmzbhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Taylor (@Brandon18Taylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brandon18Taylor\/status\/1855322874418024954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Literally nobody wants this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffLandry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffLandry<\/a> is a clown <\/p>\n<p>Hope that poor Tiger doesn\u2019t get traumatized too much <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E7YPn6WyIi\">https:\/\/t.co\/E7YPn6WyIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\ude52\ud835\ude5e\ud835\ude61\ud835\ude61 (@BamPlzShoot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BamPlzShoot\/status\/1855316344301879496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueBarronPhoto\/status\/1855300327173497237<\/p>\n<p>Not only are LSU fans all fired up, for the wrong reasons, about this idea, but it&#8217;s getting a rise out of Alabama fans, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah run the score up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KalenDeBoer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KalenDeBoer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n9AFr0sysu\">https:\/\/t.co\/n9AFr0sysu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sidelines &#8211; Bama (@SSN_Alabama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSN_Alabama\/status\/1855302829453275364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And if that&#8217;s not enough, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) chimed in, asking LSU to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/lsu-football\/lsu-called-on-by-peta-to-grow-a-spine-say-no-to-live-tiger-at-alabama-game\/\">&#8220;grow a spine&#8221; and say no<\/a> to all this.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Peter Burns couldn&#8217;t stay quiet about this, either.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to withhold judgment until I see the final presentation &#8230; but my early gut feeling is that (this is) quite possibly the lamest idea in the history of modern civilization,&#8221; tweeted Burns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m going to withhold judgement until I see the final presentation&#8230;&#8230;.but my early gut feeling is that is quite possibly the lamest idea is the history of modern civilization. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hyu7rm4X9u\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hyu7rm4X9u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterBurnsESPN\/status\/1855304239603441929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How it all plays out on Saturday night should be interesting, to say the least. And, by the way, there&#8217;s the actual game that carries huge College Football Playoff implications, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSU fans were already not happy on Saturday, and it had absolutely nothing to do with anything involving the actual game against Alabama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269106,"featured_media":434749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-434745","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\/434745"}],"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\/269106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}