One of the key matchups this week will be the Alabama Crimson Tide taking on the LSU Tigers in what should be an important SEC rivalry game with major implications. With the end of the regular season coming to an end, every win and loss counts more from this point forward. With the end of the regular season coming to an end, every win and loss counts more from this point forward.
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LSU Unveils Real Tiger on Sideline Ahead of Alabama Game
With the importance of the win and a potential College Football Playoff berth on the line in this matchup, LSU pulled out all of the stops at home. Ahead of their matchup with the Crimson Tide LSU unveiled an actual Tiger mascot on the sideline.
For the first time in nearly a decade, LSU brought a LIVE TIGER out onto the field 🐯pic.twitter.com/zrUtkYEyhd
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) November 10, 2024
It left fans buzzing on social media.
"Did we learn nothing from Tiger King?" one fan asked on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"That's an intimidating factor," another fan added.
PETA Slams Lousiana Governor For Tiger Escapade
With LSU vs. Alabama always being among the biggest games of the college football season, you never know what to expect. Ahead of the game, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry vowed to bring the tiger to the game to up the excitement. But not everyone shared that enthusiasm. Klayton Rutherford, director of captive wildlife research for PETA says that the organization considers the act, "shameful."
"It's shameful and out of touch with today's respect for wild species that LSU has bowed to Gov. Jeff Landry's campaign to display a live tiger at its football games to amuse the fans," Rutherford wrote.
"LSU rightly ended this idiotic, archaic practice nearly a decade ago after recognizing that it was cruel to subject a sensitive big cat to the noise, lights, and crowds in a football stadium.
LSU has looked like a strong contender through this season. But a blemish on their record courtesy of the Texas A&M Aggies in Week 9, has dropped them out of the top 10 for the first time this season. But their College Football Playoff hopes have not been completely crushed. There is a lot of football left to be played and anything can happen.
