re: What other programs should be forced to change their mascot?

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Then there's the racist bowing to "Bulldogs", as if other dog breeds are of lesser importance.

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You could say this for anyone
Bulldogs are used in dog fights which is cultural appropriation from the blacks
Tide - global warming and they use elephants = fat shaming
Volunteers - everyone should be paid a fair living wage
Rebels - insurrectionist enough said
Aggies - black farmers have been discriminated for years - systematic racism needs to change
Commodores - imperialism is bad
Gators - might get to stay but again global warming and FL land belongs to the tribes
Wildcats - everyone deserves a home and should not have to be wild
Gamecocks - see bulldogs above and maybe the birds identify as female
razorbacks - call pigs = fat shaming.

The Shockers

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“Well, first of all, there should be more sharks if you’re by an ocean,” Leach said. “That tiger at LSU that is a live real tiger sitting in there in some metal structure, which clearly he could rip his way out of if he wanted to or even half wanted to, that’s an awesome one. The buffalo at Colorado, that’s an awesome one. Well, those two are pretty hard to beat.” Leach then remembered a mascot he liked better. “There is a place in Kansas called Pitt State, and I used to see it on film. We didn’t play them. Called Pitt State, and they’re called the gorillas. And there should be a lot more gorillas for mascots, because think about it, a gorilla could whip a lot of stuff, you know.”

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. Mike Leach

Georgetown is called the Hoyas

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Bulldog mascots shouldn't be in this conversation.

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Frankly, when I think of Starkville, I think Cowbells. Very annoying and not something you would allow your children to have around the house.

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LSU dropped the adjective Fighting a long time ago. We are Tigers

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Wrong.

Chris Blair is constantly saying "your Fighting Tigers of LSU".

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Our mascot is a Bengal Tiger. It is not a Civil War Regiment.

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The name absolutely has its roots in the Civil War.

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Louisiana State University first adopted the nickname “Tigers” for its football players in the fall of 1896. It was that year that the university’s football team posted a perfect 6-0-0 record under the direction of Coach A.W. Jeardeau. Although it was customary to choose ferocious animals for mascots, the choice of “Tigers” can be linked back to the War Between the States.

The name “Louisiana Tigers” evolved from a Confederate volunteer company named the Tiger Rifles, which was organized in New Orleans in 1861 as part of a battalion commanded by Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat. The company wore colorful Zouave uniforms. As the war progressed, Wheat's entire battalion became known as Tigers. That name was eventually applied to all of the Louisiana troops of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

LSU’s snarling tiger can be linked to yet another famous Confederate unit, the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, now the 141st Field Artillery stationed at Jackson Barracks. This artillery unit traces its history back to the 1830s, and uses a logo that features a snarling tiger's head. The tiger was attached to that unit in 1857 by its commander, James Burgess Walton.

Both the Louisiana Tigers of Wheat’s Battalion and the Washington Artillery 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 the Washington Artillery.

Thus when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in their fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the “Tigers.” In 1955 LSU’s Fourth-Quarter Ball Club expanded the name “Tigers” into the current nickname, “Fighting Tigers.”

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There is a book called "Lee's Tigers" about the badass coonasses that raped, pillaged and consumed mass quantities of alcohol everywhere they went. I have not read it but I am told those are reliable Cliff's notes.

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If you want to get rid of your in-laws, nothing can foul the air like a bulldog.

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You may be onto something.

Mississippi State knows inbred, that is for sure.

Harry Rex,

I have it on good authority that LSU's "Tiger" moniker is actually a nod toward Joe Exotic (ala Tiger King).

If you've ever been to a game in Baton Rouge, you'll know that the influence of New Orleans...especially Lower Bourbon Street has become the norm with LSU fans.

Simply put...their boys all like each other...a lot. Why do you think they sought out A&M as a 'rival'?

Just figured I'd point out what this "Tiger" really is all about.

Dear Rzrbackguy,


I understand completely


Rohan Gravy is not to be harmed however


Harry