LSU hosts Alabama on Saturday night in a game that will be broadcast on ABC. There will reportedly be a live tiger on the sideline for what would be the first time since 2015, but it will not be the official LSU mascot, Mike VII.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Surgeon General Ralph Abraham were unable to talk the school into bringing Mike VII into the stadium during the game so they went out of state to find a completely random tiger. The owner of the tiger has a "long history of citations for mistreating tigers," according to Louisiana Illuminator reporter Piper Hutchinson.
