That's as in Mike I, the first live tiger that served as LSU's mascot between 1936 and 1956. The Bengal cub originally was called Sheik at his birth in 1934. A fundraising campaign was organized ...

Could Mike the Tiger return to the LSU football sideline? That's what Governor Jeff Landry wants to happen. However, LSU officials are rebuffing that request. It's the second Landry request LSU ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The current Mike the Tiger, the seventh in school history, has never gone into Tiger Stadium on game day. Students disagree on whether that old tiger tradition should be ...

Reviving the tradition of bringing LSU’s live mascot, Mike the Tiger, has been a pet project of Landry, who has been in ongoing negotiations with LSU’s School of Veterinary Medicine for ...

Texas A&M is ranked No. 14 in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll, while LSU sits at No. 7. Like the Aggies, the Tigers' only loss ...

From bandmembers to cheerleaders to football players, many LSU students have taken to Tiger Stadium’s field, but only a select few have done so in the mascot uniform of Mike the Tiger.

"How 'bout we honor Mike VI by bringing us a live tiger on the field?" That's the proposition Gov. Jeff Landry put forward in response to a question from a reporter Tuesday on whether LSU fans ...

LSU mascot Mike VI, a Bengal/Siberian mixed tiger, is displayed on the field before the Florida Gators take on the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on October 2007, in Baton Rouge. (Doug Benc/Getty ...

Reviving the tradition of bringing LSU’s live mascot, Mike the Tiger, has been a pet project of Landry, who has been in ongoing negotiations with LSU’s School of Veterinary Medicine for ...

LSU mascot Mike VI, a Bengal/Siberian mixed tiger, is displayed on the field before the Florida Gators take on the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on Oct. 6, 2007, in Baton Rouge. (Doug Benc/Getty ...