How well do you know our opponent this weekend? The following TRUE facts might surprise you!
1. The fans once caused an earthquake.
The crowd reaction to a play at a 1988 home game was strong and loud enough to register as an earthquake by a seismograph in an LSU classroom building.
2. Mike the Tiger can forecast the future.
Rumor has it that LSU mascot Mike the Tiger can predict the number of touchdowns his team will score by the number of times he roars just before game time.
3. Head Coach Les Miles tastes the grass at each stadium he visits.
The quirk originates from reporters spying Miles eating grass from Tiger Stadium after a win against Alabama. Additionally, on Friday mornings before home games Miles arrives at the stadium to chew the entire field down to a very tidy 1.2 inches.
4. Eating the food at an LSU tailgate will kill you.
The average life expectancy of a Louisianan in 2014 is 34 years old, owing largely to high triglycerides, moonshine still explosions, airboat accidents and inadvertent bear trap activation.
5. Mike the Tiger dutifully receives two digital rectal exams per year.
It's very important, even for tigers, to stay ahead of colorectal polyps and other illnesses of the prostate and lower intestine.
6. LSU loses an average of 23 fans to water moccasin bites each year.
Campus officials have tried to curb the snake population inside the stadium but, although numbers appear to be on the decline, have yet to eradicate the snakes within the upper sections.
7. This is a photograph of the current President of Louisiana State University.
His name is René Moses Babineaux, he loves a good crawfish boil and most decidedly voted AGAINST Newton Crain Blanchard in the last election.
8. Tailgating outside of Tiger Stadium on game day is a family event.
LSU fans indoctrinate young football-lovers into the fold early, involving them in many of the traditional activities of LSU tailgating at a young age.
9. While visiting Baton Rouge, you run a roughly 67% chance of a Voodoo Man putting a horrific spell on you.
Upon your safe arrival home it is advised that you check your body for tails, extra eyeballs or the very popular "fire-brain."
10. By vote in 2011, the Constitution of the State of Louisiana was officially replaced by a widescreen DVD copy of Smokey and the Bandit II.
It is already more successful than its historic predecessor, which only featured Dom DeLuise a little bit.
The quirk originates from reporters spying Miles eating grass from Tiger Stadium after a win against Alabama. Additionally, on Friday mornings before home games Miles arrives at the stadium to chew the entire field down to a very tidy 1.2 inches.
The average life expectancy of a Louisianan in 2014 is 34 years old, owing largely to high triglycerides, moonshine still explosions, airboat accidents and inadvertent bear trap activation.
It's very important, even for tigers, to stay ahead of colorectal polyps and other illnesses of the prostate and lower intestine.
His name is René Moses Babineaux, he loves a good crawfish boil and most decidedly voted AGAINST Newton Crain Blanchard in the last election.
LSU fans indoctrinate young football-lovers into the fold early, involving them in many of the traditional activities of LSU tailgating at a young age.
Upon your safe arrival home it is advised that you check your body for tails, extra eyeballs or the very popular "fire-brain."
It is already more successful than its historic predecessor, which only featured Dom DeLuise a little bit.
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