LSU Fighting Tigers

The Louisiana State University is a founding member of the SEC and joined the SEC in 1932. in 1893 the Tigers started playing football and is now one of the most well known teams in college football, due to it's recent sucess. Its' stadium is the menacing Death Valley whos' crowds' cheers created vibrasions equal to an earth quake. They are also the only team to own a live tiger as a mascot.

1958 Championship Game
With the help of Heisman trophy winning running back Billy Cannon, the Tigers pitched a perfect season, the first since 1908. During that time, the Tigers were trying to decide on the colors for their home jerseys by trying a different color every season. This year they used white jerseys and after such a sucessful season, they decided on white. Later teams were not aloud to wear white home jerseys, during this time, LSU wore gold jerseys. However this rule was over turned and LSU could wear white once more. Also during that year the offensive line was called the "Go Team" and the defensive line was called the "Chinese Bandits". With their undefeated season, LSU had easy access to the championship game against Clemson. LSU won 7-0 and became the third SEC team to win a championship game (1st: Tennesse, 2nd: Auburn).

2003 BCS Championship Game
LSU soared through an almost perfect season in 2007, but they lost to Florida. However, this did not keep the tigers from the championship. They went on to play Oklahoma, they defeated Oklahoma: 21-14. To win their first BCS Championship.

2007 BCS Championship Game
LSU had a rough year in 2007. They were almost undefeated, but lost to both Kentucky and Arkansas, both in triple overtime. But LSU made it to the championship against number Ohio State. Ohio State was looking to redeem themselves from their loss to another SEC team Florida, in the BCS Championship the year before. But they were easily defeated by LSU with star players Glenn Dorsey and Matt Flynn, with a winning score of LSU: 38 and Ohio State: 24. This made LSU the first team to win consecutive BCS Championship games.

Mike the Tiger
Mike is LSUs' mascot for every sport. He wears a jersey to match the sport he his attending each game. Before he did not wear a jersey. Read More&gt;

Mike VI
Mike is the only actual tiger for any team, though he only roars for LSU. He is a Siberian-Bengal mix and the sixth of the LSUs' tigers. He started his regime in 2007 and comes to all of LSUs' home games. When he is not attending games, he roams his habitat, which is next to Death Valley. He is comes out in his game cage next to the other teams' locker room. This is to intimidate the opposing team.



Death Valley
"The worst place on earth!" "Like what walking into the Colisseum would probably be like!" "Like being inside a drum!" Those are just some of the many comments given to Death Valley or Tiger Stadium. It is the 8th largest stadium in college football. It opened in 1924, has a 92,524 capacity, and a 72 winning percentage. It is home to one of the worlds toughest crowds. Its' greatest night was October 8, 1988, called "The night the Tigers moved the earth", but this title has reason. LSU was playing Auburn and was losing 6-0. Then LSU threw a pass for a touch dow, winning the game. The crowd thundered, it was so loud that the vibrations from it were equal to that of an earthquakes'.