I was the tiger once, and only once, during my senior year, in late March of 1976. Princeton qualified to play in the NCAA basketball tournament that year, against undefeated Rutgers — ranked third in the country. The game was in Providence, Rhode Island, and I happened to run into a friend who was generally the tiger but who could not make it to the game. I volunteered.
It was a great experience, except that the tiger suit was really, really hot, as some in the article noted. There was a problem with the air conditioning in Providence that day, and that made the temperature in the tiger suit even higher. Sadly, Princeton lost the game by a point.
I was the tiger once, and only once, during my senior year, in late March of 1976. Princeton qualified to play in the NCAA basketball tournament that year, against undefeated Rutgers — ranked third in the country. The game was in Providence, Rhode Island, and I happened to run into a friend who was generally the tiger but who could not make it to the game. I volunteered.
It was a great experience, except that the tiger suit was really, really hot, as some in the article noted. There was a problem with the air conditioning in Providence that day, and that made the temperature in the tiger suit even higher. Sadly, Princeton lost the game by a point.