I was a substitute Tiger in 1991 for a single basketball game the men’s team was playing as the 8th seed in the March Madness tourney against the 9th seed Villanova Wildcats at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. My girlfriend at the time was the actual Tiger but couldn’t go and sent me. This was during a run of several years in which we made the tourney, and being seeded 8th was a big deal. Each year, we’d managed some TV time, and the Tiger had gotten a teeny piece of it, so I prepped my best Dancing Homer routines, but to no avail. This was the one year when the Tiger would not be televised. I did get into a small brouhaha with the Wildcat after the game ended and had to turn on the jets to escape with my dignity (and costume) intact. And yes, it smelled really bad. Unfortunately, we lost by two at the buzzer, 50-48, so my Tiger time came to an abrupt end, but I’ll never forget it.
I was a substitute Tiger in 1991 for a single basketball game the men’s team was playing as the 8th seed in the March Madness tourney against the 9th seed Villanova Wildcats at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. My girlfriend at the time was the actual Tiger but couldn’t go and sent me. This was during a run of several years in which we made the tourney, and being seeded 8th was a big deal. Each year, we’d managed some TV time, and the Tiger had gotten a teeny piece of it, so I prepped my best Dancing Homer routines, but to no avail. This was the one year when the Tiger would not be televised. I did get into a small brouhaha with the Wildcat after the game ended and had to turn on the jets to escape with my dignity (and costume) intact. And yes, it smelled really bad. Unfortunately, we lost by two at the buzzer, 50-48, so my Tiger time came to an abrupt end, but I’ll never forget it.