LSU’s famous live tiger mascot, Mike VI, tragically passed away from cancer last week at the age of 11.
Late in Florida’s lopsided win over Missouri over the weekend, one writer noticed some Florida players playing with a toy on the sidelines. The toy was the skeleton of a cat that had gold and purple beads around its neck. Obviously, gold and purple are LSU’s colors.
A Florida beat writer posted a picture of the skeleton.
Anyone want to tell me what this is, exactly? pic.twitter.com/W1d9DfVooP
— Thomas Goldkamp (@ThomasGoldkamp) October 16, 2016
Florida released the following statement about the incident:
The Halloween cat seen on the field after last nights game was thrown onto the field by a fan. It has no significance within our program.
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) October 16, 2016
The toy came from a fan in the stands:
So the cat skeleton Florida players were photographed with apparently belonged to a fan in the audience, as noted in the 4th quarter: pic.twitter.com/FVLKkVXot9
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 16, 2016
As you may recall, LSU and Florida were supposed to play in Gainesville last weekend, but it was rescheduled to Nov. 19 in Baton Rouge due to Hurricane Matthew. Things have been somewhat ugly between the two programs since the game was postponed.
