BATON ROUGE – Capital One Financial Corporation has announced LSU’s Mike the Tiger as a member of the 10th-annual Capital One All-America Mascot Team.
The 16 mascots, representing nine conferences and including several gridiron rivalries, will go head-to-head through out the college football season in a battle royale determined exclusively by fan voting.
Members of the 2011 Capital One All-America Mascot Team were nominated by their schools and selected by a panel of judges from Capital One and the mascot community.
LSU fans can vote for Mike at www.capitalonebowl.com or by texting Mike to 78527. For more information and updates follow @LSUMikeTiger on Twitter or like Mike the Tiger on Facebook.
Mike the Tiger will be featured in a new video every week produced by LSU. Look for the first video, “Mike vs. the Duck”, today after Lunch With Les presented by Subway. Mike’s weekly schedule against opposing mascots is detailed below
Mike the Tigers’ 2011 Opponents
Sept. 3 Oregon Duck
Sept. 10 Oregon State Benny Beaver
Sept. 15 Ohio State Brutus Buckeye
Sept. 24 Arizona Wilbur
Oct. 1 Auburn Aubie
Oct. 8 Maryland Testudo
Oct. 15 Georgia Uga
Oct. 22 TCU Super Frog
Nov. 5 Michigan State Sparty
Nov. 12 Old Dominion Big Blue
Nov. 19 WKU Big Red
Nov. 25 Georgia Tech Buzz