Jeremy suggests y’all come up with your own caption for this one in the comments below. I concur! Happy Halloween Ole Miss!
Contest reminder: What should we call The Tiger With No Name? Do any of you loyal readers have a good suggestion? If so, send it in to us and if we like it, we’ll unveil our tiger’s name during the week leading up to the Iron Bowl. The prize? A work of original art of course! (Unframed, because we’re not made of money around here.)
Here’s the rules, to avoid a big hassle on us just send in one entry per person. (So you had better think a’while on this name before sending something in.) If there is somehow multiple entries of the same name we’ll pick the e-mail that got to us first. The subject line to the e-mail should be “Name the tiger.” Please include the name for the tiger plus your name, address and a phone number. The cutoff for entries will be at the end of the day Wednesday, Nov. 10. Please send them to mail@thewareaglereader.com.
Just to make sure you don’t waste a good name, here’s some of the suggestions already sent in (they appear in no particular order) and go here to see the names suggested in the comments last week:
Rags
Mean Gene
Zeke
Loachapoka or Loachie
Toomer the Tiger
Tuffy
Bo
Petrie
Foy
Shug
Champ
Rowdy
CamBo
Streak
Rush
Shred
Stripes
Stalker
Jaws
Sleek
Pounce
Meat
Chuck
Cliff
… and more! Keep ’em coming y’all! War Eagle!
Illustration by Noah Van Sciver. Why don’t you check out his very funny comic book “Blammo” too?
Mayhem . . . or Jerrell
For the caption, how about “IT’S A (bear) TRAP!”
Tiger name: Claws
Tiger name: Doom
Tiger name: Roar
Tiger Name: Big Blue
Caption: “Ol’ B.B. sees his compatriot from Oxford is confused – torn between going to the Star Wars convention or going to the furry meetup. Blue shakes his head, ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell, Admiral.'”
Terror
Pouncy
Roary
Auzzy
Timmy
He’s more bear now than Ackbar – twisted and evil.
ARDEN: English name derived from a place name meaning “eagle valley.”
ARNAUD: Norman French form of German Arnwald, meaning “eagle power.”
ARNY: Pet form of English Arnold, meaning “eagle power.”
ARNOLDO: Italian form of Latin Arnoldus, meaning “eagle power.”
ETHON: Variant spelling of Greek Æthon, meaning “burning, fiery.” In mythology, Zeus punished Prometheus for giving fire to mankind by having him tied to a rock where a giant eagle named Ethon ate at his liver which regenerated every night.
IT’S A TRAP GAME!
How about Ty the Tiger
Ty the Tiger … Is that a salute to Pat Dye’s teams? Ha ha!
I think Toomer is an awesome name!
No doubt “It’s a trap!” has to be the caption, but Scott’s is great, too.
I vote for Scott’s caption.
Or, I came up with this:
Houston Nutt: [after seeing Cam Newton in operation] Home One, this is Gold Leader.
Admiral Ackbar: We saw it. All craft, prepare to retreat.
Nutt:: We won’t get another chance at this, Admiral.
Admiral Ackbar: We have no choice, Coach Nutt! Our cruisers can’t repel firepower of that magnitude!