And suddenly, LSU has a "rally opossum."
The Tigers finally began to overcome their clutch-hitting woes and seriously threaten an Arkansas lead in the bottom of the ninth Saturday, amid cheers from the crowd for the marsupial that had streaked across left field two innings earlier.
The impromptu opossum rodeo had been an odd highlight on an otherwise forgettable night for Alex Box Stadium to that point.
Until somehow a four-run ninth inning and 10th-inning Razorbacks error helped scrape a 10-9 victory out of an eight-run deficit and made the critter an instant candidate as a local folk hero.