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LSU to honor Mike the Tiger with special helmet decal

LSU lost its mascot, Mike the Tiger, this week after the Bengali-Siberian cat died of cancer.

When the Tigers (3-2) take the field Saturday against Southern Miss (4-2), the players will have a Mike VI decal on the back of their helmets.

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The school revealed the decal in a Thursday evening tweet.

The memorial decal for Mike VI that the Tigers will wear this weekend pic.twitter.com/NU10zVIgdt

— LSU Football Equip (@LSUFBEquipment) October 13, 2016

Mike, who was 11, was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma in May.