Washington prepares for LSU game by bringing a tiger to practice

Steve Sarkisian brought a special guest to Washington's practice Tuesday (Ryan Divish)

Washington coach Steve Sarkisian invited a special guest to practice Tuesday and you guessed it, the special guest was a 300-pound bengal tiger.

LSU's Tiger Stadium is one of the most difficult places to play in college football, so to get his team prepared for Saturday's game, Sarkisian took the slighly unorthodox route of bringing the tiger to practice. An actual, real, living tiger.

Sarkisian invited Sheena -- a 300-pound bengal tiger from Canby, Ore. -- to practice, presumably so his team won't be intimidated when LSU runs its tiger out on the field in death valley Saturday.

Tacoma News-Tribune reporter Ryan Divish took an excellent photo of the gentle beast, which you can see above. Thanks to Kegs 'N Eggs for a link to Divish's picture.

Lets hope no one at Washington's practice feeds the tiger cinnamon, because as everyone who's seen the Hangover knows, tigers hate cinnamon.

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