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The Florida State Seminoles snapped a 7-game losing streak against the Clemson Tigers on Saturday in a game where the Noles didn’t hold the lead at any point until overtime.
FSU’s quarterback, Jordan Travis, threw for 289 yards and 2 touchdowns but was noticeably absent in the ground game as he was nursing a lingering shoulder injury. Travis had -2 yards on the ground. But he got the job done when it mattered the most and threw a 24-yard TD pass to Keon Coleman in overtime as Florida State completed their season sweep against Tigers (LSU and Clemson).
Some in the College Football world started calling Jordan Travis the ‘Tiger King,’ an honorific he earned for being the LSU Tigers and Clemson Tigers to take FSU to 4-0 and a Top-5 ranking. There’s now a t-shirt featuring Jordan Travis sitting on a throne in front of two tigers. Joe Exotic, the man known as the ‘Tiger King’ for years, is fuming about Jordan Travis’ new nickname.
Joe Exotic is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence stemming from 17 federal charges of animal abuse and 2 additional charges of a ‘murder for hire’ plot against his rival, Carole Baskin. But the original Tiger King still has X (formerly known as Twitter) in prison was fired up.
Joe Exotic wrote “Jordan Travis was 6 years old when I became The Tiger King, it is my trademark, my intellectual property and I’m sick of others cashing in on my Trademark just because President Biden cares nothing about me being wrongfully in prison in America.”
He went on to say “I will give ANY ATTORNEY 80% of a settlement to sue Jordan Travis and ALL companies selling stuff using Tiger King. Time quarterbacks and anyone else in this country stops stealing from others, which attorney would like to take this multimillion dollar case? DM me!”
The Tiger King finished up by saying “Until Jordan Travis walks in a cage with 20 full grown tigers and kisses them on the head, leave the Tiger King business to me.”
Is Jordan Travis THE Tiger King?
In response to Joe Exotic claim about walking in a gage with 20 full-grown tigers, someone replied “Clemson and LSU both fielded 11 players on defense so technically Jordan Travis has walked in the cage with 22 Tigers.”
Another, more reasonable response, wrote “Joe, thanks for giving our QB more exposure. 1) Your active trademarks are for Tiger King’s use in slot machines and skin care. They are not all-encompassing. 2) Since the shirt doesn’t have any text, it’s not infringing on anything.”
Meanwhile, Joe Exotic claims to be running for President (as a Democrat) in the 2024 election. He somehow plans on doing this from prison. Joe Exotic also recently petitioned Joe Burrow (another Tiger King) for money.