BATON ROUGE - LSU and Southern both had home games Saturday, allowing for a double day of tailgating.

With an early kickoff time of 11:45 a.m. for the Tigers, fans were out bright and early.

One of those tailgates was called the Landing Strip. One thing that caught the eye of everyone who passed it was an inflatable turkey dressed as a football player.

"This is all about the seasons. We celebrate not just the season of LSU football, but also our seasons, a pumpkin for Halloween. We've got the Turkey, obviously for Thanksgiving, and if you come around for the next game, we'll certainly have a Christmas tree and possibly Santa Claus," Darren Marse with Landing Strip said.

They're situated along Dalrymple Drive, and right across from them was Mardi Gras Mike, the famous Tiger statue that

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