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LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu 's moniker is based on a accessible YouTube video, which shows a honey badger attacking a beehive, impervious to the stings of swarming bees. In another cut short, the honey badger steals prey from a cobra's mouth, then eats the glide for dessert. "Honey badger just takes what he wants," the narrator says.
When Mathieu stripped the ball from an Oregon stake returner and returned it for a touchdown in the season opener, an LSU fan spliced the honey badger video with Mathieu's highlights. At first, Mathieu didn't supervision look after for the nickname. What part? "The honey part," Mathieu said.
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The honey badger is regarded as the most fearless trifling creature in the world, and at 5-9, 175 pounds, Mathieu can relate. "The honey badger is such a unmoved animal," he said. "He's fierce. And he definitely doesn't fear anything. So I exactly try to take that same approach to the field and just try to play smart and violent football for my link up.
Source: USA TODAY