The Honey Badger doesn’t care. He doesn’t give a sh*t about nothing. Snakes, Birds, Bees, things twice his size, he will hunt, attack and kill like it’s no big deal. Simply put, the honey badger takes what he wants.
Forget the Wolverine, this is the nastiest, most brutal, tenacious little creature on the face of the earth. It was awarded the title as “the most fearless animal in all of the animal kingdom” by the Guinness book of World Records…and to be honest, it really doesn’t give a sh*t:
Here’s the original National Geographic video on the Honey badger, minus Randall’s fantastic commentary. It’s basically the same thing, but less hilarious:
It’s funny how things tend to sound better in a British accent. It’s the David Attenborough Effect.
But with all National Geographic videos aside, what really does this have to do with football? Well, you impatient jerk, everything down in the dirty south.
Yes, there have been numerous Honey Badger sightings in the deep south, down by Baton Rouge Tiger Stadium. Standing at some 5’9′ and 180 lbs, this vicious animal was last seen snatching the ball out a UF receivers hands, denying the touchdown:
But he don’t care. The Honey Badger takes what he wants.
The Honey Badger is LSU cornerback, Tyrann Mathieu, an all-star freshman who has been steamrolling offenses all season.
After hibernating for a few weeks, the Honey Badger awoke with a hunger for the endzone and a simple credo: “take what you want”. So in the last few weeks, we’ve seen Mathieu make big time plays on both special teams and offense. That’s naasty.
Where ever there is a big play to make, the Honey Badger is making it:
But that’s to be expected from this bad ass mammal. He sees that pigskin you got in your hand and says to himself: “that’s mine, i don’t care” and he just snatches it right up. He epitomizes all the best qualities of the Honey Badger.
This amazing defense play coupled with LSU ascension to #1 in the ranking shas got everyone talking about the feisty cornerback. As a result, LSU fans are going nuts with the Honey Badger (nearly 20 million hits on the first youtube vid), rocking his T-shirts and saying his catch phrases. (Seriously just look on twitter #honeybadger)
If Mathieu continues to produce like this he’s got a legitimate shot at winning ALL-Defense or even DPY. This is a Darelle Revis like CB, that makes the big plays to win games.
So next time you’re watching the Tigers play, study the Honey Badger in his natural habitat. Watch him as he chews and claws his way through offense after offense. Regardless of the opponent, he don’t care. Honey badger really don’t give a shit.
Just watch him wreck Georgia in last night’s SEC Championship game:
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