Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry once again brought up the controversial decision to allow a live tiger on the field at Saturday night’s LSU-Alabama showdown in Baton Rouge.

The move was met with a ton of backlash from LSU fans as well as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), who all wanted no part of the whole deal. But it happened, and then it all went south for the home team on Saturday night, as the Crimson Tide pushed the Tigers around in a 42-13 thumping that dashed LSU’s College Football Playoff hopes.

On Monday night, Landry was talking about the live tiger controversy again at a political event in Metairie. He defended the live tiger being on the sidelines and couldn’t hold back in talking about LSU’s poor performance between the lines.

“Our tiger, our live tiger, unfortunately, disappointingly, was the only tiger who showed up Saturday. I’m sorry,” Landry told the crowd on Monday night. “I’m going to tell you something. This is about tradition. And the thing about tradition is about respecting those who came before you.”

Landry’s words were in response to a question about reviving the tradition of having an actual tiger at Tiger Stadium.

“I had more people come up to me, and they remembered Mike the Tiger more than some of the great plays in Tiger Stadium,” Landry said. “And they grew up as children seeing this. It’s about tradition. At the end of the day, these woke people have tried to take tradition out of this country. It’s tradition that built this country.”