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Smokey is the mascot of the University of Tennessee sports teams. These teams, named "The Volunteers" and nicknamed "the Vols", use both a live and a costumed version of Smokey. There is a Bluetick Coonhound mascot who leads the Vols onto the field for football games.
28 wrz 2018 · During halftime of a home football game versus Mississippi State in 1953, a contest was held to select the official mascot for the University of Tennessee. The contenders - all hound dogs of different breeds - were brought onto the field.
24 wrz 2021 · Smokey X is set to retire as the iconic University of Tennessee mascot. And Smokey XI, another bluetick coonhound , will make his debut in fall of 2022 as the latest top dog on campus.
3 dni temu · There is a lot about Smokey that UT students have never heard about. From Smokey II’s run-ins with other colleges to the changing design of the iconic mascot, UT’s iconic Bluetick Coonhound has quite the history. 1953. UT’s Pep Club ran a contest to select a hound dog to represent the university.
14 cze 2017 · After the retirement of Smokey IX following the 2012 season, the newest Smokey returned the lineage of the mascot to the state of Tennessee. Born in Shelbyville, Smokey X made his debut in the fall of 2013. In March of 2019, the bluetick coonhound was designated as the official state dog of Tennessee. That bill can be viewed here.
15 cze 2017 · Tennessee Mascots. Our mascots, Smokey and the Volunteer, are regular sights on the UT sidelines and basketball courts. Smokey has won back-to-back UCA National Championships in 2000 and 2001 and placed second in 1999 and 2002.
15 paź 2018 · A Tennessee Bluetick Coonhound dog, Smokey, is the mascot of UT teams. The UT Pep Club, headed by Stuart Worden, identified a major lack of school spirit in 1953 and attributed part of the difficulty in increasing school spirit to the fact that Tennessee’s symbol was the Volunteer—represented by a torch—while most schools had a mascot for ...
