Tennessee Mascot Contacted By Ed Orgeron
Oxnard, CA—Ed Orgeron admitted to calling the Volunteers mascot Tuesday after he learned he would be heading to Southern California, a source reports.
“Yes, I did call Smokey to clear up any questions he had,” Orgeron said, according to the report. “In my knowledge, I followed the rules correctly.”
Orgeron would not say whether or not he had offered him a home at USC. He also refused to say whether he told Smokey he was good puppy in order to avoid transfer rules.
“I’m not going to get into that,” he told the newspaper, adding, “I made tremendously strong ties with adorable puppies in Tennessee. All I did was present the options.”
The NCAA currently has no rules involving the transfer of ownership of any kind of animal. A spokesperson for the NCAA told us in a statement that they “have no idea what we are talking about” and to “please stop calling.”
The caretakers of Tennessee mascot, the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, said “WOOOOOOO” and that they would “drink us under the table,” when asked to comment.
BleacherReport.com
1/22/10
Magnolia Tribune
