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Not Built For It: Tennessee's Smokey Mascot Is Retiring After Two Years Because He Couldn't Handle the Job

Dogs, like people, aren't cut out for every job. You throw an orange vest on enough Bluetick Coonhounds and put them in front of 100,000 people and you're eventually going to find one that simply isn't having it. That seems to be what has happened with Smokey XI. The duties of Smokey have even been 

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Not Built For It: Tennessee's Smokey Mascot Is Retiring After Two Years Because He Couldn't Handle the Job

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