The new Smokey dashed through the Power T to start the season at the Sept. 5 opening game in Neyland Stadium against Furman.

Meet Smokey XII, a 2-year-old bluetick coonhound ready to star at the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium this fall.

While the SEC is littered with animals, from Tigers to Razorbacks, Furman's mascot has more in common with Commodores than ...