More Than A Mascot

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  • Take an inside look at the life of Smokey X, Tennessee's beloved mascot.
    Check out the full story at www.utsports.com/sports/m-foot....
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  • @hondot8740
    @hondot8740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I cannot begin to explain the emotions I feel when I see Smokey running on to the field. It brings a tear to my eyes. But when the game is getting tough and you hear Smokey bark it changes everything! The charge of electricity is amazing. It's like being in combat your in a bad way but all of the sudden your brother looks at you with a big Southern grin and says "Hondo let's get em". I have served 24yrs in the military 18 in special operations. God I love UT and Treasure Smokey! I hope one day I might meet him.

    • @PutridPenguinPoots
      @PutridPenguinPoots ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for everyone you did/do. It's a weird feeling after all these years for Tennessee football to be fun again

  • @garrisonbrumblay9137
    @garrisonbrumblay9137 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love smokey, smokey mountains, Knoxville and my sweet home of Tennessee.

  • @dennisgray1773
    @dennisgray1773 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    A wonderful film about a wonderful family taking care of Tennessee's wonderful Mascot. Long live Smokey X!

  • @jeffreytaylor3031
    @jeffreytaylor3031 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To the Hudson family, Thank you so much for your passion and love for Smokey! Go Vols!

  • @andrewpeters8362
    @andrewpeters8362 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My favorite college mascot ever! Love you Smokey!

  • @Baseballbruja
    @Baseballbruja ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The mascot looks so happy. Not bothered by thr crowd or anything Yaya smoky

  • @Eliminator5555
    @Eliminator5555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The current Smokey is adorable. He looks great on TV. Best mascot in college sports. They picked well.

    • @andytn6507
      @andytn6507 ปีที่แล้ว

      They already have Smokey XI picked and its Smokey X's son. th-cam.com/video/2T8-3UcaBZI/w-d-xo.html

  • @isaacgreene3434
    @isaacgreene3434 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a UGA boy, I respect and love the Smokey line. Good luck this season.

  • @carrottop5401
    @carrottop5401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Both my children are UT grads. We have always loved Smokey. 3 summers ago we were looking for a rescue companion for our older Basset Hound. Well, as it happened we came across an abused full blooded BlueTick at the shelter in Gallatin, TN. He knew when we got out of the car that he was ours. The Governor signed into law that BlueTick Coonhounds were the State Dog of TN right after we got him. He’s not Smokey but he is loved, he’s goofy, he is the sweetest guy. BlueTick Coonhounds are active, large and can be very loud so aren’t for everyone but it is hard to imagine life without one.

    • @snailslug3838
      @snailslug3838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had one once! Since we live surrounded by forest ( pigeon forge) she would always run off. One time she ran off and never came back. We live near rental cabins and my family thinks one of them to her. She was named Tennie because she looked just like Smokey!

  • @chuckbledsoe6279
    @chuckbledsoe6279 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Outstanding film. Thank you for all the effort that went in to this.

  • @skolnutz
    @skolnutz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I worked at an animal shelter and we had a couple months old blue tick puppy. I asked my boss if we could name him Smokey.

  • @birdz_2939
    @birdz_2939 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact my dog is a blue tick coon hound and he’s half brother to Smokey x

  • @c103110a
    @c103110a 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A truly great video . Thank you for sharing Smokey's story.

  • @shelleyinc7
    @shelleyinc7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love this! Nice personal touch to the traditions of UT. And who doesn't love dogs??

  • @michellekosmowski4704
    @michellekosmowski4704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love smokey! Love blueticks.... Best dogs, I know because I have one

  • @thunderroad7289
    @thunderroad7289 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Smokey best sports mascot…..

  • @astrofrk
    @astrofrk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There is no competition to Smokey but have you heard about "Lil Smokey"? He has become very popular on campus, particularly with the females. He even met the Pride of the Southland Marching Band during a walk and they fell in Love with Lil Smokey. In fact, he may have more girlfriends than anyone in Tennessee. "Lil Smokey" is engraved on his UT varsity jacket. Yet there is a far more personal story:
    A vagrant left him with a neighbor who was nearly a vagrant himself and he was the one that gave Oscar his name. He couldn't take care of himself, much less a dachshund. His previous owner died September, 2017. When he presented Oscar to me in 2014, Oscar was starving but it was Love at first sight. When I lost my wife, he saved me from suicide with his Love. In turn, I have saved his from pit bulls and others not on a leach. After his time of neglect, I promised him a life of Love and am doing my best because I truly believe he is my guardian angel. Meet "Lil Smokey:
    facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1712105292182332&set=a.1147507805308753.1073741829.100001486327861&type=3
    He can by no means replace Smokey as the official mascot or the University of Tennessee. What he can do is appeal to females and children to love as the little hound dog. He is not an official Service Dog but he is a Therapy Dog.
    As for me, I am a First Transit bus driver and more known as the owner of Lil Smokey, even at my job. The ones that drive those orange buses know Oscar. I am putting my job on the line when I say Lil Smokey/Oscar would do well. My name is John Sparks and my Facebook page is about my Dachshund as much as it is about me.

  • @perryfitzgerald8304
    @perryfitzgerald8304 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hes such a good boy

  • @TigerOutlaw67
    @TigerOutlaw67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He's the best!

  • @davidmorgan9681
    @davidmorgan9681 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love you smoke dog!!!!

  • @valeriegriner5644
    @valeriegriner5644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love him...he is ADORABLE! He has to be a VERY special dog to do all that stuff on game day....with all that NOISE and confusion...remarkable. He is a beautiful dog. Love this family, too! I feel sure that these dogs have a pretty long life span. I liked this video so much that I watched it TWICE(and I have to admit....I'm a UGA alum and DAWG fan.) I like our mascot, UGA, but English Bulldogs aren't as "hearty," and they don't live very long. Hope Tennessee has a great year with their new coach!

  • @dirt1736
    @dirt1736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Smokey

  • @qwertyuiopyt5877
    @qwertyuiopyt5877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Smokey lasted longer than butch😆😆

    • @PallahDaOracle
      @PallahDaOracle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Smokey was way better at his job lololol

    • @gracepuckett411
      @gracepuckett411 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pallah DaOracle I love Smokey.

  • @artssyvonnie
    @artssyvonnie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The goodest boy 🥺🧡🤍

  • @newsreach
    @newsreach 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice story...and I'm writing from Notre Dame!

  • @ynotspank1
    @ynotspank1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend has it Smokey and Uga okay cards on the weekend.

  • @garrisonbrumblay9137
    @garrisonbrumblay9137 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Way to go Hudson family

  • @ynotspank1
    @ynotspank1 ปีที่แล้ว

    SMOKEEEEEYYYYY!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

  • @kilday9013
    @kilday9013 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @davidhorner2116
    @davidhorner2116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “The coolest Pup on the Planet”

  • @brianpesci
    @brianpesci ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the hounds, AAARROOO!

  • @56Norman
    @56Norman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting the owners treat Smokey as an outside dog while the handlers have Smokey as an inside dog.

  • @matthewgross3414
    @matthewgross3414 ปีที่แล้ว

    Go smoky

  • @cattycorner8
    @cattycorner8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My cat was spayed up there on the Hill at the UT Vet school

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wooo Woooooo Wooooooooooo 🐕.

  • @PutridPenguinPoots
    @PutridPenguinPoots ปีที่แล้ว

    What a good pupper. As much as I want to shower him with affection I'm glad I'm glad I'm not the owner because he'd definitely be on the chubby side
    So do the family not get free tickets to all the games?

  • @coleallendale5906
    @coleallendale5906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want him! I'm taking him home! He's mine now!

    • @gracepuckett411
      @gracepuckett411 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about bully and uga and revile

  • @PRIZMYT42
    @PRIZMYT42 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ayooo there I am 6 years ago now 12 going to 7th 6:35

    • @jamesreynolds5776
      @jamesreynolds5776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty cool.. go Big Orange 🍊

    • @PRIZMYT42
      @PRIZMYT42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamesreynolds5776 Yup

    • @PRIZMYT42
      @PRIZMYT42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamesreynolds5776 the one on right is me

    • @PRIZMYT42
      @PRIZMYT42 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      14 now going into 9th

  • @robloxandnascar6043
    @robloxandnascar6043 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cute

  • @gracepuckett411
    @gracepuckett411 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    smokey lasted longer than PHILLIP

  • @mckinleycason8884
    @mckinleycason8884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only thing about the Vols I like.

  • @ericschultz4004
    @ericschultz4004 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really want to see Smokey pooping in the end zone!

  • @andytn6507
    @andytn6507 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meet The next Smokey in training, Smokey XI. th-cam.com/video/2T8-3UcaBZI/w-d-xo.html

  • @Curry_-ii7pr
    @Curry_-ii7pr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought that the Smokey generation of blue ticks were born and bred by that Hudson family but it’s just a family that has kinda like “dibs” on finding a new puppy every time from any breeder they want. 😒
    They should let anyone from Tennessee ,like a contest , put there Bluetick up for the Smokey “job” each time it happens due to the current Smokey being to old or sick so to take over the reigns.

  • @ronniehill3428
    @ronniehill3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That way I hunt bluetick

  • @leonalove336
    @leonalove336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He has a choke collar on????

  • @crazydave318
    @crazydave318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ha ha Tennessee hates Alabama.

  • @grahamkight9111
    @grahamkight9111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not as good as uga.

  • @gregstaton128
    @gregstaton128 ปีที่แล้ว

    More than a mascot...he's Gator Bait

  • @zsu-23-4shilka2
    @zsu-23-4shilka2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still not as famous as Uga

    • @gracepuckett411
      @gracepuckett411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ZSU-23-4 Shilka I hate uga.

    • @harolddenton6031
      @harolddenton6031 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No where near as ugly as ugga the short legged fat dog.

    • @leonalove336
      @leonalove336 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He has a couch - UGA has his own room, truck and suite.

    • @rowdygoat9085
      @rowdygoat9085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Get outta here UGA fan

    • @leonalove336
      @leonalove336 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rowdygoat908 LOL

  • @seankennedy6302
    @seankennedy6302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Georgia Bulldogs are so much better than the Vols. GO DAWGS!!!!

    • @gracepuckett8310
      @gracepuckett8310 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We have one of your ex players CADE MAYS GO VOLS

    • @gregstaton128
      @gregstaton128 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are both Gator Bait

    • @volslover1504
      @volslover1504 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gregstaton128 after seeing the game tjis year I think smokey ate some gator tail.

    • @real_womanonamission9528
      @real_womanonamission9528 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re dreaming bud. They were but times will change eventually.

  • @ericjusteennewton9226
    @ericjusteennewton9226 ปีที่แล้ว

    A pinch collar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow so inhumane ! the school and the owners should not be allowed to have any dog.

    • @DCdrumz59
      @DCdrumz59 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't like that damn chain like that around Smokey's neck. I say we put a pinch collar on some of those morons supposedly caring for Smokey and lead them around on a leather strap. It's disgusting to see this. It took the joy out of watching this short film about an iconic figure/mascot/dog for UT.

  • @DCdrumz59
    @DCdrumz59 ปีที่แล้ว

    SMOKEY!!!! Now there's a handsome fella!!!! GO VOLS!!!!

  • @tcarp77
    @tcarp77 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does he need that collar????