Beloved SEC Mascot Diagnosed With Cancer

by Larry Leo

October 29, 202511 Comments

On Wednesday, the University of Tennessee announced that the beloved former live mascot of the Volunteers, Smokey X, has sadly been diagnosed with kidney cancer after a small mass was found in his kidney during a routine scan...

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Nasty_Canasta•4 months

Heal up pup. Dogs are truly a man’s best friend

Rex Feral•4 months

Smokey is in good hands. My grandparents, who grew up in the depression, adopted a stray hound dog when I was a kid. They named him Early because he showed up in the morning. Early dog got cancer. My grandparents, who were so cheap they would only by off brand day old bread, would drive 5 hours to UTk's vet school every month for cancer treatments. Early lived a good long life after that.

Arkapigdiesel•4 months

I love it when the internet cheers me up. Most of the time it doesn't. Damn fine story Rex. Hard to beat dogs.

Shaq4prez•4 months

get well ol' boy

JYD•4 months

Prayers for Smokey

BamaRoo•4 months

Well shite .... but he'll get great treatment. Send him to the Andrews Sports
Medicine Center in Birmingham.

ajr1215•4 months

Prayers

navy•4 months

Hate to hear this.