Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The Orange Man Cometh



I heard today that Vegas has the Cards as 3 point underdogs. Is this true?

Tennessee loves to press, the coach acts like a geek, and he brought the gospel of basketball to the heathen footballers at UT. There's a lot to like here. However, Mr. Pearl's nickname is Brucers.

There's a really great story surrounding that nickname. Here's how it goes:
"It was extremely funny. One of my close friends, Sean West, was being funny and thinking of something to call me. I didn't want to be BP, because then everybody would ask what it meant. So that was out of the question. I thought Pearls sounding feminine. I wanted something strong, but nothing offensive or weird. My friend, Kurt, who is playful with them kind of words called me Brucers one day so I said heck, I'll take it."

Wow, that's some story. Now that's funny! They probably never tire of hearing that one in Knoxville.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Put a whuppin' on UT.