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9-year old Tennessee fan says she's allowed to get a dog if Vols beat Alabama: report

New Tennessee head football coach Jeremy Pruitt shouldn't feel any pressure in his first season to be a miracle worker.

Except from Cate Smithey, the 9-year old daughter of former Knoxville News-Sentinel prep editor Jesse Smithey.

It seems Cate wants a dog and her Dad isn't keen on the idea. But as Cate wrote in a letter to Pruitt which was hand-delivered to the Tennessee football office, her Dad will buy her a dog if Tennessee beats Alabama to break an 11-game losing streak to the Crimson Tide.

"All 9 years of my life," Cate wrote, "I've known Tennessee as a bad team, that has not beaten Alabama since before I was born.