Well played, godfather, well played

One afternoon last week, I came home from work to find a big box on the doorstep addressed to Cora. Since I hadn't ordered anything, and since no one had mentioned sending a big box, I figured I should wait until Landon got home to open it.

It turns out the box was from Cora's Godfather, Mizzou-loving Tim Haskell.
A little background. Tim Haskell is to Mizzou what Landon Messal is to UTK (a fanatically obsessed fan). Tim and Landon have been best friends since age 10, and this schism of team loyalty hardly ever really mattered. Until this year. Mizzou left the Big 10 and joined the SEC. The day the announcement was made about the change, I asked Landon if he thought their friendship would survive this. When Landon announced that he and Tim are meeting up in Knoxville for the UTK/Mizzou game in November, I started considering what documentation I would need to bail the two of them out of jail for fighting... with each other.

So when Cora opened the box, and this tiger was inside...

 ... we knew we had been gotten good.
Cora loved the tiger. Loved it.
But she also loved picking it up and shaking it,

 And pinning it down to dominate it...

 And wrestling it.

 When she started dragging it through the house by its tail, we were reassured of her loyalty to Tennessee.

Fortunately, godmother Joy (and UTK grad) sent Cora money for her birthday. Perfect for buying her this...

Go VOLS! Beat Tigers.