This story is fiction. With that said, there was, in the late 2000's, a group called the Orange Pride at the University of Tennessee involved in a football recruiting scandal with female students. I did not go to UT nor was I involved in any way. I did take some things that I read in the news articles to incorporate in this story. If you are not a fan of exhibitionism and wives/girlfriends going astray then please move on as this story is not for you. For those that do enjoy these topics, I hope you enjoy.
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Football is king in the south and there is nothing like going to games in SEC. My name is Mark, and I am a decent athlete, 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. I played tight end for most of my high school football career. In my senior year at Marshall High School, a big freshman Rob Martin came in and took my starting job away. That was a couple years ago, and I have since moved on from football to focus on getting a marketing degree as a Junior at the University of Tennessee.
I met Kiera spring semester of my sophomore year in my first marketing class, and I fell hard for her. Kiera is knockout to me, but I must admit that I am a girl next door kind of guy. She is a slight introvert who is deceptively competitive. She avoids drawing too much attention to herself unlike so many of the drama queen southern belle sorority girls I kept meeting. I think she is stunning at 5 feet 6 inches tall with beautiful straight brown hair that has natural highlights in the front. She has a radiant smile with bright lovely brown eyes and a few light freckles on her nose. She is no stranger to the gym and ran track competitively in high school. As for what she looks like naked, let's not get ahead of ourselves as this is my girlfriend we are talking about.
I was living in an apartment just off campus with my roommate, Dan, my junior year, but Kiera was a regular at our place. Dan never complained and I could tell he appreciated having a cute girl around. Dan is an aeronautical engineering major who spends a tremendous amount of time at home studying or the engineering lab working on projects with little opportunity to converse with attractive girls. Kiera was always kind to include him in our meals and movies.
I don't think I have ever been happier.
"Don't forget, the marketing students are having a tailgate before the Mississippi State game on Saturday," Kiera said. It was the season opener and we had high hopes for making it to the SEC championship game this year.
"Yup, I am looking forward to it," I replied. I was interested in networking with some of the faculty and seniors in a fun social setting before the big game hoping to get a lead on a summer internship next year. So was Kiera.
We could see there was a medium size group of about 30 students and a few faculty hanging out under a couple pop-up tents as we walked up. "Wait, were we supposed to bring our own beer?" I whispered to Kiera shortly after we arrived.
"Rookie mistake," she whispered back. It must have showed on our faces as we loitered around trying to meet some new people.
"Hi, I am Tori," said a woman confidently walking up to Kiera. Tori was similar in stature to Kiera with long wavy blonde hair. She carried herself with a certain swagger like she ran this place, and her energy level was an 11 out of 10 that was quite contagious.
"I'm Kiera and this is my boyfriend, Mark. We are both juniors."
"Well let me introduce you around, but how about a drink first?"
Tori walked us over to her car where there was a gathering of students, mostly attractive girls. There was a rather impressive, yet discreet, assortment of beer, wine, bourbon, whiskey, fireball... arranged in the back of her SUV. A "Support the Vols" donation bucket was displayed in front which Tori explained covers the costs of drinks and some expenses to support our football team.
"Support our team?" I questioned.
"Yah, I am the Captain of the Orange Pride," she responded. "Orange Pride is a group of Tennessee's outstanding sophomore, junior and senior students whose primary duty is to promote the University and its strong academic programs, rich traditions and winning athletics program to campus visitors and potential student-athletes."
"Mark you should meet Lance who is a senior and one of my favorite class partners."
Tori then pulled Kiera away towards the group of girls loitering near her car.
"Kiera you are so cute, and I think you will like some of the other girls involved in both marketing and Orange Pride."
I enjoyed meeting Lance, and we hung out for an hour with a few other students as well as one of my professors. Meanwhile, Kiera was mixed up with Tori and a few other girls that I recognized but didn't know.
Kiera approached me, "Hey, I will meet you inside the stadium for the game. Tori wants to give me a quick behind the scenes tour as she has field access before the game starts."
"Cool, have fun." I was sort of jealous as that sounded pretty cool. That is perk of being a hot girl, I guess.
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"Hey Dan, did you catch the game on TV?" I asked walking into our apartment.
"Yah, wasn't much of a game after the second quarter though. Where is Kiera?" Dan responded.
"Kiera befriended Tori, a senior in the marketing department, and Captain of some group called the Orange Pride. Tori got Kiera on the field before the game to meet some of the players and coaches. As the game was winding down, Tori grabbed Kiera to meet up with some of the players she is friends with."
"What is the Orange Pride?" Dan inquired.
"Not sure, really." Tori said they help with the team and coaching staff promoting our sports program to visitors and potential recruits.
"Eye candy for VIPs and recruits" is how Dan put it, getting straight to the point. Typical engineer, I thought.
"Hmmm, you are probably right. I bet it is effective cause if Tori put a sales job on you, you wouldn't be able to say no." I responded with a nervous laugh.
A little later Kiera showed up quite buzzed having partied with Tori after the game. She had on an orange UT hoodie sweatshirt that I didn't recognize.
"New merch?" I inquired.
"Gotta promote UT's winning traditions," Kiera said as she grabbed my hand and led me to my room. "Tori thinks I have what it takes to be Orange Pride material."