She should be back in action by the time the Lady Vols begin practice on October 17. Still no word on what caused the bloodthirsty animal to assault the Labrador retriever on Summitt's back porch, but calls to Uncle Auriemma's Raccoon Obedience Farm in Storrs, CT, went directly to voicemail and were not returned.

A video re-enactment of the incident is below.

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• Raccoon wins: Coach Summitt has shoulder surgery [AP/Forbes]

It's pretty amazing, really, that Pat Summitt keeps winning national championships with Tennessee; this is now her eighth, and her second in a row.

We like how Rocky Top Talk characterizes a cute picture of a little boy.

Pat Summitt says that even though this kid is cute as a button, she would rip his freakin' head off if he ever challenged her to a game.

She's like Dean Smith and Coach K rolled into one, John Wooden if John Wooden had to deal with Bruce Pearl hanging around all the time. Pretty impossible not to salute.

Lady Vols Take Their Eighth NCAA Championship [Rocky Top Talk]

As a sobering reminder that no humans will be spared when the animal "Order 66" is given, Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt dislocated her shoulder while attempting to chase a raccoon off her back porch on Wednesday.

Summitt had taken her golden Labrador out for a walk when they came back to find the raccoon on the deck at her home.

"I momentarily lost it," Summitt told WBIR-TV. "The raccoon was about to attack. I just knocked it off the deck, and fortunately nothing happened but a dislocated shoulder, and it's back in place."

"When I realized what could have happened, it almost brought me to tears. It wasn't very smart on my part," Summitt said.

Uhhhhh-huh. A little more disclosure of the incident would have been nice, you know, to explain how such an episode leads to a dislocated shoulder. Did she try a flying elbow drop on the raccoon?

I would have said that perhaps she might have been better off letting that dog of hers try to shoo it off, but, as it's been made clear, that animals are clearly working in concert to bring our leaders down one embarrassing incident at a time.

As you probably have heard by now, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt filed for divorce yesterday from her banker R.B. Summitt, her husband of 27 years. Again, divorce is a complicated thing, and we're not here to mock it. Instead, we point out what Sports By Brooks mentioned: Are they still going to keep the Vols stadium named "The Summitt?" They say they're not gonna change it, but we think that has less to do with tradition and more with Summitt's maiden name: Head.

If you're into such matters, you can read the full divorce papers right here.

Summitt Files For Divorce [The Daily Times]
No Word Yet On Stadium Name [Sports By Brooks]

The Tennessee women's coach came out in a dowdy cheerleader's outfit, sang a verse of "Rocky Top," and then climbed atop a wobbly three-person "pyramid" as the big finale. It was payback for men's coach Pearl leading cheers at a women's game the month before. All in all the bit showed the same bland determination that has earned Summitt 940 career victories and a seventh SEC Coach of the Year award earlier that day. The whole thing was kind of what you'd imagine Aunt Bee might have dreamed up in her capacity as chairman of the Mayberry Founder's Day entertainment committee.

By the way, did anyone notice that the Volunteers beat Florida, 86-76? Gators are kind of falling apart a bit.

Summitt Sings 'Rocky Top' As Cheerleader [NBCSports]
Falling Fast? Florida Loses To Tennessee [MSNBC]
Ready For Some Good, Old Fashioned College Basketball Nightmare Fuel? [Deadspin]

"I think (fans) are going to love it, and I think America is going to see a side of Pat Summitt that they haven't seen in a long time."

Pearl has been going on and on about this to the point where anything short of Summitt showing up in a Madonna cone brassiere, nailed to a cross and firing rockets from her nipples is going to be a letdown. Pearl went topless in his January stunt, which was frightening enough, and of course led to the university installing exit signs at Thompson-Boling Arena in a larger font. As for Summitt's mysterious plans, as long as underwear is included we should all be OK.

Summitt To Do Some Cheerleading? Maybe [MSNBC]