If I'd known Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl had a history of cross-dressing and feeling up women 20+ years younger than him, I might have thought twice about picking the Vols to go to the Final Four.  Don't get me wrong — these things will only make me cheer for Tennessee more, but I no longer like their odds.  Champions are made from shut-in fanatics who do nothing but think about basketball.  Bruce Pearl, man, he just wants a piece of that ass.  And I respect that.

The b&w photos are from his high school yearbook in the 1970s, which makes his turn in a dress so surprising.  I mean, what prominent men in the '70s were willing to risk a less than masculine image in the public eye?  Besides the entire music industry.  

All of these photos, by the way, come courtesy of the very cool Nik Richie at The Dirty.  He's like Perez Hilton, except not a lazy insufferable self-involved gay douchebag.  So really, nothing like Perez at all. 

Most of us remember seeing the clip of Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl getting inappropriate with ESPN's Erin Andrews. And it was inappropriate: I don't think he would have done that with Chris Spielman, plus I'm pretty sure that he was a little too busy in the first half to have bought her dinner. Hey, I'm not a prude or anything, but don't go halfway on it. If you're going to put your hands on somebody like that, you better get your fucking money's worth. 

Anyway, the immaculate and always-timely Awful Announcing shares that Pearl told Dan Patrick that Pearl actually called Andrews and sent her a text after that game to "apologize" for his behavior.

DP: [During the Memphis game], you can't be putting your hands on Erin Andrews at halftime, Coach.
BP: Erin is a terrific sideline reporter, she knows the game, but she's also very engaging. I actually called her and texted her back, and I apologized if in any way that was unprofessional.
DP: Is texting her an NCAA violation?
BP: No, she's not a prospect.
DP: Oh, yes, she is.

Zing! I can only assume by "apologize," he meant, "I'm sorry for not trying to stick a finger in that sweet, sweet ass of yours." Or maybe he went the more sophisticated route, with something along the lines of "I'm sorry I didn't hit that gash doggystyle in the front seat of a very expensive automobile." Technology is wonderful, especially when it helps you have sex with other people.

[Awful Announcing via SbB via WBIR]