College coaches are not known for their fidelity. For every Joe Paterno or Bobby Bowden, there are countless others, who, when given the chance to move on to something better, will. Fans and media are quick to label these coaches as dogs, loyal to their owners leg (read universities) but willingly run off to hump the hot new bitch (read better paying BCS team or NFL). Most fans of college teams are used to the idea of coaches as dogs and treat them as such. When loyal, we gladly sing their praises, but when the dog goes to hump something better, we are quick to disparage them.

With his recent move to Seattle, Pete Carroll is likely to garner the dog label, but Pete Carroll is not a dog — he is a panda. Carroll had been the coach of USC for nine seasons during which he was thought to turn down several opportunities. Many mistakenly viewed those opportunities as if Carroll was a dog. Many thought they were witnessing a rare, loyal dog, passing up something better. Pandas, however, do not hump dogs, they hump pandas. Carroll was simply waiting for another panda suitable for humping. You see,the curious thing about pandas is that the females are only in heat for 48 hours out of the entire year, so for pandas the opportunity to hump another panda comes along once in a blue moon.

So while you may think initially think pandas are are more loyal than dogs, they really are no different, just have fewer opportunities.