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Related: About this forumBevo XIV will miss Texas-OU due to ‘life-threatening condition’
Bevo XIV, the recognizable University of Texas mascot, will not attend Saturdays Oklahoma game in Dallas due to a life-threatening condition being monitored by veterinarians, the school announced.
Ricky Brennes, the executive director of the Silver Spurs Alumni Association, declined to comment about the situation when reached Wednesday by the American-Statesman.
Bevo XIV has served as the universitys mascot since 2004. The current longhorn steer, which stood on the sideline for some of the biggest wins over the last decade, weighs 2,100 pounds and has a horn span measuring 82 inches tip to tip.
Bevo XIVs current record stands at 106-41.
Read more: http://www.hookem.com/2015/10/07/bevo-xiv-will-miss-texas-ou-due-to-life-threatening-condition/
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Strong must go.
TexasTowelie
(111,910 posts)there's always lacrosse season!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I thought lax was a regional thing from New England and upstate NY down through Va. and NC.
TexasTowelie
(111,910 posts)Worse yet, my alma mater beat UT last season in Austin. Southwestern is a NCAA Div. III team (and one of only two varsity teams in Texas, the other being the Univ. of Dallas who didn't have enough members last year to field a team).
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,910 posts)They ended up with 59 yards so we might see that graphic again in the future.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I find myself wondering if anything like this has ever happened to the Yale bulldog, Handsome Dan. The incumbent is No. XVII, and there have been several Danielles.