Bevo is the mascot of the athletics program at the University of Texas at Austin. Bevo is a Texas longhorn bull with burnt orange dye. The shape of the head and horns of the Longhorn gave rise to the symbol of the school's hands and said: "Hook 'em Horns". The latest Bevo, Bevo XV, was introduced to fans of Texas football on September 4, 2016. Its predecessor, Bevo XIV, died of cancer on October 16, 2015. Bevo XV is owned by Betty and John Baker's Sunrise Ranch in Liberty Hill, Texas; Sunrise Ranch also has the predecessors of Bevo XV, Bevo XIII and Bevo XIV.
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History
Steer Longhorn is not the original mascot of the University of Texas. The original mascot is actually an American Pit Bull Terrier named "Pig".
The idea of ​​using live longhorn as a university mascot was associated with UT Stephen Pinckney alumnus in 1916. Pinckney collected $ 124 from other alumni to buy steer at Texas Panhandle, which they originally named "Bo" and sent to Austin.
Lineage
There are fifteen Bevos to date. Bevo was originally named "Bo" but was later called Bevo soon after his first appearance in Texas' 1916 Thanksgiving Day game. After the game, Ben Dyer the college magazine editor stated, "His name is Bevo, and long may he rule!" Ben Dyer died before stating why he chose the name Bevo, but there are two theories. The first is that Bevo is named after a yellow non-alcoholic drink named Bevo (which, by chance, was introduced in 1916), and the other is that it adds "o" to the plural of beef, beev.
Bevo II once sued a high school cheerleader, who had to defend himself with his megaphone. Bevo III escaped from his cage and went on a rampage on campus for 2 days. Bevo IV once attacked a parked car, while Bevo V broke out and scattered in the Baylor band. The newer Bevos have a more peaceful period of peace.
The longest ruling Bevo is Bevo XIII, which is supplied to the university by John T. Baker, owner of Sunrise Ranch in Liberty Hill, Texas. Baker is a former president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association and serves as a judge in the competition. Bevo XIII, originally called Sunrise Express, is a male champion at the age of 3 years, before becoming a UT mascot. Bevo XIII became the mascot in 1988 and underwent 16 seasons on the sideline. He led 191 UT football games and attended the inauguration of President George W. Bush in 2001. During his tenure, he led four (1990, 1994, 1995, 1996) soccer championship conferences and Heisman trophy awards to Ricky Williams. Bevo XIII was the most winning Bevo in UT history, and was replaced by the young grand champion Sunrise Studly, becoming Bevo XIV, in a 4 September 2004 football match against the University of North Texas. This is the only time that two Bevos ever appeared in the same soccer game. Bevo XIII was returned to Baker's farm where he spent the rest of his days in peace. Bevo XIII died on October 9, 2006 due to heart failure.
Bevo XIV attended the second inauguration of George W. Bush in January 2005. He also attended the 2005 Rose Bowl win over Michigan as well as the 2006 Rose Bowl game in which the Longhorns won the 2005-2006 National Championship over USC. On May 6, 2008, Bevo XIV weighed 1,800 pounds (820 kg), stood 5 feet 8 inches (1.7 m) tall, and its horns measured 72 inches (183 cm) tip-to-tip. His birthday is April 8th. At the Houston and Rodeo Livestock Exhibition of 2008, he took home the award as Grand Champion.
On October 13, 2015, it was announced that Bevo XIV retired after contracting a leukemia virus. He died on October 16, 2015.
On September 3, 2016, the young 19-month-old Bevo XV was introduced at a special 100-year anniversary event at the University of Texas at Austin, celebrating 100 years of Bevo live mascot.
Origin of name
Bevo made his first public appearance at half-time of the 1916 Thanksgiving soccer game between Texas and the Agriculture and Mechanics College of Texas (later Texas A & M University), a game in which Texas defeated Aggies 21-7. After the game, Ben Dyer, editor of UT campus magazine The Alcalde, mentions the mascot as "BEVO", a play on the word "beeve", the plural of "beef" commonly used for any steer. Inaccurate knowledge of Texas A & amp; M has a hand in naming the mascot has long been outstanding. Like the legend, on February 12, 1917 at about 3:00 pm four A & amp; M broke out in South Austin stockyard and stamped 1915 Texas-Texas A & amp; M scores on him, '13 - 0 '. When Bevo was discovered and the theft was discovered, the brand was modified to "BEVO". While destruction by A & amp; M is a true story, the derivation of the name "Bevo" of the incident is wrong, because the school newspaper showed its name in 1916, before the 1917 incident.
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Public appearance and tradition
Bevo is one of the most recognized college mascots and is even called "the hardest animal mascot in sport".
Bevo made appearances in almost all home football matches from the University of Texas, as well as many away games. He also usually makes appearances in important parades, as in the weeks before the game against Texas A & amp; M and the University of Oklahoma. After the opening ceremony, he is usually on hand for photos with graduates and their families.
Since 1945, Bevo's treatment during his transportation and appearance has been entrusted to a student honor organization called Silver Spurs. Bevo drove a specially burned orange trailer with his name on the side.
Bevo is the driver, because a whole bull would be too dangerous in a crowded environment like a stadium. In 2002, an alumni group suggested that Bevo be given a neutlin to "improve his masculinity".
During a football game, he usually stands or sits quietly behind one of the end zones (southern end zone at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium) and is sometimes greeted by UT players when they score goals. Reinforced to be benign, he is only upset in the most extreme situations, such as once during a thunderstorm during a game against Rice University, where he separates himself from his handlers.
On the morning of December 25, 2014, Christmas, the Longhorn Network aired a five-hour movie, "yule log", which featured Bevo XIV footage on a farm designed for Christmas music.
Gallery
References
External links
- Tradition of TexasSports.com: Bevo
- The Truth About Bevo
- Bevo XIII dead at 22
- Unravel the myths behind branded BEVO
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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