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Don’t mess with Texas.
On Tuesday, the phrase became literal when Texas Longhorns mascot Bevo, the nearly four-year-old steer formerly known as Sunrise Spur, caused a commotion on the field of the Allstate Sugar Bowl when he charged at Georgia Bulldogs mascot UGA during an attempted photo opportunity:
Bevo is not here for this mascot meeting. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/KXgaQzGm0W
— Danny Davis (@aasdanny) January 2, 2019
Yooo, @TexasMascot just went at Uga during an attempted photo opportunity @SugarBowlNola. pic.twitter.com/DYiF9OT58E
— Wescott Eberts (@SBN_Wescott) January 2, 2019
Skycam was invented for this moment pic.twitter.com/5illRc8Xso
— Richard Johnson (@RJ_Writes) January 2, 2019
There are always concerns about controlling a steer the size of Bevo XV and he certainly proved a little bit frisky during a pregame introduction this season, but the mascot largely seemed low key in game environments until his Tuesday outburst.
Fortunately, no one appeared to get hurt during the short-lived fracas, including UGA.