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R.I.P.

Two interesting links about the origin of Bevo, a Texas Longhorn mascot:

http://austin.about.com/cs/lifestyle/g/bevo.htm

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/ ... /bevo.html

Brent Burns wrote:Two interesting links about the origin of Bevo, a Texas Longhorn mascot:

http://austin.about.com/cs/lifestyle/g/bevo.htm

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/ ... /bevo.html

I actually learned the 13-0 into BEVO story in my 7th grade Texas History class.....and I am sadly not joking.

bste_lax wrote:

Brent Burns wrote:Two interesting links about the origin of Bevo, a Texas Longhorn mascot:

http://austin.about.com/cs/lifestyle/g/bevo.htm

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/ ... /bevo.html

I actually learned the 13-0 into BEVO story in my 7th grade Texas History class.....and I am sadly not joking.

Hmm... I wonder who were the writers of the Texas history text books. Did it have a committee of both Aggies and Longhorns? I learned that story from my dad who was an Aggie when I asked him how Bevo was named. My mom was a Longhorn and she did not even dispute that.

Brent Burns wrote: I learned that story from my dad who was an Aggie when I asked him how Bevo was named. My mom was a Longhorn and she did not even dispute that.

Wow thats how I learned it too. I thought I was the only one who grew up confused.

good riddance

OklahomaLax45 wrote:good riddance

LOL....I figured it wouldn't take long for another Big XIIer to chime in on this.

I guess UT will provide the food for the tailgating parties at their game against Baylor this weekend.

Thank a Tennessean for Bevo and everything else in Texas.

[img][img]http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/500/thumbs/Beef.jpg[/img] [/img]

Ok, I am going to do this one last time by posting this picture, courtesy of Prints and Photographs Collection (Center for American History) from the Univeristy of Texas:



The picture is from this website address-

http://www.utexas.edu/tours/nowthen/20/17.html

KnoxVegas wrote:Thank a Tennessean for Bevo and everything else in Texas.

I woulda left too.

I can't help but think that we, too, learned that in middle school Texas history class.

It's starting to sound like the cat from the Simpsons, what are they on, Snowball 8, now?

I can't recall the exact source from which I read, but Bevo 13 ironically was owned by an Aggie rancher. It may have come from some blog from a Longhorn who was talking about the "curse of Bevo 13." When it retired to the pasture last year, Bevo 14 came on the scene and lo and behold, the 'Horns won the national championship. I can hunt that info and post the link.

10-13-06 As promised....

http://saltshaker.statesmanblogs.com/tag.aspx?q=stats

The blog at the link above was posted in October, 2005.

But Bevo 13 did leave its mark on the Nebraska logo!