BEVO XIII, THE LONGEST-TENURED MASCOT IN TEXAS LONGHORN HISTORY, IS GONE TO THE BIG RANCH IN THE SKY.
THE RETIRED MASCOT DIED MONDAY ON THE PRIVATE RANCH WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS SUCCESSOR, BEVO XIV, THE SILVER SPURS SPIRIT CLUB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY.
A DESCENDANT OF THE WILD CATTLE THAT ONCE ROAMED THE PLAINS FROM MEXICO TO KANSAS. THIS HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BEVOS HAVE BEEN LONGHORNED STEERS.
LEGEND SAYS THAT "BEVO" CAME FROM A BRAND THAT READ "13-0". THE 13 WAS TURNED INTO A "B", THE HYPHEN BECAME AN "E" AND THEN THEY INSERTED THE "V" BEFORE THE "O".
"THEY WOULD HANG OUT TOGETHER," SAID FORMER BEVO XIII HANDLER RICKY BRENNES. "BEVO FOURTEEN WOULD FOLLOW HIM AROUND."
BEVO XIII, 22, WAS ON THE TEXAS SIDELINE FOR 16 SEASONS, STARTING IN 1988.
DURING HIS TENURE, THE LONGHORNS HAD THREE HEAD COACHES AND WON A BIG 12 FOOTBALL TITLE, AND RICKY WILLIAMS WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY. BEVO XIII RETIRED BEFORE THE 2004 SEASON.
HE HAD REACHED HIS LIFE EXPECTANCY AND HAD TROUBLE STANDING. HIS HANDLERS THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN BEFORE HIS HEART FINALLY GAVE, BRENNES SAID.
BRENNES NOTED HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE LONGHORNS BEAT OKLAHOMA 28-10 ON SATURDAY.
BEVO XIII, WHOSE ACTUAL NAME WAS SUNRISE EXPRESS, WAS A WORLD CHAMPION STEER AT 3 YEARS OLD BEFORE HE BECAME THE TEXAS MASCOT.
IN 2000, THEN-FRESHMAN WIDE RECEIVER ROY WILLIAMS CAUGHT A LONG PASS AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AND THOUGHT ABOUT LEAPING ON THE 1,900-POUND STEER FOR A SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHT.
HE THOUGHT BETTER OF IT WHEN HE GOT A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE HORNS THAT MEASURED 5 FEET, 7 INCHES TIP TO TIP.
"I TOLD PEOPLE IF I SCORED CLOSE TO HIM, I'D JUMP ON HIM," WILLIAMS SAID AFTER THE GAME. "HE STOOD UP REAL QUICK. I GOT SCARED AND TURNED AROUND."
BEVO VIII EVEN DABBLED IN POLITICS. IN 2001, HE TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON D.C., TO BE PART OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS MOMENT CAME AFTER A TEXAS LOSS.
AFTER NEBRASKA BEAT TEXAS IN THE 1999 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO, BEVO XIII WAS WALKING OFF THE FIELD WHEN NATURE CALLED.
WITH PERFECT TIMING, HE LEFT HIS MARK SQUARELY ON THE CORNHUSKERS LOGO.
ABOVE TAKEN FROM A STORY IN THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA BY AP SPORTS WRITER, JIM VERTUNO
THE RETIRED MASCOT DIED MONDAY ON THE PRIVATE RANCH WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS SUCCESSOR, BEVO XIV, THE SILVER SPURS SPIRIT CLUB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY.
A DESCENDANT OF THE WILD CATTLE THAT ONCE ROAMED THE PLAINS FROM MEXICO TO KANSAS. THIS HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BEVOS HAVE BEEN LONGHORNED STEERS.
LEGEND SAYS THAT "BEVO" CAME FROM A BRAND THAT READ "13-0". THE 13 WAS TURNED INTO A "B", THE HYPHEN BECAME AN "E" AND THEN THEY INSERTED THE "V" BEFORE THE "O".
"THEY WOULD HANG OUT TOGETHER," SAID FORMER BEVO XIII HANDLER RICKY BRENNES. "BEVO FOURTEEN WOULD FOLLOW HIM AROUND."
BEVO XIII, 22, WAS ON THE TEXAS SIDELINE FOR 16 SEASONS, STARTING IN 1988.
DURING HIS TENURE, THE LONGHORNS HAD THREE HEAD COACHES AND WON A BIG 12 FOOTBALL TITLE, AND RICKY WILLIAMS WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY. BEVO XIII RETIRED BEFORE THE 2004 SEASON.
HE HAD REACHED HIS LIFE EXPECTANCY AND HAD TROUBLE STANDING. HIS HANDLERS THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN BEFORE HIS HEART FINALLY GAVE, BRENNES SAID.
BRENNES NOTED HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE LONGHORNS BEAT OKLAHOMA 28-10 ON SATURDAY.
BEVO XIII, WHOSE ACTUAL NAME WAS SUNRISE EXPRESS, WAS A WORLD CHAMPION STEER AT 3 YEARS OLD BEFORE HE BECAME THE TEXAS MASCOT.
IN 2000, THEN-FRESHMAN WIDE RECEIVER ROY WILLIAMS CAUGHT A LONG PASS AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AND THOUGHT ABOUT LEAPING ON THE 1,900-POUND STEER FOR A SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHT.
HE THOUGHT BETTER OF IT WHEN HE GOT A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE HORNS THAT MEASURED 5 FEET, 7 INCHES TIP TO TIP.
"I TOLD PEOPLE IF I SCORED CLOSE TO HIM, I'D JUMP ON HIM," WILLIAMS SAID AFTER THE GAME. "HE STOOD UP REAL QUICK. I GOT SCARED AND TURNED AROUND."
BEVO VIII EVEN DABBLED IN POLITICS. IN 2001, HE TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON D.C., TO BE PART OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS MOMENT CAME AFTER A TEXAS LOSS.
AFTER NEBRASKA BEAT TEXAS IN THE 1999 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO, BEVO XIII WAS WALKING OFF THE FIELD WHEN NATURE CALLED.
WITH PERFECT TIMING, HE LEFT HIS MARK SQUARELY ON THE CORNHUSKERS LOGO.
ABOVE TAKEN FROM A STORY IN THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA BY AP SPORTS WRITER, JIM VERTUNO
BEVO XIII, THE LONGEST-TENURED MASCOT IN TEXAS LONGHORN HISTORY, IS GONE TO THE BIG RANCH IN THE SKY.
THE RETIRED MASCOT DIED MONDAY ON THE PRIVATE RANCH WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS SUCCESSOR, BEVO XIV, THE SILVER SPURS SPIRIT CLUB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY.
A DESCENDANT OF THE WILD CATTLE THAT ONCE ROAMED THE PLAINS FROM MEXICO TO KANSAS. THIS HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BEVOS HAVE BEEN LONGHORNED STEERS.
LEGEND SAYS THAT "BEVO" CAME FROM A BRAND THAT READ "13-0". THE 13 WAS TURNED INTO A "B", THE HYPHEN BECAME AN "E" AND THEN THEY INSERTED THE "V" BEFORE THE "O".
"THEY WOULD HANG OUT TOGETHER," SAID FORMER BEVO XIII HANDLER RICKY BRENNES. "BEVO FOURTEEN WOULD FOLLOW HIM AROUND."
BEVO XIII, 22, WAS ON THE TEXAS SIDELINE FOR 16 SEASONS, STARTING IN 1988.
DURING HIS TENURE, THE LONGHORNS HAD THREE HEAD COACHES AND WON A BIG 12 FOOTBALL TITLE, AND RICKY WILLIAMS WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY. BEVO XIII RETIRED BEFORE THE 2004 SEASON.
HE HAD REACHED HIS LIFE EXPECTANCY AND HAD TROUBLE STANDING. HIS HANDLERS THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN BEFORE HIS HEART FINALLY GAVE, BRENNES SAID.
BRENNES NOTED HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE LONGHORNS BEAT OKLAHOMA 28-10 ON SATURDAY.
BEVO XIII, WHOSE ACTUAL NAME WAS SUNRISE EXPRESS, WAS A WORLD CHAMPION STEER AT 3 YEARS OLD BEFORE HE BECAME THE TEXAS MASCOT.
IN 2000, THEN-FRESHMAN WIDE RECEIVER ROY WILLIAMS CAUGHT A LONG PASS AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AND THOUGHT ABOUT LEAPING ON THE 1,900-POUND STEER FOR A SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHT.
HE THOUGHT BETTER OF IT WHEN HE GOT A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE HORNS THAT MEASURED 5 FEET, 7 INCHES TIP TO TIP.
"I TOLD PEOPLE IF I SCORED CLOSE TO HIM, I'D JUMP ON HIM," WILLIAMS SAID AFTER THE GAME. "HE STOOD UP REAL QUICK. I GOT SCARED AND TURNED AROUND."
BEVO VIII EVEN DABBLED IN POLITICS. IN 2001, HE TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON D.C., TO BE PART OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS MOMENT CAME AFTER A TEXAS LOSS.
AFTER NEBRASKA BEAT TEXAS IN THE 1999 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO, BEVO XIII WAS WALKING OFF THE FIELD WHEN NATURE CALLED.
WITH PERFECT TIMING, HE LEFT HIS MARK SQUARELY ON THE CORNHUSKERS LOGO.
ABOVE TAKEN FROM A STORY IN THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA BY AP SPORTS WRITER, JIM VERTUNO
THE RETIRED MASCOT DIED MONDAY ON THE PRIVATE RANCH WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS SUCCESSOR, BEVO XIV, THE SILVER SPURS SPIRIT CLUB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY.
A DESCENDANT OF THE WILD CATTLE THAT ONCE ROAMED THE PLAINS FROM MEXICO TO KANSAS. THIS HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BEVOS HAVE BEEN LONGHORNED STEERS.
LEGEND SAYS THAT "BEVO" CAME FROM A BRAND THAT READ "13-0". THE 13 WAS TURNED INTO A "B", THE HYPHEN BECAME AN "E" AND THEN THEY INSERTED THE "V" BEFORE THE "O".
"THEY WOULD HANG OUT TOGETHER," SAID FORMER BEVO XIII HANDLER RICKY BRENNES. "BEVO FOURTEEN WOULD FOLLOW HIM AROUND."
BEVO XIII, 22, WAS ON THE TEXAS SIDELINE FOR 16 SEASONS, STARTING IN 1988.
DURING HIS TENURE, THE LONGHORNS HAD THREE HEAD COACHES AND WON A BIG 12 FOOTBALL TITLE, AND RICKY WILLIAMS WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY. BEVO XIII RETIRED BEFORE THE 2004 SEASON.
HE HAD REACHED HIS LIFE EXPECTANCY AND HAD TROUBLE STANDING. HIS HANDLERS THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN BEFORE HIS HEART FINALLY GAVE, BRENNES SAID.
BRENNES NOTED HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE LONGHORNS BEAT OKLAHOMA 28-10 ON SATURDAY.
BEVO XIII, WHOSE ACTUAL NAME WAS SUNRISE EXPRESS, WAS A WORLD CHAMPION STEER AT 3 YEARS OLD BEFORE HE BECAME THE TEXAS MASCOT.
IN 2000, THEN-FRESHMAN WIDE RECEIVER ROY WILLIAMS CAUGHT A LONG PASS AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AND THOUGHT ABOUT LEAPING ON THE 1,900-POUND STEER FOR A SPECTACULAR HIGHLIGHT.
HE THOUGHT BETTER OF IT WHEN HE GOT A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE HORNS THAT MEASURED 5 FEET, 7 INCHES TIP TO TIP.
"I TOLD PEOPLE IF I SCORED CLOSE TO HIM, I'D JUMP ON HIM," WILLIAMS SAID AFTER THE GAME. "HE STOOD UP REAL QUICK. I GOT SCARED AND TURNED AROUND."
BEVO VIII EVEN DABBLED IN POLITICS. IN 2001, HE TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON D.C., TO BE PART OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS MOMENT CAME AFTER A TEXAS LOSS.
AFTER NEBRASKA BEAT TEXAS IN THE 1999 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO, BEVO XIII WAS WALKING OFF THE FIELD WHEN NATURE CALLED.
WITH PERFECT TIMING, HE LEFT HIS MARK SQUARELY ON THE CORNHUSKERS LOGO.
ABOVE TAKEN FROM A STORY IN THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA BY AP SPORTS WRITER, JIM VERTUNO
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