Wild Animal Mascots and Bevo-Uga on ESPN
A few weeks ago, I wrote a story covering the history of wild animal mascots in college football.
Today's Tidbit... "Wild Animal" Mascots
I've written before about the arrival of mascots among football teams. Mascots started as team member pets, children, or neighborhood kids, and they became known as mascots after the popular 1880s opera La Mascotte.
With Georgia and Texas set to meet this weekend, ESPN's David Hale came across the article while researching a story about the 2019 Sugar Bowl encounter between Bevo and Uga. A quick quote from yours truly made the cut in the article he published today, An oral history of when Bevo charged Uga at the Sugar Bowl.
After a little more sleuthing today, I found a page from the 1921 Texas yearbook that tells the tale of Bevo’s origin and his final resting place, which ended up being the dinner plates at an athletic banquet held in his honor.
If you have not done so, read the Tidbit and David Hale’s oral history before watching the game on Saturday at 7:30 ET on ABC.
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