I-mascot yezemidlalo kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas ibizwa ngegama elithi Bevo, i-longhorn steer eyaqala ukuvela ngo-1916. Yisizathu sokuba imfazwe yesikolo isandile "izikhonkwane".
I-steer efanayo ayizange ibe yi-mascot ngonaphakade, kunjalo. U-Bevo XV wenza i-start-start yakhe ekuqaleni kwenkundla ye-Notre-Dame ngoSeptemba 4, 2016. Abafowuni baxeliswe ngenyameko ukuba izimpondo kwixesha elide zazifutshane kakhulu kunezo zeBevos zangaphambili.
Xa i-1,100-pound steer yaqala ukubusa njengo-mascot, wayeneminyaka eli-19 kuphela. Usenokuba nexesha elininzi lokukhula iimpondo ezithandekayo.
Imbali kunye neNkcubeko
Ukususela ngo-1945, uBevo uye waziswa kuyo yonke umdlalo webhola le-UT yiSiliva Spurs, umoya ohloniphekileyo kunye neqela leenkonzo elibandakanya abafundi baseYunivesithi yaseTexas. UBevo naye uya kwiintlanganiso ezinkulu kunye nezinye iziganeko, njengemikhosi emva kokugqiba. Iinqununu ezimbalwa zeBevos zazingenamandla; abanye abantu ababetyala kwaye baqhekeka. Nangona kunjalo, ukuveliswa kwangoko kweBevo kuye kwandelwa ukuba kuhlaziywe kwaye kudla ukulungiswa xa behleli okanye beka kwiiyunivesithi zeYunivesithi yaseTexas.
Ngaphambi kweBevo, iYunivesithi yaseTexas 'i-mascot yayinguPig, inkunzi yenkomo. UStephen Pinckney, owayengumfundi wase-UT, weza nombono wokwenza i-longhorn njenge-mascot. Waqokelela imali kwabanye abalumni, wathenga i-steer, wamthiya uBo, wamthuma e- Austin .
Imvelaphi Engummangaliso
Ubume bokuqala bobubomi bukaBo bube ngumdlalo webhola we-Thanksgiving wonyaka wonyaka phakathi kweYunivesithi yaseTexas naseTexas i-A & M yeYunivesithi ngo-1916. UBen Dyer, owayengumhleli wephephandaba le-UT, i -Alcalde , wathiwa nguBevo emva komdlalo, nakuba kungekho ngoba.
Kukho umxholo oyintloko malunga nendlela uBevo athola ngayo igama lakhe.
Ngomnyaka we-1915, iTexas A & M yashaya UT kwimidlalo yebhola, 13 ukuya kutsho. Ngomnyaka ozayo, i-Texas Longhorns ibetha i-A & M. Emva komdlalo, abafundi be-A & M badonsa i-prank ngokubhengeza amanqaku abo ngo-13-0 ekuphumeleleni ngo-1915 kwi-steer. Le nxalenye iyinyaniso.
Inxalenye yebali eliye laboniswa ukuba lingamanga lihamba ngale ndlela ilandelayo: Ukuze ukhusele ukuhlazeka, abafundi be-UT baphinda bafaka uphawu lokudela ngokuguqula amanani kwigama elithi BEVO, ngaloo ndlela baqamba kabusha i-mascot. Akukho bu bungqina bolu, kwaye ngokwexesha elifanelekileyo, oku kuya kwenzeka emva kokuba uDyer wayesele amthiye nguBevo. Kungekudala emva koko, uBevo waba yindleko kakhulu kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas ukuyigcina, ngoko waxiliswa, waxhelwa waza wadliwa kwidlobho yebhola lebhola le-1920. Ithimba le-A & M linikezelwa kwicala lalo bhinqa laza lanikeza indawo yokufihla, eyayisayinayo i-branding ye-13-0 kuyo. UBevo waphinda waphinda wabuya kamva njenge-mascot esemthethweni kwaye uye wahlala ephawulekayo kwimidlalo ye-UT ukususela ngoku.
Ehlelwe nguRobert Macias