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Following Sugar Bowl sideline dust-up, PETA releases statement calling for Bevo and Uga to be retired

In the aftermath of a now-viral, amusing sideline altercation between Bevo XV and Uga X prior to Tuesday night's Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, one organization has already come out and denounced the incident.

No, it was not Allstate, the Sugar Bowl committee, the Big 12 and SEC league offices or the two schools' university presidents. It was none other than PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the world's biggest animal rights organization.

The incident between the two mascots went viral Tuesday night during pregame of No. 15 Texas' 28-21 upset victory over No.