SEC keeps Texas mascot Bevo from title game vs. Georgia

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While No. 2 Texas and No. 5 Georgia are preparing for a rematch in Saturday's SEC Championship Game, there's no such luck for another meeting between mascots Uga and Bevo.

Bevo, who famously made news in 2019 in the mascots' pregame photo op at the Sugar Bowl when he came charging out of his pen and knocked over a police barricade, was not permitted to travel to Atlanta for this weekend's game.

The size required for an enclosure large enough to house Bevo XV, who is more than 1,700 pounds with a horn span of 58 inches, was the issue for Saturday, according to an SEC spokesman. Bevo traveled to last year's College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl, but the…