The Texas Longhorns mascot BEVO XIV did not travel with the team last week to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl match up against the Oklahoma Sooners due to an illness. On Tuesday, the school announced that BEVO has been diagnosed with Bovine Leukemia Virus and will retire immediately.
The 2,100 pound steer will rest on a ranch with his owners, John T. and Betty Baker, who were also the owners and caretakers of his predecessor BEVO XIII.
A replacement for Sunrise Studly isn’t expected until the 2016 football season, which will feature the 100th anniversary of BEVO’s first appearance at a Texas football game on Thanksgiving.