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On Jan. 1, 2019, two icons were set to meet at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Yes, Georgia and Texas would face off, but that wasn't the real draw. It was the meeting between the teams' mascots -- Georgia's bulldog Uga and Texas' longhorn steer Bevo -- that ultimately captured the nation's attention.
What began as a made-for-TV moment to fill airtime before kickoff ended up a near catastrophe, a showcase of the strength and majesty of the world's most famous cow, a preview of the game to come and a tangible example of the incredibly thin line between comedy and tragedy.