NEW ORLEANS -- Before Georgia and Texas squared off in Tuesday night's Allstate Sugar Bowl, the teams' respective mascots had a tense pregame meeting.
As the handlers for Bevo XV and Uga X tried to position the pair for a pregame photo op, Bevo charged in Uga's direction, knocking down the metal barriers surrounding him and leading to a brief moment of chaos.
"We were trying to turn him around to take a picture, and he made a run for it," said Patrick Dowell, a Texas senior and one of Bevo's handlers. "He was just going to say hi.