MASCOT
MASCOT IN
MASCOT IN COLLEGE SPORTS. BEVO MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE
AT U-T IN 1916 -- AT
THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING RIVALRY
BETWEEN THE
BETWEEN THE
TEXAS
TEXAS LONGHORNS AND TEXAS A&M. SINCE THEN 15 STEERS HAVE REPRESENTED THE UNIVERSITY.
THE LAST THREE HAVE ALL HAILED
FROM THE SAME RANCH IN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
TERRI GRUCA WITH WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO BE PARENTS OF THE
MOST FAMOUS LONGHORN IN THE
LAND.
LAND.
LAND. LOTS OF FAMILIES RAISE
LONGHORNS. FEW HAVE AMASSED THE SUCCESS OF
CHAMPIONSHIP
STEER LIKE THE FAMILY THAT OWNS
THE LAST THREE UT
MASCOTS.
LIFE AS A MASCOT FAMILY HAS ITS
PERKS BUT FOR THIS
FAMILY -- THERE'S A GREATER
PURPOSE.
BEVO RUNNING ONTO THE FIELD
LEADING THE TEAM.
STRENGTH, POWER, PRIDE.
LONGHORN ROOTS RUN DEEP IN
TEXAS...
:30 BEVO COMES AND SMELLS MY
CAMERA
ESPECIALLY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
WHERE JOHN AND BETTY
BAKER HAVE RAISED CHAMPIONSHIP
CATTLE FOR
DECADES.
IT'S BEEN 30, 33 YEARS I GUESS
SINCE WE STARTED THIS
BETTY
BETTY -
BETTY - A
BETTY - A UT GRAD AND FORMER TWIRLER -- NEVER IMAGINED THEIR LOVE OF
LONGHORNS WOULD ONE DAY
TURN HER INTO A MASCOT MOM.
ISN'T THIS JUST THE WEIRDEST
THING THAT WE ARE SO INTO THIS
NOW
WITH BEVOS? IT'S BEEN SO GOOD SO
WONDERFUL
WONDERFUL
THEIR
THEIR LONGHORN LEGACY STARTED BY CHANCE. IN 1988 WHILE SHOWING THEIR
STEER -- THE BAKERS
BOVINES CAPTURED THE ATTENTION
OF THE UT
STEERING COMMITTEE.
IN AUGUST THEY CAME BACK AND
SAID WE REALLY LIKE HIM AND THEY
SAID CAN WE USE HIM AS BEVO AND
WE SAID SURE. THAT'S HOW IT
STARTED
LIKE SO MANY PROUD PARENTS --
THE BAKERS DON'T MISS A
GAME.
IT'S LIKE HAVING A KID DOWN
THERE AND THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE
PLAYING A GAME DOWN THERE YOU
HAVE YOUR EYES ON THEM, YOUR
BINOCULARS ON THEM THAT'S WHAT I DID AT FIRST :45 OH PLEASE BEHAVE
DON'T EMBARRASS ME
LESSONS BEGIN EARLY ON THIS 250
ACRE RANCH.
FROM BABIES TO BULLS THE BAKERS
TEACH
TEACH THEIR CATTLE TO BE COMFORTABLE AROUND PEOPLE AND NOISES.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN ONE CC OR ONE
ML OF MEDICATION GIVEN
TO
TO ANY
TO ANY SUNRISE STEERS SINCE 1988 FROM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES TO WEDDINGS TO
INAUGURATIONS.
INAUGURATIONS.
PICTURES
PICTURES BETTY 4:11-:12 THAT WAS THE DAY OF THE INAUGURATION
BEVO GETS INVITED TO A LOT OF
EVENTS.
THE BAKERS TRAVEL THE NATION --
WITH HELP FROM A
GROUP OF HANDLERS -- CALLED THE
SILVER SPURS --
UT STUDENTS THEY HELP TRAIN.
BETTY BAKER 9:00 THEY HAVE THEIR
OWN TRAILER AND TRUCK AND THEY
COME AND GET HIM :05 AND THEY
BRING HIM BACK :07
YOU'LL SEE THEM HOLDING THE
REIGNS ON GAMEDAYS.
BETTY BAKER 10:40 ONCE YOU GET
THE HALTER ON HIM HE SEEMS LIKE
HE'S A
PUPPY DOG THEN
JOHN BAKER 27:43 IT'S THE WAY
THEY'VE BEEN TREATED AND THEY
WAY THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED :47
A VISION OF STRENGTH THAT
REPRESENTS SO MUCH MORE THAN EVEN THE BAKERS REALIZED -- UNTIL THREE
UNTIL THREE
YEARS
YEARS AGO
YEARS AGO WHEN BEVO 14 GOT SICK. 14:30 I JUST KNEW WHEN HE DIDN'T COME TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS
REALLY
REALLY WRONG :33 BOVINE LEUKEMIA TOOK HIM QUICKLY IN THE MIDDLE OF
FOOTBALL SEASON.
15:34 ALL OF A SUDDEN JOHN WENT
OUT THERE ONE MORNING AND
HE WAS DEAD :37
LOOKING AT PHOTO ALBUM WITH ME
7:15 THESE ARE ALL THE CALLS AND
THE
CARDS :21
COVER THIS WITH PHOTO ALBUM
PICTURES 16:15 WE HAD LETTERS
FROM
ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND
CARDS AND FLOWERS :19
10:35
10:35 HI
10:35 HI SWEET BABY BEVO 15 TOOK THE REIGNS AS A BABY... THE BAKER'S THIRD
MASCOT --
11:18 HE AND I HAVE A SPECIAL
BOND AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD
NEVER
NEVER HAPPEN :28 ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP STEER AND THE YOUNGEST
THE YOUNGEST
MASCOT
MASCOT IN
MASCOT IN UT HISTORY. GROWING UP BEFORE OUR EYES. HIS HORNS HAVE GROWN 16 INCHES IN
THE LAST TWO
FOOTBALL SEASONS.
20:38 THEY'RE VERY STRONG IN
MANY WAYS AND THAT REPRESENTS
THE
THE
UNIVERSITY :47 <20:54 SORT OF A SYMBOL OF IT ALL
A LONGHORN LEGEND IN THE
MAKING... LONG MAY HE REIGN.
THE
THE BAKERS ALSO HOST A CAMP FOR KIDS EACH SUMMER TO TEACH THEM HOW TO CARE FOR LONGHORNS.
THEY SAY GIVING BACK TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS
OF RANCHERS IS AMONG THE MOST
FULFILLING PART
OF THEIR JOBS.
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