The University of Texas at Austin
10/15/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/15/2024 11:10
SEC Connections: Georgia
In our new series SEC Connections, we take a quick look at coincidences, partnerships and parallels between The University of Texas at Austin and our sister schools in the Southeastern Conference. This week, the University of Georgia.
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Texas and Georgia both have had dogs for mascots. While we all know Georgia's bulldog mascot is Uga, from 1914 until the first Bevo was introduced in 1916, UT's mascot was a pit bull named Pig Bellmont, the pet of Athletics Director Theo Bellmont.
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