Georgia’s Uga stays at home; no rematch with Bevo

David Hale, ESPN Personnel WriterOct 18, 2024, 01:26 PM ET

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• College football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware.There will be
• no follow up to the well known first meeting of iconic mascots

Uga and Bevo at Saturday’s game between Georgia and Texas.Georgia mascot Uga XI will not make the trip to Austin, his owner, Charles Seiler, informed the Austin American Statesman. Seiler said travel logistics for the 2 1/2-year-old English bulldog made the trip hard. Uga XI also skipped Georgia’s road game at Kentucky earlier this season.”That’s a lot of wear and tear on the dog,” Seilee told the Statesman.”… Those games way out in the middle of the nation are difficult for us to get to. This pet that we have– well, he’s not brand-new– but he’s just 2 1/2, and we have not flown him yet, and he hasn’t been on a group bus yet. “”The pet usually misses out on a few games a year, and the 17-hour drive did us in on this one,”Seiler informed ESPN.” We’ll be enjoying on television. It makes certain to be an excellent game. “The previous Uga, Uga X, had a small encounter with Texas’ longhorn guide mascot, Bevo, prior to the 2019 Sugar Bowl in between Texas and Georgia. In a pregame photo op, Bevo knocked over an authorities barricade and appeared to charge at Uga.Neither mascot was harmed in the scenario, and the 2 did take an image together later on that day.Uga X, known as”Que, “died in January.