Trivia Question answer...
As much as I don't want to talk about football right now, I owe you an answer on the Bevo Question. Most people on both websites, (I have a mirror site on xanga.com) gave the same story that I had heard about the brand being changed from 13-0 to BEVO.
The truth, according to the UT website, is that although the stupid cow...ummmm sorry... uhhh... bull WAS branded by the aggies with a huge 13-0, the brand was never changed and he was eventually slaughtered and BBQd, with the 13-0 side being served to the aggies at a football banquet.
The name BEVO apparently either comes from a brand of near-beer that was popular at the time, or from the fact that beeve is plural for beef, and during the first decade of the 20th century everyone knew this.
I like the other version better, but apparently it's an urban legend that is still going strong after 90 years.
The truth, according to the UT website, is that although the stupid cow...ummmm sorry... uhhh... bull WAS branded by the aggies with a huge 13-0, the brand was never changed and he was eventually slaughtered and BBQd, with the 13-0 side being served to the aggies at a football banquet.
The name BEVO apparently either comes from a brand of near-beer that was popular at the time, or from the fact that beeve is plural for beef, and during the first decade of the 20th century everyone knew this.
I like the other version better, but apparently it's an urban legend that is still going strong after 90 years.
posted by Jack at 12:01
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