CNN —A popular member of the Texas Longhorns’ contingent won’t be able to attend the Southeastern Conference championship game on Saturday in Atlanta. The current mascot Bevo, known as Bevo XV, weighs 1,700 pounds, according to the Associated Press. 2 Texas, in its first year as a member of the SEC after leaving the Big 12, will take on No. “When we received the request for Bevo to be on the sideline in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, our staff looked at several alternatives including the sideline location,” SEC spokesman Chuck Dunlap said. “The reality is there is limited sideline space at the stadium.

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