COALMONT, Colo. — Ralphie is arguably one of the most famous mascots in all of college football.

There are only six ranching families that can claim to have donated a Ralphie to the University of Colorado Boulder, until now.

Eagle’s Wing Ranch becomes the seventh.

When CU went looking for a buffalo that loves to run and might be comfortable doing it in front of 55,000 people, they called the ranch.

Jim Beauprez and his wife Julie found the perfect Ralphie in their 300 head of buffalo, and the rest is history.

“There are only six other ranching families that can say they donated Ralphie,” Jim Beauprez said.

“It was surreal. I didn’t realize how big a deal that mascot is,” Julie Beauprez said.

Jim Beauprez, his parents, his uncle, and his siblings all graduated from CU Boulder.

They

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