As evidenced by the sideline brawls and sign-stealing scandals of games past, emotions run high on college football gamedays. Sometimes so high that even the teams’ mascots feel compelled to get in on the action.

At least that’s what happened at the 2019 Sugar Bowl between the University of Texas and the University of Georgia. The two schools’ mascots, Texas' longhorn "Bevo" and Georgia's bulldog "Uga," were getting together for a pregame photo-op when Bevo (who weighs roughly a ton) jumped out of his enclosure and charged at Uga .

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Neither mascot nor any people were injured, though the narrowly avoided disaster rattled the handlers, photographers and commentators watching live.

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