Editor's note: The above video shows Texas Longhorns' mascot Bevo breaking out of his pen before the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2019.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Longhorns kick off the season this Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, against the Ohio State Buckeyes. But the biggest Longhorn, Bevo, won't be there.

Bevo -- a 2,100-pound, 10-year-old steer -- is the live mascot for the University of Texas at Austin. His handler, Ricky Brennes, said it "didn't seem like a wise decision" to bring the bovine to Ohio for this game.

"If it would have been a postseason game, I think we absolutely would have inquired about bringing him," Brennes said.

Brennes, the executive director of the Silver Spurs Alumni Association (the group responsible for transporting and handling Bevo), said the trip to Columbus this

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