Vick indicted in dog fighting case

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by fyrnymph

What would UT and A & M do if they didn't have each other to pick on?

hmmmm, there is always Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU, UH, Rice......oh, the list could continue.

[Kevlar281]

Wasn’t UT’s first mascot a dog? I know I’ve read that somewhere before.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Kevlar281

Wasn’t UT’s first mascot a dog? I know I’ve read that somewhere before.

Yep. "Pig" Bellmont.

"Pig was only seven weeks old when he was brought to Austin by L. Theo Bellmont, a co-founder of the Southwest Athletic Conference and the University's first athletic director. The dog was named for Gus "Pig" Dittmar, who played center for the Longhorn football team. Dittmar was known to slip through the defensive line like "a greased pig," said Nicar. "During a game in 1914, the athlete and the dog stood next to each other on the sidelines and students noticed that both were bowlegged. It was not long before the dog had found a namesake."