Besaid Aurochs The Besaid Aurochs are a blitzball team in " Final Fantasy X " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " that represent the island of Besaid . They are considered the worst team in Spira , and are mostly concerned with doing their best as opposed to winning . When Tidus , a champion blitzer , is transported to modern - day Spira , he joins the Aurochs and leads them to the tournament finals against the best team in the league , the Luca Goers . The match outcome depends on the player . The Aurochs ( with the exception of Tidus ) wear yellow uniforms with crossed black straps and black pants . Known players . The player can hire free agents from all over Spira , changing the Aurochs ' roster to from its original formation . This list is based on those known within the story to have played for the Aurochs . Story . " Final Fantasy X " . When Tidus drifts to Besaid after his encounter with Sin , he runs amid the Aurochs ' training session on the beach . He impresses the Aurochs ' captain , Wakka , by returning the Aurochs ' wayward ball with a special blitzball move ( his signature , the Sphere Shot ) , and Wakka escorts Tidus to Besaid Village where the Aurochs lodge at the Crusaders ' hut . Tidus joins the Aurochs and is to accompany the team to Luca for the upcoming blitzball tournament , subtly learning he has inadvertently joined Spira ' s worst team . Wakka explains the Aurochs don ' t care about winning as long as they do their best , but Tidus disagrees and encourages the team to aim for victory . This is to be Wakka ' s last tournament , as he is quitting the team to join summoner Yuna on her pilgrimage . Before they set out , Wakka prays for blitz success at a small shrine of Yevon outside the village and teaches Tidus how to do it as well . En route to Luca , the Aurochs run into Luca Goers who were praying for success at Kilika Temple , and get mocked . Tidus practices the special move of his father , the blitzball star Jecht , and masters it , awing the Aurochs who unsuccessfully try copy him . As the teams arrive in Luca the announcers introduce each one to the crowds , praising the Goers and deriding the Aurochs . Tidus is annoyed although Wakka tells him it ' s the same every year . Tidus grabs a megaphone and climbs onto a pile of crates , announcing that this year the Aurochs are taking the cup much to Wakka ' s embarrassment . The Aurochs retire to the locker rooms all but for Tidus who tours Luca with Yuna . Due to luck the Aurochs get seeded through the first round and are to play the Al Bhed Psyches next , but the Al Bhed kidnap Yuna , apparently to try and force the Aurochs into losing the match . While the game is on Tidus leads Yuna ' s other guardians to board the Al Bheds ' ship and save Yuna . Once she is recovered Lulu shoots a flare into the sky , notifying Wakka of their success , and the Aurochs win the game and go on to face the Goers for the final . Wakka took a pummeling in the semi - finals and relinquishes his captain ' s position to Tidus . However , Tidus sits out the last part of the match as the crowd begins to chant for Wakka , letting him play in his final game in the Aurochs . If the Aurochs win they get the crystal cup , but regardless Wakka bids the team goodbye as they remain behind in Luca to partake in the blitzball league , now captained by Tidus , who can enlist many new players for the team . As Yuna and her guardians battle Sin on the Al Bheds ' airship , the Aurochs return home to Besaid . As Sin is destroyed and falls from the sky they watch in awe over a bonfire , but the team again loses its captain as Tidus disappears . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Though Wakka has returned to his old life in Besaid , he is not rejoining the Aurochs as he has married Lulu who is expecting their first child . The Aurochs have joined the Youth League who send Beclem to train them . Beclem had heard many a praising on Wakka from his late brother Chappu who was a Crusader , but is disappointed when meeting Wakka and the Aurochs face to face and puts them through a grueling training regimen . Wakka and Lulu have their baby and the Aurochs decide to skip this year ' s league in favor of looking after him , asking the Gullwings to take their place . As Yuna and Tidus are reunited off the coast of Besaid , the Aurochs , among the other Besaid villagers , cheer on the beach . " Final Fantasy X - 2 . 5 ~ Eien no Daishō ~ " . A welcome party is to be arranged for Yuna and Tidus ' s return . As they head to the village Wakka and the Aurochs tell Tidus of everything that had happened during his two year absence , and how they have returned to their losing streak after Tidus left . As the party preparations are underway they return to the beach where Wakka shows Tidus the Aurochs ' new boat , the " S . S . Ace " , described as small , slightly worn out and yellow . The Aurochs ' crystal cup is placed on top . After Tidus and Yuna go missing the villagers find the boat gone , and only recover the trophy from the stormy sea . Etymology . An aurochs is an extinct species of bovine with resemblance to an ox , but this has nothing to do with the origin of the team ' s name . If one considers their logo , it is a picture of a snail - like shell .