Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Oct 14, 2010 5:42pm
WTF are they thinking......
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2010/10/new_ole_miss_mascot_to_be_rebe.html
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2010/10/new_ole_miss_mascot_to_be_rebe.html
Jughead
Posts: 1,261
Oct 14, 2010 6:35pm
We want Ackbar, damnit!
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Oct 14, 2010 6:41pm
Waiting for someone to say BLACK bear is racist. 
HAHA
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Oct 14, 2010 7:11pm
Forgive me, but why are they doing away with Colonel Reb?
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Oct 14, 2010 7:26pm
bigkahuna;519711 wrote:Forgive me, but why are they doing away with Colonel Reb?
Political Correctness. The school officially stated there was concern the mascot kept African-American students/student-athletes from enrolling at Ole Miss, thus the change.
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Oct 14, 2010 7:36pm
'Rebel White Bear' would have been protested as racist.
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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Oct 14, 2010 8:06pm
Speedofsand;519732 wrote:'Rebel White Bear' would have been protested as racist.
Actually, it would just be the Ole Miss Polar Bears.. noting racist about that
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Oct 14, 2010 8:17pm
Only in the SEC...
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Oct 14, 2010 8:21pm
They actually did try to work out an agreement with Lucasfilms to use Admiral Acbar as their mascot but Lucasfilms was unwilling to give them permission.
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Oct 14, 2010 11:44pm
Where do these bears live in Mississippi, Pascagoula?
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Oct 14, 2010 11:55pm
As a proud liberal, PC can go Fuck Itself.Little Danny;519718 wrote:Political Correctness. The school officially stated there was concern the mascot kept African-American students/student-athletes from enrolling at Ole Miss, thus the change.
Sykotyk
Posts: 1,155
Oct 15, 2010 12:58am
bigk, same with me. However, I'm sure the school knows their numbers and is trying to figure out how to diversify their campus and having an old white plantation owner for a mascot may be seen as a possible reason.
Either way, the black bear just seems out of place without a name change to correspond.
Sykotyk
Either way, the black bear just seems out of place without a name change to correspond.
Sykotyk
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Tiernan
Posts: 13,021
Oct 15, 2010 8:40am
Wow how condescending can these idiots be? Its a racist slap in the face to all prospective African-American students to believe these young men & women might be basing their college choice on who / what the efn mascot might be.
...and doesn't the word "Rebel" conjure up images of slavery no matter whether its attached to a bear or an old man? Too bad Katrina didn't finish the job in Mississippi.
...and doesn't the word "Rebel" conjure up images of slavery no matter whether its attached to a bear or an old man? Too bad Katrina didn't finish the job in Mississippi.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Oct 15, 2010 8:46am
Admiral Ackbar would have been awesome
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
Oct 15, 2010 9:41am
darbypitcher22;520077 wrote:Admiral Ackbar would have been awesome
Absolutely
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Oct 16, 2010 12:12am
Well, I'm 1/2 black but fully don't give a shit if their mascot is a plantation owner.
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Oct 16, 2010 12:51am
How come nobody says chit about UNLV being the Running Rebs?
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dtdtim
Posts: 358
Oct 16, 2010 7:01am
If Ole Miss put as much thought and time into improving their academic reputation as they did their mascot, maybe more people would enroll.
Rebel Black Bear or Colonel Reb, it is still MISSISSIPPI.
Rebel Black Bear or Colonel Reb, it is still MISSISSIPPI.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Oct 16, 2010 9:08am
Because obviously, their mascot isn't some rebel caricature (sarcasm alert).Little Danny;521268 wrote:How come nobody says chit about UNLV being the Running Rebs?
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Oct 16, 2010 9:29am
dtdtim;521328 wrote:If Ole Miss put as much thought and time into improving their academic reputation as they did their mascot, maybe more people would enroll.
Rebel Black Bear or Colonel Reb, it is still MISSISSIPPI.
Not sure if you have ever been to Oxford, MS but Ole Miss is one of the nicest campuses in the country. It very much looks like Miami (OH) in Oxford, OH with all of its brick buildings and green space. What's more, Ole Miss may have the hottest co-eds east of Arizona State. They are one of the better academic schools in the SEC (albeit they are a far cry from Vanderbilt which is nothing to be ashamed of).
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Oct 16, 2010 9:37am
Little Danny;521359 wrote:Not sure if you have ever been to Oxford, MS but Ole Miss is one of the nicest campuses in the country. It very much looks like Miami (OH) in Oxford, OH with all of its brick buildings and green space. What's more, Ole Miss may have the hottest co-eds east of Arizona State. They are one of the better academic schools in the SEC (albeit they are a far cry from Vanderbilt which is nothing to be ashamed of).
LOL, what?
This whole post is full of crap, do you say the same things about every school?