...a Black Bear.
I'll be honest, I kind of like it. It has historical ties to Mississippi and it's not a tiger or bulldog. I wonder how Ole Miss fans will accept it?
I just hope they name him Ackbar.
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Ackbear?
I personly thought it was a big mistake to do away with colonel reb, just to appease a small minority of people.
Yes! Admiral Ackbear!
Well done!
Well done!
Just think of what could have been...(sigh)
(Bigger sigh)
Will the Black Bear become the African-American Bear? What about Colonel Sanders? Will he get the boot too? Stay tuned.
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Just wondering when the first load of whites will be shipped forcibly to Africa. Will they call their selves American Africans?
lol@ Ole Miss teddy bears.
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Posted 14 October 2010 03:10 PM Hide Post
I personly thought it was a big mistake to do away with colonel reb, just to appease a small minority of people.
I thought the same, Carl, as do a lot of other people but the black bear it is...though we are still the Rebels! Actually, I hear that we are the Rebel "Black Bear Bryants" for this weekend-LOL.
Well if the rebs adopted the bear as a tribute to Bear Bryant, they are now my second bestest sec team.
i can't find any real connection...
i just don't get it. why a bear?
the students seem just as confused!
i just don't get it. why a bear?
the students seem just as confused!
The connection is related to William Faulkner...you should be able to find it if you google or even go to the original news story as to why the bear was selected. We are still the Ole Miss Rebels but will have a black bear on the sidelines such as Alabama has an elephant though they are the Crimson Tide and Tennessee has a blue tick hound though they are the Volunteers...
As for the students, I don't know any of them who are confused as the students voted the black bear in. If there is any confusion, it is probably because no one can quite understand why "The Colonel" cannot be our mascot any longer.
quote:Originally posted by Tw0PenniesToYa:
As for the students, I don't know any of them who are confused as the students voted the black bear in. If there is any confusion, it is probably because no one can quite understand why "The Colonel" cannot be our mascot any longer.
The Colonel and the Rebel had to go because it is no longer politically correct to reference anything pertaining to the South or that is offensive to anyone. I'm offended by the use of the word "black" in front of bear but since I'm white what offends me doesn't matter.
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Originally posted by Tw0PenniesToYa:
As for the students, I don't know any of them who are confused as the students voted the black bear in. If there is any confusion, it is probably because no one can quite understand why "The Colonel" cannot be our mascot any longer.
The Colonel and the Rebel had to go because it is no longer politically correct to reference anything pertaining to the South or that is offensive to anyone. I'm offended by the use of the word "black" in front of bear but since I'm white what offends me doesn't matter.
Remember November.
Yes, it is all about political correctness...but they didn't actually do away with "The Rebel" as their team name. They will still be the Rebels but will have a mascot other than Colonel Reb and that mascot will now be the black bear.