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re: Rank the SECw Mascots
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:04 pm to JasoNdaTiger
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:04 pm to JasoNdaTiger
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Plus some of my freinds who go to school there say Colonel Reb was biased off a black man.
Actually, that doesn't really help. The argument that it's not racist revolves around the idea that they made a black guy white rather than allowing their mascot to be black?
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Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:04 pm to RebelFreeze48
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Blind Jim Ivy
No he wasn't.
One amateur historian said he might be based off of him, but was laughed off.
There's also a super easy eye test to determine if he was based off of this blind Jim Ivey character.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:04 pm to hg
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He looks like he has aids
he gots that ebola, yo.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:05 pm to Slippery Slope
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After becoming very successful Aubie drew national attention and has spun the wheel with Pat and Vannah on Wheel of Fortune, headlined many Capital One Mascot Bowl commercials, and was featured in a story in Playboy Magazine.
I has intrigue
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:06 pm to Slippery Slope
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No he wasn't.
Yes he was.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:07 pm to Landmass
If the rebel mascot was based off a black guy, then why wasnt the mascot's skin black?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:08 pm to RebelFreeze48
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While University of Mississippi historian David Sansing has stated that "Blind Jim [Ivy] may have been the model for Colonel Rebel." This conclusion is not supported by other historical research. Accordingly, William F. Winter Professor of History, Charles Eagles, contends in his book "The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss" that this is clearly not the case. Sansing cites "the late Frank Everett" as the sole basis for this conclusion.[1][2]
So yeah whatever
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:09 pm to Slippery Slope
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:15 pm to Landmass
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:16 pm to ChexMix
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:19 pm to ChexMix
Unbiased opinion is Arkansas' mascot. A razorback is just badass and unique.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:20 pm to randomways
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Actually, that doesn't really help. The argument that it's not racist revolves around the idea that they made a black guy white rather than allowing their mascot to be black?
That's not my argument, I was simply saying they should have replaced colonel Reb with something without the word Black in it. It's just stupid for them to come out with a mascot that is black and has nothing to do with the university. That's like Donald sterling saying he's not racist three days after he was racist.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:21 pm to JasoNdaTiger
I'd be okay with a shark...since Landshark is used a lot. But I'd rather not have a mascot at all if Colonel Reb can't be used.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:22 pm to RebelFreeze48
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But I'd rather not have a mascot at all if Colonel Reb can't be used.
Agree 100%
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:22 pm to PythagoreanTiger
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Aubie. And it isn't even close.
LINK
I think him being interviewed in Playboy trumps championships anyway.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:25 pm to bucknut
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Unbiased opinion is Arkansas' mascot. A razorback is just badass and unique.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:25 pm to RebelFreeze48
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I'd be okay with a shark...since Landshark is used a lot. But I'd rather not have a mascot at all if Colonel Reb can't be used.
If I was running Public Relations over there, I'd choose a land shark as well. Y'all's fans love it, it has to do with the football program, and it comes with a hand gestures for the fans.
I think that was an obvious choice. honestly, It looks like the PR is full of a bunch idiots at OM.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:26 pm to JasoNdaTiger
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Plus some of my freinds who go to school there say Colonel Reb was biased off a black man.
surely you aren't that obtuse. 
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:26 pm to Landmass
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:27 pm to JasoNdaTiger
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If I was running Public Relations over there, I'd choose a land shark as well. Y'all's fans love it, it has to do with the football program, and it comes with a hand gestures for the fans.
I think that was an obvious choice. honestly, It looks like the PR is full of a bunch idiots at OM.
A shark was a choice when they did the voting. But I think the voting was rigged by the administration. I feel the shark was voted a bunch. Buy they had their mind made up about the bear. Our administration can be stupid at times.
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