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re: Rebel Bear To Make First Appearance This Spring
Posted on 2/7/11 at 5:43 pm to DCRebel
Posted on 2/7/11 at 5:43 pm to DCRebel
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How myopic of you. The "pc crowd" doesn't base their opinions and claims primarily on that of football. Sure, some (Tommy Tuberville, for example) have said that certain bits of Old South imagery have hurt Ole Miss' recruiting, and we all know that State has for decades been telling recruits that we're racist (some of the stuff posted on CJ Johnson's wall was evidence enough of that), but these changes have as much to do with fundraising and academics as they do with football.
It absolutely has everything to do with recruiting plus giving the school a mascot it can (hopefully) make money off of. At least now, the administration won't be able to use symbols as an excuse for us not winning championships. They have been doing this since the late 1970's all the while conveniently ignoring the fact of the facilities arms race that we were losing in the SEC.
This post was edited on 2/7/11 at 5:56 pm
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Posted on 2/7/11 at 5:44 pm to Toddy
and when yall fail to win in the next few years the people will shift blame to the name rebels and it will come under fire and just like col reb it will be gone except with even less of a fight
Posted on 2/7/11 at 5:46 pm to DCRebel
lol @ the "bear making his first appearance in spring"
Posted on 2/7/11 at 5:55 pm to heartbreakTiger
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and when yall fail to win in the next few years the people will shift blame to the name rebels and it will come under fire and just like col reb it will be gone except with even less of a fight
There is no doubt the names "Rebels" and "Ole Miss" will be gone in a few short years. The younger posters on here have not been around as long as I have and Have not heard the continuous LIES from the administration concerning our symbols. It was only 8 short years ago that the chancellor flat out said that "Colonel Reb will always be our mascot and "Dixie" would always be played". It's true that "Dixie" is still played but not for long. All of this started in 1979 when Traveler was banned from the sidelines. Traveler was a stallion that was named after Robert E. Lee's horse. It continued in the 1980's with the disassociation of the university with the confederate flag culminating with a ban in 1997. The 1990's also saw more things like Colonel Reb disappearing on a lot of merchandise, confederate themed streets on campus were renamed (Confederate Drive was renamed All-American Drive)
Finally 2003 arrives and they announce (between summer school sessions) that Colonel Reb will not be on the sidelines anymore.
ALl of the symbols including the name "Ole Miss" are going to be gone. It's best they just finish it off than doing this piecemeal shite IMO.
I'm not saying some things didn't need changing but no one should kid themselves that this will be the end. We've been hearing this was the end since 1997.
This post was edited on 2/7/11 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 2/7/11 at 5:58 pm to Toddy
once it is all gone elisha and dc will be happy
Posted on 2/7/11 at 6:17 pm to heartbreakTiger
If my degree still gets me a job and they play sports on that court, field, diamond, etc.....i'll get over it.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 12:13 am to heartbreakTiger
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once it is all gone elisha and dc will be happy
Posted on 2/8/11 at 12:55 am to inelishaitrust
i miss the muppets. they woulda been cooler than a bear.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 7:34 am to heartbreakTiger
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once it is all gone elisha and dc will be happy
I'm already quite happy. I don't need insignificant symbols to love my alma mater.
Troll harder.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 7:35 am to Toddy
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It absolutely has everything to do with recruiting plus giving the school a mascot it can (hopefully) make money off of.
No it doesn't, and if you can't see that then you're just being a stubborn a-hole. The removal of the confederate flag, Dixie, etc., has much more to do with academic fundraising, hiring professors, and securing corporate donations than it does with football.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 7:38 am to heartbreakTiger
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they have bent over backwards to be pc and give up their history
What "history?"
Ole Miss' football teams were known as the Mississippi Flood until the 1930's. Before that they were called simply "the red and blue." Their logo consisted of a block letter "M" and an all-seeing eye (a lot like what's on the dollar... Ole Miss fans, look at the floor in Martindale, that symbol used to be on pennants and flags and stuff).
And, regarding Colonel Reb, he wasn't a mascot until the 1970's. I don't really get the "history" and "tradition" angle here.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 7:40 am to heartbreakTiger
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to many ole miss fans are liberals
First of all, the word is "too," and if you think Ole Miss fans are liberal then you're even dumber than you look. Ole Miss is consistently ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the most conservative college campuses in America.
And, really, stop taking a non-political issue and turning it into one.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 9:16 am to Notherdamnhog
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Yall let opposing fans run out onto the field at V-HS? That's pretty cool.
Of course they do, their are no Bear fans in VHS by the end of a Bear game anyway. We do what ever we want. That's why Mullen said ANY stadium in MS is our home field.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 9:30 am to MaroonNation
You giuys will have to change your uniforms. Can't have a black bear with red/blue.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 9:33 am to Toddy
how special
Posted on 2/8/11 at 9:34 am to pitbull1Ark
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You giuys will have to change your uniforms. Can't have a black bear with red/blue.
Says who?
Posted on 2/8/11 at 10:30 am to DCRebel
I'd like to burn this thread to the ground.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 10:36 am to DCRebel
I like the flag in your av. I guess its an alternate state flag...
Posted on 2/8/11 at 10:43 am to wmr
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I like the flag in your av. I guess its an alternate state flag...
It was the state flag before the current flag was adopted.
Posted on 2/8/11 at 10:45 am to DCRebel
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I don't really get the "history" and "tradition" angle here.
1947 and it is not hard to find older ones
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