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Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:26 pm to lefty08
It would be way cooler become pirates and Jean Lafitte the French Bulldog as the mascot
Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:34 pm to lefty08
At least name their Bulldog Pirate
Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:37 pm to lefty08
There is actually a rich history of pirate activity all along the gulf coast that many people have never heard of. There are still likely treasures from shipwrecks to be found from the FL west coast up through the panhandle, across the northern gulf coast, and wrapping around Louisiana and the TX coast. There was a lot of pirate activity on the MS coast. So it’s actually historically accurate and fitting to use “The Pirates”.
That age pre-dates the colonial south so it’s not popular in southern US culture but it wouldn’t be unfitting to use that genre as the mascot and character for the state.
Swing your sword!!
That age pre-dates the colonial south so it’s not popular in southern US culture but it wouldn’t be unfitting to use that genre as the mascot and character for the state.
Swing your sword!!
Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:51 pm to RollTideRandall
Pirates do not have cowbells, it’s a win for us all 
Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:57 pm to BearCrocs
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MSU Pirates sounds fricking awesome.
It’s not like fricking pirates weren’t all over the Gulf Coast, either. Make it happen, Schtate!
Posted on 12/13/22 at 7:59 pm to lefty08
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Bulldogs are too generic anyhow.
40 years ago, I did a short stint in telemarketing sales for a small company that sold promotional spirit items for high schools. While I failed miserably...the ability to sit down in front of a phone and make money come out of it is a rare gift, and I ain't got it...I did learn that (or so I was told) the most common HS mascot nationwide is Bulldogs (MSU, Jawja, Citadel in the college ranks). I would have said Tigers is more common. Regardless, I'll vote for the Pirates.
Posted on 12/13/22 at 8:04 pm to Broadside Bob
Keep it the bulldogs but just make the bulldog have a pirate attitude with hat, hook, eyepatch and peg leg
Posted on 12/13/22 at 10:11 pm to AUWDE
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Pirates do not have cowbells, it’s a win for us all
See my earlier post trading cowbells for swords probably not the best idea.
Posted on 12/13/22 at 11:55 pm to lefty08
Great minds think alike. I didn't see anything posted about it but I agree. State fans with fake swords and pirate garb would make for an amazing atmosphere. Leach gave his all for State and truly loved his team. I think it's the right thing to do.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 1:39 am to lefty08
Mississippi State Peglegs.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 6:18 am to RollTideRandall
That height of that age was actually during the colonial south and ended in the early 1800s. There is a really great book on the subject called The Pirates Lafitte.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 7:51 am to lefty08
I like the clip where he says that more programs should have Gorillas as their mascots.
Mike Leach on Pitt State Gorillas
Mike Leach on Pitt State Gorillas
Posted on 12/14/22 at 7:58 am to lefty08
they don't have to change it, they can add a pirate mascot on the sideline
there should be something that looks like the ECU pirate mascot down there from here on out
make the face look something like Leach and have his wife approve it
there should be something that looks like the ECU pirate mascot down there from here on out
make the face look something like Leach and have his wife approve it
Posted on 12/14/22 at 8:08 am to Harry Rex Vonner
NO
Posted on 12/14/22 at 8:11 am to madmaxvol
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like the clip where he says that more programs should have Gorillas as their mascots.
I was always blown away by the gorilla mascots in Kansas. Always wondered why people didn’t use it more as well.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 8:16 am to lefty08
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State should change their mascot
From the bulldogs to the pirates.
That may be the best suggestion I ever read on this board. That would be awesome and great PR for Miss. State, who it seems can never get a break.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:20 am to lefty08
As long as the pirates do not get offended like the Native Americans have with team names like the Redskins, Indians, Braves etc.
We live in a PC and woke society now.
We live in a PC and woke society now.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:30 am to lefty08
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