re: The Rebel Blackbears???

Wow....see below from the ole miss board. Very progessive indeed.

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Affirmative action at its best….. fired a perfectly good white mascot for a black one that nobody likes.

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"...But I appreciate the passion from our people...."

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Still racist!

i honestly think admiral ackbar was hilarious and a better option then any of them

I've never seen a black bear wearing a suit and tie. It seems more like a frat bear.

They should have gone with Ad Ackbar

I wonder how long it takes the politically correct police to figure out where the "fighting tigers" came from and we have to change our name to something like "the fighting regular tigers, like in the forest, nothing to do with the Confederate forces.... due to the possible offensive nature tigers"

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I wonder how long it takes the politically correct police to figure out where the "fighting tigers" came from and we have to change our name to something like "the fighting regular tigers, like in the forest, nothing to do with the Confederate forces.... due to the possible offensive nature tigers"

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i think the pc police would have a really hard time with trying to do that since the original louisiana unit with the bengal tiger is still in the order of battle of the us army.....i.e. the 141st field artillery (washington artillery of new orleans)......and the history of that unit goes back to before the mexican war

i really think they missed out on something with admiral ackbar....getting beyond their history....and a lot more fun to boot....even mike the tiger admitted in his recent espn interview that he was scared of admiral ackbar...

and so what if he looks like a catfish, that's a major industry in mississippi!!!!!

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whatever makes you feel better my man the rebel bear is pathetic faulkner or no faulkner....

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Makes me feel better? I am an LSU fan. My feelings are not hurt. People just sound stupid calling it a Rebel Black Bear, when in fact they are not combined. They are NOT the Ole Miss Rebel Black Bears. They ARE the Ole Miss Rebels. The Black Bear is literally just a dude in a costume on the sidelines.

It is amazing how dumb some people sound. How is a fricking bear pathetic? Stop sounding like a moron. Don't let your hatred for Ole Miss cloud your judgement of one of the cooler animals around in the South.

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Ever heard where Teddy Roosevelt got his nickname

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The funny part is it's a freaking LOUISIANA Black Bear.

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Louisiana Black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus)
Kingdom: Animalia Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae
Listing Status: Threatened


General Information
The Louisiana black bear is one of sixteen recognized subspecies of the American black bear U. americanus (Hall, 1981). This species was formerly widespread in North America, from northern Alaska, including Newfoundland, south to central northern Mexico (Lowrey, 1981). The Louisiana black bear is distinguished from other black bears by possessing a skull that is longer, more narrow, and flat, and by possessing proportionately large molar teeth (Nowak, 1986). Black bears are huge, bulky mammals with long black hair. Although weight varies considerably, large males may weigh more than 6OO pounds.

Lead Region: Southeast Region (Region 4)
Date Listed: Jan 7, 1992

States/US Territories in which the Louisiana Black bear is known to occur: Louisiana , Mississippi , Texas

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