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re: Will Ole Miss ever have to drop "Rebels"?
Posted on 6/25/15 at 9:06 am to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 6/25/15 at 9:06 am to Henry Jones Jr
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The moment we drop that or "Ole Miss" is the moment I start sending my donations to State or LSU instead.
Please make the check out to:
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
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Posted on 6/25/15 at 9:20 am to Latarian
The administration has said we are the Ole Miss Rebels and they have no plans to change that. They still play Dixie at the games. The only thing they have dropped was the Col Reb mascot. Good God, I don't know why this is so hard. FYI, the confederate flag has been gone since 1997. That is almost 20 years ago.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 10:20 am to Oxford Town
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The administration has said we are the Ole Miss Rebels and they have no plans to change that. They still play Dixie at the games. The only thing they have dropped was the Col Reb mascot. Good God, I don't know why this is so hard. FYI, the confederate flag has been gone since 1997. That is almost 20 years ago.
fricking this.
idiots kept screaming "thur gon take 'way tha name Ole Miss next....u watch'n see!!!"
meanwhile...Ole Miss signage has gone up 10x in the past 3 years.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 10:22 am to Henry Jones Jr
quote:another term for the confederate flag is the "Rebel" flag. So:
Yes we should have gotten rid of the confederate flags
Yes we should have gotten rid of Colonel Reb
Confederate flag = Col Reb = Rebel
I think it disingenuous to try to make Rebels mean something other than what it is. Rebels came before Col Reb and was actually a short lived mascot if you look at the history of the school. I am not saying that Ole Miss should dump the Rebels nickname but don't try to sell it as something that it's not. If you go back to the origin of Ole Miss becoming a Rebel, how do you tie to anything other than the rebels of the confederacy? Anyone know?
Posted on 6/25/15 at 10:27 am to bayou2003
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Damn this shite is getting out of hand....and I'm black. Wow. Is it really this serious?
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 10:28 am
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:18 pm to sjmabry
Forgot to add this: 
Not sure it was used; probably during the 80s
Not sure it was used; probably during the 80s
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:23 pm to Diamondawg
In the context of the history of the name rebels it's been in use since 36. We were the flood from 1893 until then. So the nickname has been in use far longer than the Col was official mascot.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:40 pm to DMagic
Yes - well aware of that. Went to a bunch of OM games in the 70s with my Rebel Flag in tow. Col Reb the mascot came on the scene in the late 70s. Colonel Reb, the term, goes back to the 40s though and was the term for Mr Ole Miss - or whatever it is now.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:53 pm to Oxford Town
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The administration has said we are the Ole Miss Rebels and they have no plans to change that. They still play Dixie at the games. The only thing they have dropped was the Col Reb mascot. Good God, I don't know why this is so hard.
things change. they sold rebel flags at walmart until this week. y'all had colonel reb as your mascot until a few years ago. seems like your president is very concerned with the perception of the state of Mississippi reflecting poorly on Ole Miss. If he, in the future, feels a change is needed, don't be shocked to see all of those things you listed disappear. I'd almost be willing to bet a lot of money dixie will no longer be played at games starting this football season, regardless of what he has or hasn't said to this point. It's stupid, but it's unfortunately the society we live in today.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:53 pm to Diamondawg
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Not sure it was used; probably during the 80s
looks like something sold at Stuckey's not something sold in the Ole Miss bookstore
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:54 pm to Diamondawg
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If you go back to the origin of Ole Miss becoming a Rebel, how do you tie to anything other than the rebels of the confederacy?
you don't and can't. that's exactly where it comes from
Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:02 pm to SwayzeBalla
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The University of Mississippi Fighting Black Bears sounds badass IMO
Racist!! Why can't it just be bears.. Why we gotta differentiate between bears based on color!
Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:14 pm to lsufball19
quote:Just because their cat had kittens in the oven, they want to them biscuits.
you don't and can't. that's exactly where it comes from
Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:41 pm to jatebe
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There's already a push to get rid of the "Rebel" nickname for a Vestavia Hills high school.
Wow. The name Rebel is offensive now. Guess UNLV is next...people need to ask whey do they get a pass. Wonder what the response will be
Hell might as well be equal and go after the KU for using Jayhawk...that term is offensive to some Missourians considering the Jayhawkers murdered innocent people and committed crimes too.
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:47 pm to bayou2003
Mizzou should just change from the Tigers to the Ruffians or the Quantrills. USCe can change to the Fightin' Preston Brooks.
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 2:02 pm to lsufball19
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things change. they sold rebel flags at walmart until this week. y'all had colonel reb as your mascot until a few years ago. seems like your president is very concerned with the perception of the state of Mississippi reflecting poorly on Ole Miss. If he, in the future, feels a change is needed, don't be shocked to see all of those things you listed disappear. I'd almost be willing to bet a lot of money dixie will no longer be played at games starting this football season, regardless of what he has or hasn't said to this point. It's stupid, but it's unfortunately the society we live in today.
Col Reb has been gone since 2003, that was 12 years ago. The confederate flag has been gone for almost 20 years. They have been gone for quite some time now. Ole Miss knew back in the 90s this was bringing the University down. The University has been thriving ever since. Dixie will still be played and we are still the Ole Miss Rebels no matter how many people say otherwise.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 2:06 pm to Latarian
They'll switch their mascot to this to keep Rebels
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 2:07 pm to Oxford Town
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Col Reb has been gone since 2003, that was 12 years ago. The confederate flag has been gone for almost 20 years.
it makes no difference if it was 12 years or 5 years. fact still remains, they were once one thing, and now they're another. Missisippi voted to keep the battle flag within the state flag in the early 2000s too, and that is being revisited now. Things change is all I'm saying. Just because things have been stagnant for several years now doesn't mean they will NEVER change in the future.
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 2:08 pm to Oxford Town
The confederate flag can still be found in the Grove, in multiples, any gameday in Oxford. It isn't "gone".
And people will still criticize you for it, and rightly so.
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Dixie will still be played and we are still the Ole Miss Rebels no matter how many people say otherwise.
And people will still criticize you for it, and rightly so.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 2:10 pm to Numberwang
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And people will still criticize you for it, and rightly so.
if the president of the university is petitioning the state to change the state flag, you'd have to be extremely naive or just stubborn to believe he won't petition for the removal of dixie from being played at football games eventually.
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 2:12 pm
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