Ole Miss is Getting a Bear
by Year2 on Oct 14, 2010 12:01 PM EDT
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The contest is over, and the Rebel Black Bear is Ole Miss's new mascot. The mascot committee voted, and 62 percent approved of the bear. Only 56 percent approved of the Land Shark, and the gray man of nebulous origins Hotty Toddy only got a 42 percent approval rating.
This outcome was fairly predictable once Lucasfilm officially put the kibosh on Admiral Ackbar's mascot campaign. Bears are common and inoffensive as far as mascots go, and judging by the relatively tepid approval (less than two thirds of the committee signed off on the bear), it won for simply those reasons. The reactions at Red Cup Rebellion are less than joyous too.
Houston Nutt will probably approve though, considering the bear is wearing his hat in two of the three images above.
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A black bear that's brown
Only Mississippi could mess this up.
by VA Libertarian on Oct 14, 2010 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ole Miss messed this up years ago
If the bear says “waka waka”, he’ll be a lot cooler.
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by GwinnettGamecock on Oct 14, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
BTW...
Black bears are both brown and black depending on the region.
But I’m just from Mississippi, so what do I know?
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by BrianWalker'sElbow on Oct 14, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
This is true
Otherwise I’d have made some kind of joke.
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Way to be dense enough to get caught up in the semantics
of color. The name of the species of bear is the “American Black Bear.”
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Take a picture, trick.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Oct 14, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think Lucasfilm shot down Ackbar on their own.
Methinks certain high university officials contacted them and asked for the denial…
"In case you're wondering what the offense should look like, that wasn't it." - Urban Meyer
The Gamecock remains the most unique mascot in the SEC
In defense of Ole Miss, at least they didn’t go with the horse
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Commodore FTW..
If Ole Miss had decided to go with the River Boat Captain, you would be correct though.
Or the shark, for that matter
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Can somebody please explain the shark thing to me?
Is there some long-standing tradition at Ole Miss concerning sharks?
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 14, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I honestly have no clue
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Not sure about this season..
but the previous 2 seasons they nicknamed their 4 down lineman/defensive unit the “Landsharks”.
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