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Makeover in store for Colonel Reb?(NA, NA, Na Hey Hey)
http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0305/20/m02.html ^
| 5-20-03
| By Andy Kanengiser
Posted on 05/20/2003 2:29:42 AM PDT by WKB
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:27:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The University of Mississippi's Colonel Reb, the old Southern gentleman who serves as the Rebels' sports mascot, could be in for a makeover to reflect the 21st century.
"It doesn't fit anything we do," Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone said Monday. Colonel Reb is "an 18th-century person," and it's not logical to keep that mascot around representing Ole Miss sports teams, he said.
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TOPICS: US: Mississippi; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: mascot; olemiss
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posted on
05/20/2003 2:29:42 AM PDT
by
WKB
To: dixiechick2000; Magnolia; Theodore R.; bourbon
Ms ping
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posted on
05/20/2003 2:32:12 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
To: WKB
Need a pic....
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posted on
05/20/2003 2:37:23 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: Cincinatus
Thanks a million!!
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posted on
05/20/2003 2:39:40 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
To: Mississippi Individual
What's the buzz in Oxford?
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posted on
05/20/2003 2:40:53 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
To: Cincinatus
"Logos and images like that get old, outdated and stale," Alford said.
Let's see now, who would make a good modern day Rebel?
Got any ideas or pics?
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posted on
05/20/2003 2:48:48 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: WKB
Let's see now, who would make a good modern day Rebel? 
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posted on
05/20/2003 3:51:58 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: WKB
It's a sad day. Ole Miss grad '76.
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posted on
05/20/2003 4:10:22 AM PDT
by
Arkie2
(TSA ="Thousands standing around")
To: Cincinatus
There is nothing wrong with that picture.
But in order to appease the Diversity Police, perhaps a black slave or two could be added.
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posted on
05/20/2003 4:19:03 AM PDT
by
albee
To: WKB
(sarcasm on) Maybe they could replace it with a Worm, call him Earthy. Who needs tradition anyway? When are we going to do something about the American Flag? The one we have now is old and tired. We need something spicey. (sarcasm off)
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posted on
05/20/2003 4:36:20 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If you're looking for a friend, get a dog.)
To: WKB
Not trying to be technical, but obviously this guy is not schooled very well. 18th Century equates to the 1700s. I believe he wanted to say 19th century since the school was founded in the 1850's.
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posted on
05/20/2003 5:24:57 AM PDT
by
Mochamadness
(First Team, Sound the Warhorns, and Forging the Warrior Spirit (JRTC))
To: WKB
"It doesn't fit anything we do," Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone said Monday. Colonel Reb is "an 18th-century person," and it's not logical to keep that mascot around representing Ole Miss sports teams, he said."Logos and images like that get old, outdated and stale," Alford said.
LOL! If the mascot is too old then maybe they should change the nickname of the school too. But I doubt Young Miss or New Miss would have the same attraction.
I think this is more about selling caps and tees than anything else. If you go to the Ole Miss official athletic web site you will find only a handful of Colonel Reb items. Although I did find this one Colonel Reb item that seems to have already been modernized..........
To: WKB
Oh, good grief...more PC police at work. Makes me ill.
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posted on
05/20/2003 6:59:52 AM PDT
by
Magnolia
To: Mochamadness
Not trying to be technical, but obviously this guy is not schooled very well
I thought about that.Maybe the writer is a Miss State grad.:>)
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posted on
05/20/2003 8:07:08 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
To: Mochamadness
t doesn't fit anything we do," Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone said Monday. Colonel Reb is "an 18th-century person," and it's not logical to keep that mascot around representing Ole Miss sports teams, he said.
It was the "Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone" who said that not the writrer. Jeez
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posted on
05/20/2003 8:13:29 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
To: WKB
What's the buzz in Oxford?
There is no buzz. This is the first I've heard about it. Of course, that's probably because right now it's between sessions, and the students are out of town.
I've got an idea for updating Col. Reb. How about putting him in this uniform?...it's totally 21st Century, and it's guaranteed to p!ss off the PC crowd!
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posted on
05/20/2003 8:42:04 AM PDT
by
bourbon
To: bourbon
Great idea!!!
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posted on
05/20/2003 8:47:35 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
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