[Exeter]

"It just didn't look athletic," he said of Colonel Rebel. "It was an old man with a cane."

And the mascot of the Syracuse Orangemen or the Youngstown Penguins or the Ohio State Buckeyes is supposed to strike fear in their opponents' hearts? But what worries me more is changing the name of the school itself. As an alum of Mississippi State University I'm one of thousands who's second favorite cheer has always been "Go to Hell, Ole Miss, go to Hell!" We wouldn't feel comfortable yelling anything else...

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Actually, a lot of sportscasters have dropped the Ole Miss name already. Many of them call them Mississippi, which doesn't have nearly the charm, but is less offensive, I presume. There was an interesting article about the origin of Colonel Reb posted a couple of weeks ago. Turns out he was based on a black man well known around campus for years. LOL!