New Ole Miss logo and mascot

Thelordjohnson

I dont get the hate. I honestly like it. Its different and cool to me.

Reeldawg

@dbrown7494 said:
I have heard the Oxford courts have put out a restraining order on Jim McElwain. Due to prior inappropriate relations with a shark.

I can only speak for myself, but this is the funniest post I have read in a long time.

pgjackson

I guess they don’t know that a “Landshark” is a dude who hangs out in bars trying to pick up drunk women. Essentially a sexual predator.

Should have gone with Admiral Ackbar like the students wanted.

Reeldawg

I think they should dump the mascot idea all together. A landshark is just silly.

I would dump the shark and rebel and stick with Ole Miss.

If you had to pick something, try the official state animal - the white tailed deer. Maybe something like the Bucks.

As an aside - we should be respectful of “Tony” which is the name of the landshark.

He was an alumnis and former linebacker who was killed while serving in Iraq.

levander

It’s not that bad. But it looks like they tried to get something designed on the cheap. It’s about what you’d expect out of a JUCO program or a minor league baseball team.

A lot of SEC schools have branding that’s better than a lot of what you’ll find in the NFL or NBA.

Short of just a really **** color like neon baby blue (Florida) or pastel orange (Tennessee), This land shark nonsense is some of the worst we have in the SEC.

WCDawg

@SWGADAWG said:
Just awful, is this an attempt to have a more politically correct mascot? Awful move just like the braves.

KnockAhoma was a horrible stereotype.
I don't have a problem with Ole Piss losing The ole ''forget hell'' traitor as a symbol, but a shark ? it is beyond lame.

ThisDawg

Is this seriously happening?

Raiderbeater1

@EastAtlDawg said:
They jus need to change the SCHOOL mascot to something else. As a black man there mascot has always offended me.Colonel Reb always looked liked he owned a bunch of slaves.The rebels mean nothing more than keeping African Americans as slaves to myself as United States citizen and many more African Americans.

Yea. Many people will hate the change of tradition....although most don’t like what it alludes to...the glory days of the confederacy (which wasn’t a great time for Americans). I think they should have kept the name “Rebels” and changed the mascot to a bear or shark or whatever (kinda like Alabama Crimson Tide is an Elephant) Try to push the image toward a different kind of rebel (aka Revolutionary war Patriot, etc).

greshamdisco

What is it about teams in the west having to have two or three mascots? I’m not sure what sharks have to do with Mississippi. They should be the Ole Miss Sanctions or the Ole Miss Probationary Players.

WCDawg

@pgjackson said:
I guess they don’t know that a “Landshark” is a dude who hangs out in bars trying to pick up drunk women. Essentially a sexual predator.

Should have gone with Admiral Ackbar like the students wanted.

We of vintage age think of SNL's land shark skits from their first season.
It was absurd and brilliant nonsense.

DawgBones

Is it just me or does anyone else see some weird resemblance of the Japanese, Godzilla vs Ultraman characters? I mean its just uncanny how Ultraman does the shark pose, or vise a versa.

https://www.deviantart.com/samdelatorre/art/Godzilla-Classic-vs-Ultraman-747039883

EastAtlDawg

@Raiderbeater1 said:

@EastAtlDawg said:
They jus need to change the SCHOOL mascot to something else. As a black man there mascot has always offended me.Colonel Reb always looked liked he owned a bunch of slaves.The rebels mean nothing more than keeping African Americans as slaves to myself as United States citizen and many more African Americans.

Yea. Many people will hate the change of tradition....although most don’t like what it alludes to...the glory days of the confederacy (which wasn’t a great time for Americans). I think they should have kept the name “Rebels” and changed the mascot to a bear or shark or whatever (kinda like Alabama Crimson Tide is an Elephant) Try to push the image toward a different kind of rebel (aka Revolutionary war Patriot, etc).

I like patriot.

FirePlugDawg

@WCDawg said:

@pgjackson said:
I guess they don’t know that a “Landshark” is a dude who hangs out in bars trying to pick up drunk women. Essentially a sexual predator.

Should have gone with Admiral Ackbar like the students wanted.

We of vintage age think of SNL's land shark skits from their first season.
It was absurd and brilliant nonsense.

Telegram! (before the Candygram):

FirePlugDawg

@pgjackson said:
I guess they don’t know that a “Landshark” is a dude who hangs out in bars trying to pick up drunk women. Essentially a sexual predator.

Should have gone with Admiral Ackbar like the students wanted.

FYI, the word "admiral" is derived from an Arabic word. So, Admiral Ackbar is totally Arabic. But Ole West is in the West, so there's that.

FirePlugDawg

@WCDawg said:

@SWGADAWG said:
Just awful, is this an attempt to have a more politically correct mascot? Awful move just like the braves.

KnockAhoma was a horrible stereotype.
I don't have a problem with Ole Piss losing The ole ''forget hell'' traitor as a symbol, but a shark ? it is beyond lame.

There was nothing traitorous about the Confederacy. Research how the US Constitution was prepared and you'll see that the States were in control of their fate. Also how the Articles of Confederation were abandoned. Those 2 events make it clear that the States controlled their sovereignty. (And, yes, slavery was horrible but slavery was abolished as a moral justification for the terrible battlefield slaughter, not the prime reason. What could the prime reason be: $$ as usual. The South was for free-trade, and were international traders. The North was for tariffs. Sound familiar?) The South can have remorse for slavery - as should all Americans, as slavery was in the North too - but Not the Confederacy. Rather than another flame war with you, that's all I'll say.

Also, Rebels is a Yankee name. Should never have been the Rebels. The South did not rebel. It left, as was its right.