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New Ole Miss logo and mascot

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    WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @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.

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    ThisDawgThisDawg Posts: 970 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Is this seriously happening?

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    Raiderbeater1Raiderbeater1 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @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).

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    greshamdiscogreshamdisco Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    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.

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    WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @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.

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    DawgBonesDawgBones Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited August 2018

    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

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    EastAtlDawgEastAtlDawg Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @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.

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    FirePlugDawgFirePlugDawg Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @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):

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    FirePlugDawgFirePlugDawg Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @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. :*

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    FirePlugDawgFirePlugDawg Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited August 2018

    @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.

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    BobcatGradBobcatGrad Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    This may have been the moment Greyson Lambert decided it was time to transfer. Nobody knew what the hell this thing identified as....

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    EastAtlDawgEastAtlDawg Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @FirePlugDawg said:

    @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.

    I stop reading after there was nothing traitorous about the Confederacy.

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    JayDogJayDog Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Wait...this thread is not a joke? Ole Miss is really going to be the "Landsharks" now? Amazing.

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    NYCLawDawgNYCLawDawg Posts: 66 ✭✭✭ Junior

    @EastAtlDawg said:

    @FirePlugDawg said:

    @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.

    I stop reading after there was nothing traitorous about the Confederacy.

    What an amazing post and thank you for the history lesson. You definitely changed my mind on what went down 160 years ago! Keep up the good work sir. Everyone else take note: Discussions of mascots are the perfect segue to Antebellum politics.

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    christopheruleschristopherules Posts: 14,296 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @ForestryDawg said:

    @ForestryDawg said:

    I’m pretty certain he’s thinking, “oh my!, how romantic!”

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    pgjacksonpgjackson Posts: 17,740 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I have a feeling the #metoo folks are going to have a problem with this. That mascot actually looks like someone who is trying to “scam” (as we used to say back in college) on a drunk woman.

    Tell me that mascot doesn’t look like Pal from Uncle Buck
    http://www.tzr.io/yarn-clip/7a53eb9a-b622-41b7-8bd9-183a7822f3e9

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    pgjacksonpgjackson Posts: 17,740 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Landshark defined:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PaN_23J9wWo

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    AndersonDawgAndersonDawg Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Changing from Colonel Reb was a good idea. Deciding on a LandShark is OK. Naming him after a fallen hero is outstanding!

    Making the shark look like a wimp???

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    ReeldawgReeldawg Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I was a victim of some poor reporting.

    “Tony” was an Iraq veteran who played linebacker for Ole Miss. He died prematurely but not in action.

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    PeachCoDawgPeachCoDawg Posts: 489 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    @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.

    I knew Chief KnockAhoma. He lived in Macon and my buddy's dad was a postman there growing up. I used to know his real name but that was 40 years ago almost. He was a really cool guy. Loved playing the character. He was either Creek or Cherokee, which I am. Well, a quarter. BTW I thought the Ol Miss thing was a joke. I don't know what to think bout that. Looks like arena ball

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