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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.
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.
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.
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.
Is this seriously happening?
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).
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.
We of vintage age think of SNL's land shark skits from their first season.
It was absurd and brilliant nonsense.
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
I like patriot.
Telegram! (before the Candygram):
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.
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.
This may have been the moment Greyson Lambert decided it was time to transfer. Nobody knew what the hell this thing identified as....
I stop reading after there was nothing traitorous about the Confederacy.