Ole Miss Unveils "Official" Mascot Renderings

[footballfiji]

So Auburn is the Tigers but has a live eagle. Alabama is the Crimson Tide but has an elephant. Tennessee is the Volunteers but has a Blue Tick Hound. Ole Miss is the Rebels but will have one of these three head scratchers.

Oh for the future, when no SEC mascot actually makes a ton of sense.

Maybe Vandy will replace the Commodore with a Ship. Florida will replace the Gator with a Jorts wearing anthropomorphized Tim Tebow. Mississippi State will replace the Bulldog with a Bull/Hound hybrid (like a Minotaur) and Kentucky will replace the Wildcat with Goldie Hawn.

[footballfiji]

And Ole Miss might want to take a trip to a Wizards game before choosing "Hotty Toddy""

[BigMac12]

I'll go with the bear, but I had no problem with Col. Reb.

[TFoA]

Hotty Toddy will probably win...which will lead to Hotty Toddy morphing into Colonel Reb in about 10-15 years.

[Cujo]

If selected, Hotty Toddy would be the next 'Marquette Gold' of college rebranding.

That being said, I hope he wins in a landslide!

[Sport]

I loved the idea of Admiral Ackbar as the new mascot. At least he was actually a rebel of some sort.

[LMU]

I vote Landshark, only if he brings a candy gram to the opposing mascot.

[Cola]

I personally like the Lion and play on words with Rebellion.

Either way won't matter much, they will still be the Rebels.

[tubby34]

Akbar!

[Viper]

I realize there's just supposed to be one Hotty Toddy, but the three examples shown here bear an uncanny resemblance to Blue Man Group.

[Brave-Bird 08]

are there bears in Mississippi? and the shark would be so dumb.

[Brave-Bird 08]

idea. Ole Miss is known to have the best looking females in the SEC, which says a lot. Why dont they just have some hot chick costume made? or better, just have a REAL hot chick roam the sidelines?? I mean, either that or do Admiral Ackbar

[RuffDawg]

Florida will replace the Gator with a Jorts wearing anthropomorphized Tim Tebow.

This made me laugh really hard. Personally, I prefer the bear but I don't quite understand the fuss over Colonel Reb.

[SilverNRed]

Anything other than Admiral Akbar is a giant disappointment. "It's a trap!!"

And "Hotty Toddy"? Did they seriously try to come up with the worst mascot idea they possibly could? If so, mission accomplished.

[ONUV]

we have two mascots. davy crockett, the original mascot, and smokey.

[knnhrvy16]

I honestly like them all, they're pretty cool to me. I think a land shark would be unique, because frankly you don't see very many shark mascots out there. But I wouldn't mind seeing either of the other options either.

EDIT: I forgot to add, if Admiral Ackbar was an option however, it would dominate the competition. It'd have my vote easily.

SECOND EDIT: 400th post!!

[vmd9]

Anything is better than Admiral Akbar, no reference to Star Wars or Star Trek or Star whatever should be in sports. That stuff was not cool when it came out and still is lame.

[illwauk]

Florida will replace the Gator with a Jorts wearing anthropomorphized Tim Tebow.

This made me laugh really hard. Personally, I prefer the bear but I don't quite understand the fuss over Colonel Reb.

Me either... if Magnolia State's largest university wants to project an image of Mississippians being a bunch of backwoods idiots who are still trying to fight the civil war, they should have that right

[gueman]

Florida will replace the Gator with a Jorts wearing anthropomorphized Tim Tebow.

This made me laugh really hard. Personally, I prefer the bear but I don't quite understand the fuss over Colonel Reb.

Me either... if Magnolia State's largest university wants to project an image of Mississippians being a bunch of backwoods idiots who are still trying to fight the civil war, they should have that right

If you don't like their logo then don't but their stuff or support their team. This PC BS is just plain stupid. If they are backwoods idiots what are the people that still blame slavery for every damn thing that has happened since 1865.

[footballfiji]

Anything is better than Admiral Akbar, no reference to Star Wars or Star Trek or Star whatever should be in sports. That stuff was not cool when it came out and still is lame.

Don't you have a nerd to beat up somewhere? Both Star Wars and Star Trek are, and will remain, "cool".

Florida will replace the Gator with a Jorts wearing anthropomorphized Tim Tebow.

This made me laugh really hard. Personally, I prefer the bear but I don't quite understand the fuss over Colonel Reb.

Me either... if Magnolia State's largest university wants to project an image of Mississippians being a bunch of backwoods idiots who are still trying to fight the civil war, they should have that right

If you don't like their logo then don't but their stuff or support their team. This PC BS is just plain stupid. If they are backwoods idiots what are the people that still blame slavery for every damn thing that has happened since 1865.

Topic------->over here this conversation------->going over here

Colonel Reb is gone. Whether you agree or disagree with the thinking/reasoning behind the change is not for this thread but if the can of worms has been opened? Col. Reb was just a small part of a bigger problem at Ole Miss. A problem that included Confederate Flags being waved and Dixie being played during the game.

Colonel Reb was just the final bit of house cleaning Ole Miss did to clean up their image.