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"I think it's hypocrisy. I think the fans of Ole Miss still want Colonel Reb. We have a petition with 3,500 signatures of students who still want Colonel Reb as their mascot and that's the way it ...
Ole Miss will remain the Rebels, but Colonel Reb won't be back on the field. The university has taken other steps in recent years to throw off what many perceive as lingering reminders of a ...
In seven short years, Ole Miss went from Colonel Reb and Dixie, to no mascot, to a black bear to represent the school. How long do you think that it will be before the name "Rebels" will be seen ...
"The Ole Miss administration wants to change their current failed mascot to one that got even LESS support in their sham 2010 mascot election?" The Foudation supports bringing back Colonel Reb.
Colonel Reb has been kicked to the curb by a bear, with the announcement today that The Rebel Mascot Selection Committee has recommended the Rebel Black Bear as the new on-field mascot for the Ole ...
Colonel Reb's first appearance on the sidelines was in the 1970s. That's right after the period during which all of the SEC"s football teams finally became integrated, including Ole Miss. Colonel Reb ...
University of Mississippi mascot Colonel Reb roamed the stands at last year's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. The mascot was based on white plantation owners. JACKSON, Miss. - Colonel Reb ...
Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot – a caricature of a white plantation owner – in a 2003 effort to distance the school ...
Hotty Toddy, Ole Miss fans! The University of Mississippi's seven-year search for a new on-field mascot has come to an end. The Rebel Black Bear -- inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, and William ...
Ole Miss will remain the Rebels, but Colonel Reb won't be back on the field. The university has taken other steps in recent years to throw off what many perceive as lingering reminders of a ...
On Sunday, the New York Times reported on the "Colonel Reb" mascot controversy at the University of Mississippi, a.k.a. "Ole Miss." Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white antebellum Southern plantation ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- University of Mississippi students voted Tuesday for the school to pursue a new mascot to replace Colonel Reb, the goateed Southern gent banished from the sidelines nearly seven ...