Ole Miss Football Mascot Change

The problematic and retired colonel reb begat the black.

Ole miss football mascot change. The term landshark originated in 2008 and has been used by several of the schools teams. The university replaced him in 2010 with a new on field mascot the black bear. Ole miss will replace its rebel the bear mascot for athletic events with a landshark starting in 2018. Mississippi passes bill to change state flag amid pressure from mississippi state ole miss sec ncaa lane kiffin and mike leach were among the 40 plus coaches who lobbied for the change on friday.

From changing the school mascot to governing bodies voting to move the confederate statue to contextualizing many buildings on campus ole miss has lost its identity the core of her argument is. The anthropomorphic black bear replaced colonel reb as the official mascot in 2010. The school song dixie is no longer played and the mascot colonel reb he has been done away with. Ole miss to officially change its mascot.

Rebel the bear is no more. Designed in 1936 the colonel served as the teams official sideline mascot from 1979 until 2003. Ole miss will have a new mascot lurking on the sidelines of its athletic events a landshark ole miss chancellor jeffrey vitter announced the change friday adding the university will still be known as the rebels. But are there more steps to take.

Fans react to ole miss changing from bear mascot to landshark mascot adam spencer 3 years ago ole miss decided on friday to do away with its rebel the bear mascot announcing that a change to a. Colonel reb was the official mascot of ole miss rebels the collegiate athletic teams of the university of mississippi ole miss in oxford mississippi. For the second time this millennium ole miss has changed the identity and species of the plushy character that gyrates on its sidelines.