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UPDATE: Five possible sideline mascots announced at Ole Miss
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While sports teams will still be called the Rebels, an animal or human character is being sought to replace the Colonel Reb image that was retired about seven years ago amid complaints it was too reminiscent of the Old South.
The Ole Miss Mascot Selection Committee says the top five choices, in no particular order, are a horse, a land shark, Hotty and Toddy, a lion and a bear.
Ole Miss' signature cheer is "Hotty Toddy." The mascot committee says the phrase could be embodied by a pair of Muppet-like characters.
From the Ole Miss mascot committee:
The five mascot ideas that gained the most support are (in no particular order):
- Horse
- Land Shark
- Hotty and Toddy
- Lion
- Bear
Ole Miss received votes from 13,084 responses from students, faculty, staff, alumni and season ticket-holders. See below the breakdown of each group:
- Alumni 4,280
- Season Ticket Holders 1,492
- UM Students (Oxford, Tupelo, Southaven) 5,794
- UM Employees (Oxford, Tupelo, Southaven) 917
- UM Medical Center Students (UMMC – Jackson) 159
- UM Medical Center Employees (UMMC – Jackson) 442
The mascot committee released the following on what is next ...
"At this point our mascot professionals are creating graphic depictions for each of the five ideas above. These considerations would include clothing, expression, personality, etc. Other important issues are also being considered such as trademarks, particulars involved with housing/keeping wild animals, and other challenges to sort through. When all of this is accomplished, and the committee has given careful consideration to all of the information before them, we will present a number of these top five candidates in another poll for viewing and preference selection by the Ole Miss family. Between two and five of the mascot candidates the committee considers to be viable options will be included in this next poll."
estee1969: Based on your post, you definitely should get your money back from Ole Miss.
Based on the MANY Ole Miss graduates that I have met, I have come to the conclusion that, with just a few exceptions (Jim Barksdale being one), Ole Miss alums just don't seem to be among the sharpest knives in the drawer.
While I'm not prepared to state that as a generalization, this list seems to support that the lack of intelligence that I've experienced from those with whom I've had personal contact is not limited just to those individuals but rather is sadly much more widespread.
You're actually referencing an old Forbes list. The 2009 list has MSU at 265 and Ole Miss at 272. And I stated in my post what the rankings are based on. Forbes tells us that when they post the rankings. So, the Forbes rankings are not as ambiguous as you imply.
Here's the current rankings link:
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/94/colleges-09_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank_11.html
If you click on the university name on that page you'll see the statistics upon which the rankings were based, which were probably provided by the universities themselves.
I agree that 265 and 272 are NOTHING to be proud of, they're only 46 and 50 respectively in the top 100 public schools rankings.
There is one ranking that they are obviously trying to gain #1 status in and that's the list of colleges and universities with the stupidest mascots!!
Ole Miss will surely top that list with either of these choices.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/94/opinions_college08_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank.html
Honestly, no one should be marveling over any of those rankings anyway. We are are at least in the top 100 colleges and universities in the country, then we can gloat.
As far as the mascot issue, I'm not happy with it...I don't think any true Rebels are. This is what happens when you have a generation of confused individuals...most kids aren't sure what they believe in and what they stand for. This kind of issue is not occurring only at Ole Miss. It is happening on University campuses everywhere.
It is just like the cowbell issue. Who tells fans, yes you can bring the cowbells into the stadium, but you can only ring them when we tell you??? It is just stupidity!
Mascot, no mascot, or changed mascot will not change the way a Rebel feels when they walk on campus. The ambience and people at Ole Miss are what makes the university. It is the Southern Pride, hospitality, etc. that makes us continue to come back for more...not Colonel Reb! Don't get me wrong, I want Colonel Reb to still be our mascot and not some replacement, but it won't make me love Ole Miss any less!
all this brought on by a minority group thats never paid tuition ,built anything and just sits and whines for more
ole miss is so dumb to do this
it will be remembered as the dumb school that changed its name for a non working non contributing race
such a loss
does anyone agree to change the name
obam does Im sure
go ben dover go
What a bunch of idiots!!
They deserve whatever it is they choose from this lame list.
I hope they choose the dumbest one, Land Shark, that will be good for endless laughs!!
If you attended Ole Miss and you didn't realize that until just now, then you're an excellent example of why the voters came up with these lame 5 finalists.
Or perhaps you don't know what a double entendre is, huh?
If not, hopefully they at least taught you how to use a dictionary at Ole Miss!!
We are talking lawyers, law enforcement, teachers, medical and want-to-be folks in these fields.
For some reason I suddenly don't feel safe driving down the road (law enforcement) to go to the doctor (medical) to pick kids up from school (educators)to have a new will prepared (lawyers)
Maybe a child sitting in the corner with a dunce hat would be more appropriate. Yhis experiment in sociology has backfired on Ole MS.
They're certainly NOT COMPETENT in marketing and/or branding.
And I REALLY hope that these choices are not examples of the ideas coming out of the Ole Miss marketing programs or business school in general!!
If these are the best they can come up with, why not just call them the "Ole Miss Idiots"?
The mascot could wear a seersucker suit and bow tie and be modeled after Tupelo's current mayor, Mayor Jack "Task Force" Reed who is an Ole Miss alum if I'm not mistaken.