So Uh Did Anyone Know This?

[ArcherSPS]

"The Rebels" was the choice of 18 out of 21 sports writers.[SUP][1][/SUP] Rebels also won the contest sponsored by the Mississippian, with Ole Massas—a term used by slaves to refer to their masters—finishing a close second,[SUP][3][/SUP] and the university's sports teams have since been known as the Rebels. Two years later, Colonel Rebel appeared for the first time as an illustration in the university yearbook.[SUP][1]"[/SUP]

 

[croomin]

Holy ****. What could have been.

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[BeardoMSU]

Sportswriters? I'm pretty sure the school adopted the name "Rebels" after most of its student body was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. Ole Miss' identity is very much rooted in the old south and the Confederacy, no matter how much they try to distract otherwise.

 

[ArcherSPS]

One could only imagine

 

[WayboDawg]

I think the "Big Titty-Babies" is most appropriate these days.

 

[os62]

I think the "Big Titty-Babies" is most appropriate these days.

Ouch. Nice Burn!*****

 

[ArcherSPS]

0/10 take a lap

 

[BeardoMSU]

 

[treeddeep]

Link for this? Need a lil fuel for the fire. Didn't see it on te Wikipedia page

 

[ArcherSPS]

http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/3231/1/umi-umd-3057.pdf

 

[BeardoMSU]

http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/3231/1/umi-umd-3057.pdf

^^^^^^ This!

 

[croomin]

So it is true. PURE GOLD.

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[BeardoMSU]

I was actually incorrect. It wasn't the name "Rebels" that was adopted, but the "university Greys" uniforms, which were donned by the University's sports teams post Civil War. The band uniforms (and guard banners) worn through the 80's and the flags in the stands (up to '95) are equally as embarrassing, IMO.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Thought they were the Mississippi "Flood" for a number of years too

+1

I was actually incorrect. It wasn't the name "Rebels" that was adopted, but the "university Greys" uniforms, which were donned by the University's sports teams post Civil War. The band uniforms (and guard banners) worn through the 80's and the flags in the stands (up to '95) are equally as embarrassing, IMO.

 

[Crucifictorious]

Gotta love a Maryland Grad student

http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/3231/1/umi-umd-3057.pdf

Gotta love a Maryland Grad student writing over 600 pages on the delusional ways in which Ole Miss students assert their "whiteness." That's what I'm guessing it's about. I didn't make it past Foucault.