The University of Mississippi (a.k.a. Ole Miss) announced Thursday that the Rebel Black Bear would be taking over for Colonel Reb on the sidelines. It's part of the school's initiative to distance ...

Ole Miss new mascot now "Rebel Black Bear" Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 94°F. ... Brittany Garth, a student from Dallas, said she wished the school didn’t have a mascot.

Ole Miss Mascot a New Confederate Casualty. By Allen G. Breed . June 29, 2003 12 AM PT . ... But as the years have passed, the school has done its best to bring Ole Miss into the New South.

Ole Miss Picks A New Mascot: Rebel Black Bear, Rebel Land Shark, Or Hotty Toddy : The Two-Way The search for a new mascot began several months ago, after the school decided that it was time to ...

For the second time in less than a decade, Ole Miss has a new official mascot. The school unveiled "Landshark Tony" on Saturday, eight years after replacing Colonel Reb with the much-maligned ...

OXFORD, Miss. – It took seven years, but the University of Mississippi has a substitute for a beloved and reviled mascot who brought the Confederacy to mind. The new guy is still a rebel, only ...

OXFORD, Miss., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Ole Miss has decided on the Rebel Black Bear to replace "Colonel Reb" as the school mascot. The Rebel Black Bear won a competition among more than 1,000 entries ...

So it takes a long seven years of controversy for the Ole Miss Rebels to diss its cool mascot Colonel Reb, ... The Colonel has been the school's official mascot since 1979, ...

Ole Miss is the only Southeastern Conference school without an official mascot. Colonel Reb, the representation of a 19th century Southern gentleman that has been a symbol of Ole Miss for the better ...

"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 student Sam Fowlkes wants to change the school's mascot. Currently, the Rebels are represented on the sideline by 'Rebel Black Bear,' which became the official mascot in 2010 -- seven ...

Ole Miss Searches For New Mascot The University of Mississippi has been without a mascot since 2003 when the school stopped using Colonel Reb because it smacked too much of the confederate South.