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Published 8:23 pm Friday, September 29, 2017
A sign urging students to vote for the landshark for a new mascot for Ole Miss is located outside the Lyceum on campus, in Oxford, Miss. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
Rebel the Bear mascot at Ole Miss vs. Tennessee at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, October 18, 2014.
The Landshark looks poised to make a splash as the new mascot for Ole Miss.
In a four-day vote organized by the Associated Student Body, Ole Miss students voted to replace Rebel Black Bear, the current mascot, with a Landshark.
According to a letter posted to the ASB Facebook page, over 4100 votes were cast this week with 81 percent of those votes in favor of a Landshark as Ole Miss’ mascot.
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“In an age as politically divisive as our own, such agreement and unanimity is rare. This represents a step toward fulfilling the University Creed more and more in our everyday lives, further tightening the bonds between all members of the Ole Miss family and uniting the student body behind a mascot that truly embodies the spirit of our great university,” ASB officers Elam Miller, Jennie Jesuit, Dylan Wood, Will Nowell and ASB President Dion Kevin III said in the letter. While the vote passed, the mascot change remains in limbo as further steps are needed to make the shift from the bear to the Landshark official. The Associated Student Body will present an official document to the university before the Vanderbilt football game on Oct. 14. From there, the university will determine if an official change will take place. According to a statement from Ole Miss spokesman Ryan Whittington to The Associated Press on Sept. 19, the vote by the students is an advisory vote and not binding to Ole Miss Chancellor Jeff Vitter or the Ole Miss Athletics Department.
However, in a joint statement from Ole Miss administration and Ole Miss Athletics issued on Sept. 18, the university is willing to listen to the students regarding the school’s mascot. “We value the important role that students play as an active voice in the life of our campus community. We are always interested in the viewpoints of our students,” the statement said.
Ole Miss is officially adopting the Landshark as its new mascot
BATON ROUGE, LA – OCTOBER 22: Detric Bing-Dukes #43 of the Mississippi Rebels celebrates during the first half of a game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on October 22, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NCAA By Jay Rigdon on October 6, 2017 October 6, 2017Ole Miss retired their Colonel Reb mascot way back in 2003, amid concerns about the optics of having a genteel southern white man be the mascot for a school that already called their teams the Rebels. The Rebels name stuck, of course, because when you have a tradition dating back to…uh, let’s see here…oh, 1936? That’s as far back as the Rebels nickname dates? Would have guessed it was longer, given the only argument to keep is tradition, all things considered, but anyway, when you have a tradition dating back to 1936 you don’t just toss it overboard.
So in 2010, a black bear named Rebel was introduced as a replacement mascot. Now, though, Ole Miss is going in a decidedly different direction with a rebrand, announcing that they’re replacing the bear with Landsharks.
Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi), will continue to be the “Rebels.” The Landshark will be its mascot – think Alabama Crimson Tide has an elephant as a mascot; Auburn Tigers have an Eagle.
Still, people know what an elephant is and what an eagle is. But what’s a landshark?
At Ole Miss, it began as gesture on the field during a game in 2008. It was a “fins up” gesture made by a Rebel player.
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“At Ole Miss, ‘Landshark’ is a term adopted by the Rebel football team’s defensive unit. As part of that identity, defensive players will celebrate big plays by putting a hand to their forehead in the shape of a shark fin. A battle cry of “fins up” also contributes to the players’ persona. With the popularity of both the players and the “Landshark” celebration, Ole Miss fans and student-athletes from other sports have also performed the hand gesture as a tribute to the Rebels on the football team.”
Ole Miss owns trademarks to “Landshark” and “Fins Up.”
That gesture is the “thumb to forehead” move the football team performs, or that Marshall Henderson used to do when he wasn’t flipping off opposing fans. Landshark won in a landslide:
Ole Miss students voted overwhelmingly last week to adopt the Landshark. The vote was advisory to university leadership. In recent days, the Chancellor has received additional feedback from stakeholders prompting the move.
“Upon learning of the ASB poll of students, we sought input from the executive committees of the Ole Miss Alumni Association, the Staff Council, the Faculty Senate, and the Graduate Student Council, as well as from the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the Spirit Squad head coaches,” Dr. Vitter said.
“In each case, the support for the Landshark mascot was unanimous. In addition, the past presidents of the Ole Miss Alumni Association and the boards of the Alumni Association and M-Club enthusiastically endorsed the action of the Alumni Association executive committee.”
And hey, credit to Ole Miss, this is kind of fun. Frankly they should probably just go all in on Landsharks as their nickname, because again, Rebels only goes back to 1936. 1936! For a variety of reasons, that’s probably not happening any time soon, though, so at least we can enjoy the spectacle of a shark on the sideline of SEC sporting events. Plus, it’s a nice distraction from the current state of the Ole Miss football program.
Of course, not everyone is thrilled about the change:
Imagine someone at Ole Miss realizing that their morning was going to consist of reaching out to Marshall Henderson to help engender support for a rebranded mascot effort. That’s not a fun morning.
Benny spent countless hours studying the ancient spells and practicing his magic tricks. With each passing day, his skills improved, and he became more confident in his abilities. Eventually, he was able to perform remarkable magic, like making objects disappear or levitating in the air.
About Jay Rigdon
Jay is a columnist at Awful Announcing. He is not a strong swimmer. He is probably talking to a dog in a silly voice at this very moment.
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