Rebel Roundup - 3/1/10
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Mar 1, 2010 8:44 AM EST
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Snead makes big mistake by leaving Ole Miss | NFLDraftScout.com
Clark Judge says Jevan Snead needs another year at Ole Miss to "hone" his "skills". No thanks, Clark. We're fine over here.
Ole Miss' McCluster Ready to Make Tacklers Miss | USAToday.com
The Percy Harvin comparisons have started, as well as have the expectations of a 4.3-ish 40 yard dash time. How did McCluster do? Not so hot, apparently, running only a 4.58 which likely knocks him out of the first two rounds.
Admiral Ackbar Ignites Backlash at Ole Miss | TMZ.com
Admiral Ackbar and the farcical campaign to install him as the new on-field mascot has caused such an up-swelling of negativity amongst a few Rebel fans that some alumni are going to withdraw their (biennial, $250) donations and a small group of students have even (emptily) threatened to transfer! Oh heavens no! What hell hath we wrought upon ourselves by douching ourselves of the very people who make Ole Miss look bad in the first place--pun intended. If a bunch of butthurt Colonel Reb supporters want to leave, then fine. Fuck 'em. I don't want people who take a mascot that seriously cheering for the same football team as I do.
Josh Moon is an Idiot | The Montgomery Advertiser
Sayeth the fourth or fifth finest city in Alabama's sports columnist:
See, here in the SEC, we simply can’t sit idly by as one of our member institutions seriously contemplates choosing a "Star Wars" character as its mascot.
Well, I guess we can add him to the disturbingly large list of people who have missed the point of the Ackbar campaign entirely.
Tide Subsides Again in Second Half | Montgomery Advertiser
Don't give up on this barely-clinging-to-the-edge-of-the-bubble Ole Miss Rebel basketball team yet! Remember, we beat Kansas state that one time!
Ole Miss Sweeps Oakland | OUGrizzlies.com
You won't really need to look at this, being as how Brian Walker's Elbow did a fantastic enough job compiling some numbers alongside his thoughts on the weekend (below this post, lawyas), but if you want the opposition's perspective for some odd reason or another, follow the link.
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This is scary that a “legitimate” member of the media is taking the Ackbar thing so literally. Is 25 year old, too often inebriated, previously concussed and overall mentally aloof me more mentally capable than this moron?
As for folks who will stop donating and want to transfer. Seriously? Over a mascot? People went to Hawaii when they were the Rainbow Warriors and there are the Zips, Rockets, Banana Slugs and multiple Owls populating the landscape. Grow up.
Yeah BoYeeEEeeE
by InTheBleachers on Mar 1, 2010 9:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Yes you are
Is 25 year old, too often inebriated, previously concussed and overall mentally aloof me more mentally capable than this moron.
And I say let ‘em transfer. We’ll be fine without them. Why they think we give a shit that they’re leaving – like we’re going to miss them or something – confounds me.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Mar 1, 2010 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
AMEN. Let 'em transfer.
It’s long past time to purge ourselves of the bandwagoners who only liked us for Dixie, Colonel Reb and the Flag. And I’ve sat in the North End Zone…there were plenty. They’re just as bad as those Atlanta Falcons “fans” that cheered for Vick when he took the field wearing an Eagles uniform.
And for every donor we lose, we’ll probably gain two more anyway.
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Mar 1, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
I'll personally pay
their admission application fees to Northwest as long as they promise never to set foot on campus again.
I think this calls for a serious push for Ackbar.
Could there possibly a better incentive than to purge ourselves of the people who aren’t really Ole Miss fans?
We’d be allowing to leave of their own will. (of course few actually would)
And we’d certainly improve our image and our school at the same time.
by Knob Creek Reb on Mar 1, 2010 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
Moon = the future of Journalism...
…in America.
I used to get “F’s” for stories the teacher ASSUMED were written w/o research. This guy (and the entire reporting adn op/ed pool at the New York Times!) get PAID to do it!
"Happiness is riches, complaint is poverty, and the worst I ever had was wonderful." Brother Dave Gardner
The result
of a school allowing such medicore test scores for admittance. What the hell did they think would happen? Everyone actually think the whole situation through? No.. someone who makes a 12 on the ACT by filling in their name and marking ‘C’ for every answer surely will not hold the image of the university over the image of the old south. Just a keep on flyin them stars and bars baby..
when in doubt, fist pump.
hyperbole of course
when in doubt, fist pump.
by Run It Again on Mar 1, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
You aren't that far off
You can get in w/ a 16, and plenty of people that work at the University have lamented to me about how unqualified some of our students are to be enrolled. It’s sad. The IHL has its head so far up its ass that it can’t see it’s holding us back by requiring all 8 universities to have the same admissions requirements. We are the flagship university, so let us act like one. I’ve heard people say we have to keep pace and grow with State. Why?! Let them take anyone and everyone. We’ll take the high quality kids from the state and the region (just like recruiting, ya know?). They may end up with more alumni, but we’ll end up with better/richer alumni. We can come through with Bobby K’s dream of being a great American public university if the folks in Jackson stop hindering us.
No Child Left Behind, Dawg!
We are not a country built on competition and free markets. We don’t want to lead the world in innovation. We just don’t want people to be left behind…
“You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”
-Abraham Lincoln expanding on an original quote by Rev. William John Henry Boetcker
I'm a Rebel, but I bleed the cherry and silver of the Lobos.
How DARE you...
…throw common sense at a problem needing to be fixed by some who spit on common sense! lol….
"Happiness is riches, complaint is poverty, and the worst I ever had was wonderful." Brother Dave Gardner
Do you think the Class of 1863 had scores that low???
Haha just kidding!
by Rebel91 on Mar 1, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The thing about Dexter is that
the fact that he ran that 40 time doesn’t make him slower. Everyone saw how fast he is, 4.58 40 or not.
I agree. Too much emphasis is placed on the damn 40 time. Did anyone see what dex did in the benchpress? Pretty damn impressive for the little man.
by OhNoValpo! on Mar 1, 2010 2:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
no, i didn't see it.
What did he do?
Red Cup Rebellion -- Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
by BrianWalker'sElbow on Mar 1, 2010 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Placed third among halfbacks.
First among wide receivers.
He also had the best shuttle of any backs.
Red Cup Rebellion - An Ole Miss Blog
Blame the Baptists.
by Juco All-American on Mar 1, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
Bruce Feldman tweeted that
players have all been unusually slow in the combine this year. Could be a turf issue.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Take a picture, trick.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Mar 1, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
not exactly. Dex had 20 reps @ 225
here are the official results:
Dex had the same number of reps as stud TE Gresham from OU and it appears more than a certain RB from State. I also read he outlifted a couple O-lineman as well.
Also, John Jerry has blazing break-away speed.
40’s are ridiculous.
Hardy had a pretty good broad jump that I saw today, but the official results aren’t up yet. Didn’t see his other tests…
State's baseball weekend
So State was swept by SE Louisiana this weekend. Can some fill me in? Is that as bad as it sounds?
I get crunk 25 days a week!
SeLa pulled a Willie "Mays" Hayes and stole home in the 8th for the winning run..
SeLa is most likely the best directional school baseball team in the state. But then again…..they’re other 4 wins came against two teams with a 1-6 and 0-7 record. So there’s no real measure to tell exactly how good they are.
Dex's 40
The real question is how many scouts did he juke during his 4.58 40?
"BALL DON'T LIE"
by The Powe Train on Mar 1, 2010 1:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
If a bunch of butthurt Colonel Reb supporters want to leave, then fine. Fuck 'em.
is officially my favorite two-sentence-stretch I’ve ever read on this blog.
When life gives you the chance to be with somebody special, you grab that brownish area by its points and don't let go no matter what your mom says.
Mascot
If you bunch of whiners would have had the balls to stand up for our harmless original mascot, you would understand why people are upset over Star Wars traps.
Fuck em? yeah…sounds about right. If you don’t like our mascot, fuck em.
Im beginning to wonder if this site is “A TRAP” set in place by non Rebel fans.
I get the joke…and sad to say…it is Ole Miss….not Ackbar.
Another one...
seriously, what is it with all the time-travelers coming onto this site?
“If you don’t like our mascot,” WHAT MASCOT!?
WE DON’T HAVE ONE, YOU FUCKING MORON.
WE HAVEN’T HAD ONE FOR SEVEN FUCKING YEARS!
Go ring a damn cowbell if you want to be a fucking redneck dumbass, toolsack.
And here's a lighthouse keeper being beheaded by a laser beam!
you damn right we don’t have one…so get your dick out of your ass and quit thinking that a student led mascot revival is gonna garner any Non Offensive stuffed animal.
And If I had a cowbell, I would ram it up side your head for using the cap lock to bring out your inner drama queen
You people don’t fucking get it. Colonel Reb is not coming back. Have you had your head in your asses for the last 40 years? I don’t care how “innocent” or whatever you think he is, but the administration will not bring him back. It is you, not us, that is dragging this issue out. We can’t move on because all these red dillweeds won’t stop talking about Colonel Reb. Just move on.
by E.H. Patterson 4 Life on Mar 2, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
I hate to say it's the alumni, but...
…it’s the alumni. My GOD what happened to us? Can you believe I had a Facebook friend say ONLY the alumni should get to decide and the students should be LEFT OUT of it? Of course you can. Wow, how soon we forget we WERE students once, that’s how we became alumni! You know, in the grand scheme of things it’s only four (fine, five or six) years out of your whole life. But we cling to that affiliation for life. I’m sure someone has done an anthropological study on team loyalties and the human need to belong to a “tribe.”
My husband (you know, the weirdo fucker I married that hates football and wants a tiger/owl like Kleph posted?) believes that once college is over it’s OVER, and that overall college is a business. You pay tuition, you go to class and in return they give you a degree with which you can gain employment. He doesn’t believe in giving to your alma mater because as far as he’s concerned he’s already paid them enough. He looks at me and frankly all of us with bemusement, as we obssess over a bunch of student-athletes for a school we (well, I) left 15 years ago! I can’t believe I’m saying this but maybe he’s right. For God’s sake it’s JUST college, right?
No, of course he’s wrong, he went to USM anyway, Hotty Toddy WOOOOO!
You know, maybe the administation SHOULD just say “you know what? We’re going to be the Bears, and here’s a big scary black bear mascot costume, and here’s the new logo, and if you don’t like it, BUGGER OFF.”
Yes, I live in Starkville...WHO did I piss off in a past life?
by Queen Hoka-Hotty-Toddy on Mar 2, 2010 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
And I like your handle.
Seriously, that made me laugh out loud. Complete with picture of Bryce Drew. Classic!
I don't get how standing against a 30ish-year-old, beloved symbol of
our university counts as lacking balls. You and ramblinrebelman (or whatever it is) have been saying that which, frankly, is bullshit.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Take a picture, trick.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Mar 2, 2010 6:36 AM EST up reply actions
And how in the fuck are we the ones you're calling "whiners"?
The people calling Dan Jones office to bitch to his staff, the folks saying they’ll withdraw their donations, and the students threatening to transfer are, by the very definition of the fucking word, WHINERS.
Red Cup Rebellion - Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics
Take a picture, trick.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Mar 2, 2010 6:40 AM EST up reply actions
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