I am not sure Lucas would be willing to allow that to happen.
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:37 pm
by andy7171
IT'S A TRAP!!!!
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:40 pm
by andy7171
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Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:43 pm
by danefan
grizzaholic wrote:I am not sure Lucas would be willing to allow that to happen.
I was thinking the same thing. He's got a strangle hold on anything Star Wars related.
Verizon is paying him buckets of money to use the name "Droid" on their phone.
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:48 pm
by ASUG8
danefan wrote:
grizzaholic wrote:I am not sure Lucas would be willing to allow that to happen.
I was thinking the same thing. He's got a strangle hold on anything Star Wars related.
Verizon is paying him buckets of money to use the name "Droid" on their phone.
That's exactly why I thought he might say YES. Lucas isn't making movies much anymore, and it's yet another revenue stream for an aging movie franchise.
On the other hand, I don't even think Ole Miss fans/administration are dumb enough to select Ackbar as a mascot. I hope this whole thing is a joke.
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:50 pm
by Skjellyfetti
It should be William Faulkner
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:04 pm
by T-Dog
It's not like they'll be the Ole Mis Admiral Ackbars. They'll still be the Rebels, but a more modern, non-Confederate Rebel.
So you have either an old, white Confederate plantation owner or the Supreme Commander of the Rebel Alliance from the planet of Mon Calamari. This isn't so much worse as let's say.....red turf?
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:04 pm
by tampajag
How about the Rebs just become a consistent winner? And not waiting until the first Manning grandchild enrolls in Oxford.
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:14 pm
by andy7171
T-Dog wrote:So you have either an old, white Confederate plantation owner or the Supreme Commander of the Rebel Alliance from the planet of Mon Calamari. This isn't so much worse as let's say.....red turf?
Exactly. EWU is praying this happens to take away at least some of those pointing and laughing.
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:25 pm
by T-Dog
Also, this is probably the most PC-friendly idea they could use and still be the Rebels. I seriously doubt the Mon Calimari will protest this as they're in a galaxy far away and could be extinct for all we know.
Is there a better idea out there?
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:39 am
by hank scorpio
We can't repel firepower of that magnitude!
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:14 am
by Craneac Cowboy
hahahahaha that would be funny... i guess the binge drinking at Ole Miss is finally getting to them. cant drink beer in the grove and now the admiral is the face of Oxford? hahahha
could you imagine if he was on the side of the football helmet?
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:13 pm
by ngineer
So Ol' Miss is going to have a "Cause Without a Rebel?"....
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:10 am
by SuperHornet
Which would be worse for a nickname/mascot: Admiral Ackbar, the Engineers, or the Banana Slugs?
(Boy, talk about a geographic split. Schools in Cali, MS, and NY. Wow.)
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:56 am
by BlueHen86
SuperHornet wrote:Which would be worse for a nickname/mascot: Admiral Ackbar, the Engineers, or the Banana Slugs?
(Boy, talk about a geographic split. Schools in Cali, MS, and NY. Wow.)
Jar Jar Binks would be the worst mascot.
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:34 pm
by SuperHornet
Good point, Hen. Egad, that would be bad!
Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:44 pm
by T-Dog
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Re: Admiral Ackbar could be new Ole Miss mascot
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:45 am
by Pwns
Good...I hope whatever they choose it creates a lot of headaches for the NCAA. The fascist NCAA deserves it.