According to the letter in the link, the answer is yes.So are they still the Rebels or are the now the Landsharks?
According to the letter in the link, the answer is yes.So are they still the Rebels or are the now the Landsharks?
I vote they keep the women's track team and get rid of the rest of the athletics program...No wonder the boosters wouldn't let him answer the NCAA-----------Sean Tuohy, you got some 'splainin' to do------
From: "Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter" <chancellor@olemiss.edu>
Date: October 6, 2017 at 11:36:15 AM CDT
Subject: A Letter from Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter
Reply-To: chancellor@olemiss.edu
October 6, 2017
We are proud of our students and their leadership and active engagement as important members of our university community. We recognize that their efforts stem from a desire to unify the Ole Miss family. The results of the Landshark poll confirm the sentiments that Ross and I have heard since arriving on campus — that the Landshark and “Fins Up” have become synonymous with the positive spirit and strength of our athletics program and the “Never Quit” attitude of Rebel Nation.
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. 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.
Indeed, the growth of the Landshark mystique over the last seven years has been phenomenal with every athletics team embracing it, including such standouts as Marshall Henderson with basketball and Kaitlin Lee with softball, in leading their respective teams to SEC championships.
Today, I’m excited to announce that we will move forward with the Landshark as the official mascot and retire Rebel the Bear. Athletics will be charged with designing, developing, and launching the Landshark mascot, with an anticipated unveiling before the 2018 season.
In closing, I want to state unequivocally that we are — and always will be — the Ole Miss Rebels. And I am asking all Rebels to unite around our new Landshark mascot.
Hotty Toddy and Fins Up!
Jeffrey S. Vitter
Lyceum 123 | Phone +1 (662) 915-7111 | chancellor@OleMiss.edu
Yes.So are they still the Rebels or are the now the Landsharks?
I don't understand. What does Tuohy have to do with this?No wonder the boosters wouldn't let him answer the NCAA-----------Sean Tuohy, you got some 'splainin' to do------
From: "Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter" <chancellor@olemiss.edu>
Date: October 6, 2017 at 11:36:15 AM CDT
Subject: A Letter from Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter
Reply-To: chancellor@olemiss.edu
October 6, 2017
We are proud of our students and their leadership and active engagement as important members of our university community. We recognize that their efforts stem from a desire to unify the Ole Miss family. The results of the Landshark poll confirm the sentiments that Ross and I have heard since arriving on campus — that the Landshark and “Fins Up” have become synonymous with the positive spirit and strength of our athletics program and the “Never Quit” attitude of Rebel Nation.
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. 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.
Indeed, the growth of the Landshark mystique over the last seven years has been phenomenal with every athletics team embracing it, including such standouts as Marshall Henderson with basketball and Kaitlin Lee with softball, in leading their respective teams to SEC championships.
Today, I’m excited to announce that we will move forward with the Landshark as the official mascot and retire Rebel the Bear. Athletics will be charged with designing, developing, and launching the Landshark mascot, with an anticipated unveiling before the 2018 season.
In closing, I want to state unequivocally that we are — and always will be — the Ole Miss Rebels. And I am asking all Rebels to unite around our new Landshark mascot.
Hotty Toddy and Fins Up!
Jeffrey S. Vitter
Lyceum 123 | Phone +1 (662) 915-7111 | chancellor@OleMiss.edu
I thought he would've wanted the Ole Miss Taco Bell's if anything....I don't understand. What does Tuohy have to do with this?
They should've just kept Col. Reb but made him look less like a plantation owner. I guess the alternative was to play up the colonel part and that wasn't likely to help undergraduate 'crootin either.
Based on their crootin' tactics, they'll always be "the rebels."So are they still the Rebels or are the now the Landsharks?
Hold on - it's kissin' cousin to the Brits' "digital" display called "cocking a snook"I also have to say, that is in the running for the dumbest looking hand gesture of all time. Especially when an entire group of people do it together.
It would make a lot more sense if sharks could actually go on land. Landshark is literally an SNL skit, a joke. It is not a thing. A shark, yes a shark is real. A beached shark? That's something that dies shortly thereafter.It's stupid how they handled this whole thing, but the shark is better than the black bear.
The fans and players already do the shark gesture, so it makes some sense, the black bear was just all around dumb.
Yea, i agree it's still silly.It would make a lot more sense if sharks could actually go on land. Landshark is literally an SNL skit, a joke. It is not a thing. A shark, yes a shark is real. A beached shark? That's something that dies shortly thereafter.
May be they should have petitioned the people with the rights to Sharknado and at least then it would have been funnier.
Edit: Google also revels is it a JennaMarbles video, which I would link to but you know, language (apparently Ole Miss got it wrong and the fin is supposed to be on the back). Basically, that video might as well be Ole Miss' promotional video now.