Ole Miss 2011 schedule

[Black Warrior]

Even though BSU is losing a lot of folks, I think the difference will be coaching.
The Ole Miss Bearbles go down.

 

[IukAL]

Alabama has a story behind its mascot. What's Ole Miss's? The administrators wanted to be politically correct? Bama's came over time because people talking about stuff. Not from people being afraid to stand up for their university. Bama was given the name "Crimson Tide." Ole Miss was already the Rebels then decided that Colonel Reb was offensive, so they voted to have a black bear as its mascot.

Um, you might want to do some research before you think it was just a random decision. I was making a point to your point that having the team called the rebels and a bear for a mascot was odd. Kind of like the U of A doing the same thing. And see below there is history with the bear theme in the Oxford/Ole Miss area.

"The black bear is connected to Ole Miss through Faulkner, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who penned "The Bear." In it, Old Ben stands as a symbol of pride, strength and toughness. The tale of the "teddy bear" originated with the story that President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear on a Mississippi hunt in 1902":biggrin:

Read more: Ole Miss unveils Rebel Black Bear as new mascot - NCAA Football - SI.com

 

[RTR91]

Um, you might want to do some research before you think it was just a random decision. I was making a point to your point that having the team called the rebels and a bear for a mascot was odd. Kind of like the U of A doing the same thing. And see below there is history with the bear theme in the Oxford/Ole Miss area.

"The black bear is connected to Ole Miss through Faulkner, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who penned "The Bear." In it, Old Ben stands as a symbol of pride, strength and toughness. The tale of the "teddy bear" originated with the story that President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear on a Mississippi hunt in 1902":biggrin:

Read more: Ole Miss unveils Rebel Black Bear as new mascot - NCAA Football - SI.com

If Ole Miss wanted to incorporate Oxford's most notable person (Faulkner), it should have had an author/writer as a mascot. That would have been just as good as a black bear.

 

[thunderz7]

If most of the Smurfs graduate, how will Nutt know who to put out bounties on?
I guess he'll just cheap shot em all, usually does anyway.
Nutt = Rick Flare = dirtiest player in the game!

 

[exiledNms]

Isn't the bear called the "Rebel Black Bear"? I could have sworn I heard that somewhere. I know they're still the Rebels with the bear as the mascot. .

I've heard conflicting stories about the mascot's name, some of which have the bear named "Rebel".

>>I should've worded that post better
No worries here! All good. Roll Tide!

exiled

 

[RJ YellowHammer]

Isn't the bear called the "Rebel Black Bear"? I could have sworn I heard that somewhere. I know they're still the Rebels with the bear as the mascot. I should've worded that post better.

Ole Miss actually had a press release not too long ago that said it is not "The Rebel Black Bear." He's called "Rebel the black bear." I could care less, but there you have it. The bear's name is Rebel.

 

[Just Win]

I have no idea what Ole Miss will look like next year, but BSU loses just about everyone to graduation. They have a very "senior heavy" team this season.

Not so fast my friend:

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/...PSID=48553&SPID=4061&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=9900

According to this 2010 depth chart, there are 9 seniors on the starting 22. Still a good bit, but not anything near "just about everyone".

 

[Crimsongator]

Wow, isn't amazing what you can learn about other teams on a BAMA website!

 

[AdrocknBama]

Leave it to Boise to pick the worse team in the SEC conf to play! Well.... at least in the West haha

 

[Harmost]

Boise has had large graduation losses before and not been slowed; they have their setup working.

Too bad our representative has to be the very essence of ineptitude.

 

[disneybama]

Not so fast my friend:

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/...PSID=48553&SPID=4061&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=9900

According to this 2010 depth chart, there are 9 seniors on the starting 22. Still a good bit, but not anything near "just about everyone".

Sorry, I didn't mean that to be taken as a percentage of their starters, overall, but as a percentage of their star players. Their best two receivers, their best TE, the QB (even though he is not a senior), their only good DE, their best two players in the secondary, their kicker and their return man (also a receiver).

Not much left. They are not like Bama. They are not going to be able to replace these guys with players as good or better on their roster. That is why the "prognosticators" are saying that this is Boise's shot. If they fail this year, it will be a while before they are ready again.