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University of Mississippi Students Want Stars Wars Character As Mascot

September 8th, 2010 | Posted by Leah Hollar in Football,Movies

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Back in February of this year, before Queen of Sports was reporting, a story came out about the University of Mississippi choosing a new mascot. They are the Rebels but haven’t had an on-field mascot in years, so they requested voting for a new mascot and their wish was granted. But that was the only thing that went their way in the choosing of the new mascot. The school got together and came up with a hilariously nerdy yet somewhat clever idea for a mascot. Since they were the Rebels, someone had the genius idea to choose a character who is the leader of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars. Admiral Ackbar is his name, and he looks scary so what better way to fend off enemies? The only problem with the whole idea is that Lucasfilm quashed the idea. Watch the commercial ESPN did of the story, above. It’s hilarious that the dance team and cheerleaders didn’t want anything to do with the “catfish-looking thing” but as one student said, the IQ of the school would go up as nerds floundered to attend the school with the Star Wars mascot.

Long live Admiral Ackbar!