Students Want Admiral Ackbar as Ole Miss Mascot

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Students Want Admiral Ackbar as Ole Miss Mascot

The University of Mississippi has been searching for a new mascot (after jettisoning the controversial Colonel Reb) and an interesting candidate has entered the fray.

The movement to install Admiral Ackbar — from “Return of the Jedi” — as the new mascot at Ole Miss is under way and there is even an official Web site for the campaign: Notatrap.org. Visitors to the site are greeted with the following message: “We here at Notatrap are in full support of Admiral Ackbar for the new Mascot for the Ole Miss Rebels. Who wants a Colonel when you could have an Admiral?”

Here, according to his supporters, is the story: “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Admiral Ackbar received a deep space transmission of SEC coverage. He found that he couldn’t stop watching everything from Football to Volleyball. One team stood out to him, the Ole Miss Rebels. He led the Galactic Rebellion, and he knew he needed to be with the Ole Miss Rebels. And so, he started the long trek to Oxford, MS.”

The odds may be long, but Ackbar has experience fighting against the powers that be. To help him in his fight, the people behind the Ackbar for Ole Miss Mascot campaign have a Twitter page and promotional materials such as the sign below:

 

[boydston_14]

Awesome.

 

[Octoberist]

i love it.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Best news of the month.

 

[danoyse]

That is hilarious.

 

[Bim]

Oh gosh, this is funny

 

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[Figs]

I can't think of anything as great as this in the news lately.

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

Got my vote lol

 

[Brother Jack]

Yes. A thousand times yes.

 

[Iceman]

Haha, nice.

 

[Slushy]

 

[SamuraiSon6]

oh i wish this would actually happen so bad! it was be amazing! haha

 

[SuperJediHero]

Lol funny!

 

[Raiden]

It'd be awesome if it gets approved. Maybe another school will use Chewbacca as their mascot after this.

 

[BestGirl]

Would the school have to pay Lucas for the right to use Ackbar?

Another thought: wouldn't it be cool if some schools called themselves the Stormtroopers or the Jedis?

 

[That-Guy]

This news is AWESOME. Finally, something that will bridge the gap between geeks and jocks forever.

 

[Bunker]

Lucas is going to sue the **** out of them.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

OMG,I effing love it!!!!!!!

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Lucas is going to sue the **** out of them.

This.