re: Why Ole Miss doesn't have to replace Colonel Reb

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deny you knew anything daddy Newton did so that we can keep this tradition.

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We don't have to deny it to keep the tradition. We can just keep it because we want to. People can negatively recruit us if they want to. But as long as we can get the recruits on campus to show them the truth about how we're not racist, it's ok. We've had good recruiting classes the last few years with Col Reb as the logo. Putting a bear in place won't make it any better. Plus we lose money in merchandise whether you replace Col Reb with nothing or a new one.