User:Robert Rounsaville

Colonel Black Bear

After the unwarranted and unexpected early retirement of Ole Miss' beloved Colonel Reb, the fans of Ole Miss have anxiously awaited the arrival of the successor of their endeared college mascot. The University of Mississippi administration has announced that the Rebel Black Bear mascot will appear on sidelines of Vaught Hemingway Stadium for the 2011 football season.

Colonel Black Bear has surfaced as the unofficial mascot of Ole Miss. This unofficial mascot bear resemblances of the iconic Colonel Reb and has been adopted by a growing number of fans of the university who are refuse to relinquish the tradition that Colonel Reb embodies.