Four years ago, Ole Miss infamously changed its long standing mascot from the traditional Colonel Reb to the Black Bear. Since then the new, goofy Ole Miss black bear has alienated our side lines and scared off many little children in the Grove. It's safe to say that the Black Bear has received a lot of bad flack for his unruly personality and has failed to reach expectations of being the face of our athletic programs. It is unlikely that we will ever get Colonel Reb back on our sidelines, but we can still have a mascot that truly represents our teams on the field, that of course would be the Landshark. 

Reason 1
There are more sharks on the coast of Mississippi than there are black bears in the state.

Reason 2
Ole Miss would be the only Division 1 FBS school to have the mascot of a shark. There are three other schools who currently use some sort of variation of the bear as their mascot.

Reason 3
Ole Miss could turn the Turner Center pool into a shark tank. It's not like any of us have ever used that pool anyway.

Reason 4
The alumni like the landshark a lot more than the Black Bear. Chancellor Dan Jones if you are reading this that means more money for our school.

Reason 5
The landshark hand sign has been seen and used at other Ole Miss athletic competitions. It's only used for football defense, however former point guard for the basketball team, Marshall Henderson, threw up the landshark while playing too!