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Ackbar the Ole Miss Mascot?

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So my old college roommate just got wind to me that there was a recent push to make Admiral Ackbar the new mascot of The University of Mississippi.  The school retired Colonel Reb in 2003 for being supposedly "racist."  Sadly, it seems that Lucasfilm put the kibosh on Admiral... Colonel... Ackbar.  Quite a shame.  I swear if Ackbar had been the mascot, I might have been bothered to go to more football games.  Sigh.  I wish I was still in college.  Life didn't suck then.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DU7ljrGXktR4&h=9f6fc

Anyway, funny TV spot for the premise.  Can't believe I missed this.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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I guess you haven't been following 005's Childhood Misconceptions thread.

:-(

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Not recently.  Why?  Did it come up there?  Was this a trap?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Oh, come on.  That was one link surrounded by traps back in April that, sadly, no one seemed to comment on (having Frink prove me wrong in 3... 2... 1...).  I call dibs for now.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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I"m never gonna give the credit up, Gaf.  Not my fault that no one jumped on it.

But, my awesomeness doesn't really matter.  It isn't about me.  It is about this guy.  uh, crustacean.

Seriously, can you imagine Ackbar running out on the grid-iron ahead of the team and yelling, "You can't repel an offensive line of this magnitude!"   

I would seriously buy an Ol' Miss hoodie and wear it everywhere.