{"id":3279,"date":"2010-02-25T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T17:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2011-08-10T12:43:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T19:43:04","slug":"star-wars-admiral-ackbar-becoming-ole-miss-mascot-its-a-frat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3279","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: Admiral Ackbar As Ole Miss Mascot? It&#8217;s A Frat!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allthingsackbar.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3289\" title=\"Visit All Things Ackbar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/umlaut_admiralackbar_itsafrat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/umlaut_admiralackbar_itsafrat.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/umlaut_admiralackbar_itsafrat-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The students of <strong>Mississippi University<\/strong> have voted to make <strong>Admiral Ackbar<\/strong> their official mascot. Now we wait for the Student Mascot Committee to decide. You can&#8217;t repel suspense of that magnitude.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Admiral Ackbar of Star Wars to be Ole Miss Mascot?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/abraham\/detail??blogid=95&amp;entry_id=57877\" target=\"_blank\">More info at SFGate<\/a> \/\u00a0<a title=\"Ackbar Goes To College\" href=\"http:\/\/theforce.net\/latestnews\/story\/Admiral_Ackbar_Goes_To_College_129713.asp\" target=\"_blank\">The Force<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: IT&#8217;S NOT A TRAP<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/notatrap.org\/thestory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3292\" title=\"Vote Yes For Ackbar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ackbarsign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ackbarsign.jpg 405w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ackbarsign-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/notatrap.org\/thestory\"><\/a><strong>Ackbar For Ole Miss<\/strong> has an official site\u00a0<a title=\"Not A Trap\" href=\"http:\/\/notatrap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s Not A Trap<\/a> and a\u00a0<a title=\"SEE ACKBAR FOR OLE MISS on TWITTER\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/olemiss_ackbar\">Twitter<\/a>. They&#8217;ve even got a killer motto, &#8220;<em>Who wants a <a title=\"About Colonel Reb\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_Reb\" target=\"_blank\">Colonel<\/a><\/em><em> when you could have an Admiral?<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0Stay tuned for more. (via\u00a0<a title=\"Daily Dish\" href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/02\/who-wants-a-colonel-when-you-could-have-an-admiral.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Dish<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Geek Out: All Things Ackbar \u2026 It\u2019s A Blog!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3014\">Geek Out: All Things Ackbar \u2026 It\u2019s A Blog!<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Whoa: Clash Of The Titans Kraken Is Rancor Monster + Sarlacc Love Child\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3187\">Clash Of The Titans Kraken Is Rancor Monster + Sarlacc Love Child<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"WTF: Japanese Star Wars Chicken\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=3021\">WTF: Japanese Star Wars Chicken<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"SF: Roaming Star Wars Cantina Band In The Mission Halloween Nite!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2367\">Roaming Star Wars Cantina Band In The Mission Halloween Nite!<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"OMG: Double Bikini Princess Leias Circa \u201882\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2412\">OMG: Double Bikini Princess Leias Circa \u201882<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Star Wars: Ecko Hoodies and Bikini Women Reading SW Scripts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=1823\">Star Wars: Ecko Hoodies and Bikini Women Reading SW Scripts<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Videos: Star Wars vs Star Trek vs San Francisco\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=971\">Videos: Star Wars vs Star Trek vs San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The students of Mississippi University have voted to make Admiral Ackbar their official mascot. Now we wait for the Student Mascot Committee to decide. You can&#8217;t repel suspense of that magnitude. More info at SFGate \/\u00a0The Force UPDATE: IT&#8217;S NOT A TRAP Ackbar For Ole Miss has an official site\u00a0It&#8217;s Not A Trap and a\u00a0Twitter. 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