Mississippi Idol
In light of the Ole Miss mascot competition, I thought I should mention an idea Lain and I came up with, which would meet the basic requirement of following the Rebel theme without Confederate undertones (or overtones):
Mr. "Rebel Yell" himself: Billy Idol.
That's right, imagine Billy Idol on the field during Ole Miss football games, leading cheers and beating the crap out of other team's mascots--how cool would that be?! He could even have the band play back-up for him during the half-time Billy Idol concert. "Hotty Toddy" could be joined by a new Ole Miss version of "Rebel Yell": "With a Rebel Yell, we cried Score! Score! Score! In the fourth quarter, we cried Score! Score! Score!" (it could be revised further if soon-to-be-former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore were in the audience).
Plus, other songs could also be re-tooled into new Ole Miss cheers:
"Hey Eli Manning, what have you done? Hey Eli Manning, here the defense comes! Hey Eli Manning, Shotgun!"

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