Since we play the West Coast version of Latter Day Rebels on Saturday, here is all you need to read to understand the opponents mascot:
UNLV - Campus opened way back in 1957 (old Nevada Southern)
First mascot was Beauregard - he was a fanged, winking black and white cartoon wolf dressed in gray military outfit representing the south in Civil War - a slam at University Nevada at Reno mascot (wolfpack of the Civil War north).
Second mascot -Local Blacks in 70s complained about civil war was tied into it, so the forward looking student people voted in a Colonial human Rebel mascot. They almost made Rebel into a Minuteman character.
Third Mascot - Then in the 80s they started selling Hey reb apparel like the big time which was a long mustachio cartoon Rebel. So they stayed Rebel cartoon. $$$Bucks won out. And Hey Reb is not 7 feet tall like Cy.
HERE COMES THE SCARLET AND GREY (love that color combo....so metro sexual)
UNLV - Campus opened way back in 1957 (old Nevada Southern)
First mascot was Beauregard - he was a fanged, winking black and white cartoon wolf dressed in gray military outfit representing the south in Civil War - a slam at University Nevada at Reno mascot (wolfpack of the Civil War north).
Second mascot -Local Blacks in 70s complained about civil war was tied into it, so the forward looking student people voted in a Colonial human Rebel mascot. They almost made Rebel into a Minuteman character.
Third Mascot - Then in the 80s they started selling Hey reb apparel like the big time which was a long mustachio cartoon Rebel. So they stayed Rebel cartoon. $$$Bucks won out. And Hey Reb is not 7 feet tall like Cy.
HERE COMES THE SCARLET AND GREY (love that color combo....so metro sexual)
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