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After five months of contest and polling, the university's athletics committee formally approved the name, and its sports teams have been known as the Rebels ever since. The look of the Colonel has been modified several times since those early years, however. The 1941-1942 Ole Miss features a depiction of Colonel Reb that looks much more like the well-known image that is used to this day. The earliest and most widely recognized version of the "modern" Colonel, however, appeared on the 1946-1947 Ole Miss, adorning the cover in full color and in

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