Me too. Never could figure out why a single black athlete would want to play for a school whose moniker is a Confederate Soldier...the guys who fought to preserve the institution of slavery. And don't tell me it wasn't about slavery. It damn well was. Slavery was the backbone of the Southern Economy. They knew anything that threatened their right to keep slaves, was a threat to their entire economy. They were so entrenched in it that it would cause a total economic collapse. That's why they were willing to take up arms for it.
The name "REBELS" attempts to glorify an ugly part of American history and glorify the losing side of it.