Showing posts with label Zippy The Kangaroo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zippy The Kangaroo. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Akron U's Zippy The Kangaroo: Voted USA's Top College Mascot
AKRON (TDB) -- Psychobilly Democrat has the news that Akron's Zippy the Kangaroo is the No. 1 marsupial in all the land. Three big cheers. A kangaroo has a lot more bounce than a Cincinnati Bearcat. Credit card company CapitalOne sponsored the mascot of the year contest as a promotion during the college football season. Congratulations, Zippy. (The Daily Bellwether certainly won't be so callous as to note that interest on the nation's credit card debt was certainly higher than interest in the mascot voting.)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Kangaroo Makes Ballot In Ohio: Dems, GOPers Hop On Bandwagon
AKRON (TDB) -- And yes, it's for real.
The University of Akron's mascot, Zippy the Kangaroo, is winning a national online election for the nation's most popular college mascot. Latest results show the Ohio candidate has jumped into first place over a field that includes UCLA's Bruin and Georgia's Hairy Dawg. It's nice to see something from Ohio atop a best-of-something list. Here's hoping the lead holds and the kangaroo courts the voters.
Harry Liggett, who runs the Akron Beach Journal retirees blog, is the ward-heeler who says vote early, vote often, and don't have qualms about stuffing the ballot box:
"Zippy needs your help
This is a flagrant promotion and has nothing to do with BJ retirees or the news media. Zippy, the University of Akron kangaroo mascot, needs your help.Zippy has been named to the 12-member Capital One All-America Team and is vying to be Mascot of the Year. He is confident you will back him by voting for him once every day through the end of the year at CapitalOneBowl.comSo bookmark that site or make it one of your favorites to call up every day."
Can the netroots deliver? Does the Ohiosphere have enough bounce to vault a kangaroo from the Rubber City into a national crown? Should Karl Rove come out of retirement to run the campaign?
The University of Akron's mascot, Zippy the Kangaroo, is winning a national online election for the nation's most popular college mascot. Latest results show the Ohio candidate has jumped into first place over a field that includes UCLA's Bruin and Georgia's Hairy Dawg. It's nice to see something from Ohio atop a best-of-something list. Here's hoping the lead holds and the kangaroo courts the voters.
Harry Liggett, who runs the Akron Beach Journal retirees blog, is the ward-heeler who says vote early, vote often, and don't have qualms about stuffing the ballot box:
"Zippy needs your help
This is a flagrant promotion and has nothing to do with BJ retirees or the news media. Zippy, the University of Akron kangaroo mascot, needs your help.Zippy has been named to the 12-member Capital One All-America Team and is vying to be Mascot of the Year. He is confident you will back him by voting for him once every day through the end of the year at CapitalOneBowl.comSo bookmark that site or make it one of your favorites to call up every day."
Can the netroots deliver? Does the Ohiosphere have enough bounce to vault a kangaroo from the Rubber City into a national crown? Should Karl Rove come out of retirement to run the campaign?
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