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We have 2000 fewer undergrads and about 2600 fewer graduate students. They have a MUCH better football program BUT .... WE HAVE ZIPPY !!!!!!!!! Sorry Hokie Bird

Bleacher - can John set something up today for Monday before he leaves for the day? I have no idea who he is or how much pull he has but it would be worth a shot to ask him.

9:02AM, , and Zippy is back up by 200. Great run in the last hour. Time to take a break and go change the band-aid on my right index finger!

Ahhh, but if it ISN'T a media wave and is more closely tied to the Va. vs. Va. Tech battle, it may rage on until Monday ... :blink:

Did you receive something in the mail?

Down to 140 as of 3:40PM.

Yeah, and it's highly likely that we're also the largest American city with a D-1 university where the local newspaper provides next to zero coverage of that D-1 university. The way that rag is going, it too will be riding off into the sunset and the Plain Dealer will simply add an "Akron-area news" section to its paper. We and the rest of the MAC get better coverage from Elton Alexander anyway ...

As of 2:25PM this afternoon, Zippy's lead has shrunk to 185. Not sure if she'll even finish the day still ahead of the orange blob from Syracuse. Continue to vote and pass the word.

Hokiebird has gone on quite a run today and has overtaken Cavman. That match-up is probably a double-whammy for Zippy since Zippy has beaten both mascots, those two schools are bitter rivals and voters from both are probably voting against Zippy as they vote for their own mascot. We've been struggling to stay in the plus-200-to-250 range so far today. Keep throwing coal on the fire Zippy fans!

Hey Bleacher, see what you can do to get another good mention on Channel 3 Monday morning. Channel 3 exposure coupled with the ABJ article this past Monday REALLY seemed to generate a strong final push that blew away Hokiebird. Regular Monday morning pub to end each round may be needed to keep Zippy on top.I agree, we're probably getting ganged-up on right now and need to be even more vigilant about stirring up votes.

Just coincidental, I'm sure ... slow sports night and it just happened to work out this time around. Ohio A&M manages to get one shot on goal and it happens to go in. Otherwise, Akron gets a 1-0 win. Bummer. Good match between two evenly-matched teams (at least from what I could tell).

I just spoke with a manager at the Winking Lizard in Fairlawn. They do have ESPN GamePlan and will have the Akron/UConn game available Saturday at noon.

Has anyone seen Antonio Gates lately??? I'm beginning to worry about him ... well, not really. I guess 3-0 in basketball and loss of the wagon wheel has left him lurking at best. Surprised he didn't chime in on the Flush ladies winning in volleyball last week.

Holy cow ... Zippy on steroids? He hasn't slowed down a bit from his surge this morning to take round 2. He's garnered the most votes so far in round 3 of all of the mascots and has built a 349-vote lead over the orange blob. I wonder when the other schools are going to start ganging up to pump up the 'Cuse?

The bummer is it looked to me like Can't was prepared to spike the ball on 3rd down to get the clock stopped. That would have made it 4th down and really put the pressure on Can't. Oh well, everything worked out but what a crappy time to not have the guys on the field set. Phew!

An e-mail from Shannon Alexander over at WQMX ..."We did mention it a couple of times and I made our website of the day!! I hope that helps!!Shannon Alexander94.9 WQMX"Thank you Shannon and WQMX!Final vote total for Round 2: Zippy 37072 Hokiebird 36376. Zippy wins going away by 696.Time to squeeze some orange juice as Zippy takes on Otta the big orange blob from Syracuse.

Zippy up by 610 @ 8:46AM ... I'm tastin' Hokiebird!

It's 8:30AM and Zippy's lead has grown to 551."CJ FAKES the handoff to the left, rolls right on a naked bootleg, and easily knifes forward for the 1st down on 3rd-and-one."Way to go everyone! A handful of knees at this point and I think "... the Zips are gonna get outta here with a win!"

Leading by 449 at 8:17AM ...

8:11AM and Zippy is now up by 401. Is that the best you can do people?!?!

Looking good at 8AM with Zippy up by 336 ... and .It's effectively 3rd-down, 1 frickin' yard to go, 1m54s on the clock and the other team is out of timeouts. Let's get the 1st down this time, put a knee down a few times, and head to round 3 comfortably. Keep voting so we don't have to go through what we did on Saturday to get the win!

As of 7:48AM, Zippy's lead is up to 300! Don't stop now - as I said in a previous post in round 1, I'm TIRED of losing to BCS schools! (I know, I know ... I'm taking this thing WAY to seriously )

Zippy's leading by about 275 as of 7:35AM ... no lead is safe ... KEEP VOTING!!!

As of 7:25AM, Zippy has extended her lead to 251 ...Here's a reply I received just a few minutes ago from WQMX ..."We are on it!! Have a good day!!Shannon Alexander94.9 WQMX"

Zippy's lead is now up to 228! Keep it up folks!I just sent another e-mail to Scott and Shannon over at WQMX 94.1 here in Akron. I don't think I'm going to e-mail the crew (including Steve French) over at WNIR ... they're based on the dark side (Can't) and I'm afraid it might stir up votes AGAINST Zippy. 1h45m to go ... Let's Go Zips! Let's Go Zippy!!!!!!!!!!