Unfortunately, JC knows what it's like to open a can on the Zips. He might be a good hire for them.
Not gonna lie, I kinda like 'Ziparoos'. But it should be spelled Zipper-Roos.
The petitioning school apparently did see the benefit of keeping their other sports in the MAC (probably travel costs, as kreed said). Otherwise they could just find their new conference home and leave, dropping (down) their football program.