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That's Right Friends this Thursday January 17th 2008 Join The Akron Zips as they take on the Ohio Bobcats. At half time your efforts will be honored as the University celebrates Zippy's Capital One's National Mascot of the year win. So please join the celroobration. Game time starts at 9 pm (the game is on Espnu) It's going to be an event your not going to want to miss.

Zips nation we did it though i was a nervous mess all day we did it we brought a national title home. Tune in to WAKR Tomarrow morring at 7:40 to hear from the roo. Iam so very blessed to have such great fans in you the Zips. I love each and every one of you....you rock my world. Thank you so very much and we will work hard to make you proud.ZippyFear the Roo America

Hey guys I hope every one had a great Christmas. I wanted to hoop on here and thank you guys for all of your support through out the Capital one season. I know you guys want me to bring you results but even I have no idea who won. In my heart I believe that there was one team and one nation better than the rest... I think you all know who that is. I am heading to New Orleans for a little get away to turn the page and start fresh in 08. I am truly blessed to have great fans like you the zips fans. I am going to find a bar on bourbon street and turn it into a zips bar. I have my Akron gear packed and ready to go. Like most of you I have been on pins and needles to find out the results. Should we win... who Iam I kidding when we win I have some ideas to keep this push going for a bit. I will sit down and see what can be done with the higher ups. There's one thing that is certain when we bring this thing back to Akron, I will remember that this is your title each and every one of you worked hard for it. I will work with that in mind the whole time We are nothing with out you are dear fans. Don't flip out if you don't hear about anything right of the back... I won't be home till the 10t h of January. Thank you so very much Wishing you a Happy Roo Year BakerWelcome to Roo Town This is your Team/ This Is your Roo/ This is your National title

Ok people lets step it up theres less than one hour left let's finish this thing

13 weeks of blood sweet and tears and near heart atacks comes down to this. So I ask the simple question Who's up for winning a national title today? The game plan is very simple Rally monday shoot out emails to all your buddies, Call all the media outlets, and vote because there is no tomarrow. This is it ... we need to go in with the mind frame were down by 350 votes and we need 351 to win and only have less than 3:1/2 hours to do it. Do you want this or do you want a golden gofer to seal everything you worked way to hard for. Voteing ends at 8:59 dont be the person not to vote and we lose by one. Finish stronger than you startedLet's go zips

Come on fans were down by close to 1,000 if were sticking to the theme of this topic. Vote vote vote Yes the contest stays the same voting ends at 8:59 Am our time on monday. I havent heard anything different, Ive been in close contact with the capitalone people. Ill update you if i hear anything else but vote through monday no matter what. Iam heading to the browns game on sunday does any one know the pa announcer or how to get ahold of them. That would be great to get a plug there. Thanks for all your hard work

Trust me brother calls have been put in through out this whole contest and heavily this week. You have to remember that this is finals week and zippy does have to show up and take these. I know that is hard to believe but it does happen. We must also take care of the stations that have been there since day one. If you have any leads for us I am looking for a Monday angle to get us involved with. Also the campaign is more than just tv Its positive press of any kind. The team is working very hard on all aspects of this campaign. I would be glad to hear the thoughts and ideas for which stations you want us on.Thanks for your support

That's right friends Zippy will be stopping by to see our good friends on channel 3 make sure you tune inFrom 5:30-7:00 am

ok thank you very much please keep there contact info and send it tome again next week like tuesday. I plan on getting the list of people we need to thank and start writing thank you cards next week. If any other person has contacts that helped in any way with this campain please keep their name and contact info so we can take care of them. Your on for monday..... Some press to checkinto the next couple of days. Today The plain dealer did a very nice story http://www.cleveland.com/ohiocollegesports...coll=2#continueSome time this week the ABJ is going to run a story the date was unclear but we did the interview with them theres some other talks going on Ill keep you all postedSo that is the game plan a little birdy told me

Ok people were off to a good start( so I think) to the week but as you all know we shine in the later part of the week. If were going to get this mission done we need to step up our game right now. Every day we need to get new people on board and keep pushing to the top. I need to know who is going to do what on Monday morning. We all know that is our strongest day--- I want you all to think were down by 400 votes going to 5:00 Am Monday. We all need to take huge responsibilities that day. It makes no sence if were all calling the same radio stations/tv stations/ at the same time. So i need people to call radio stations and tv stations every half an hour from 6:00 on. Email me on here if you have any ideas on what can be done. I am going to work on the web campaign today and calling some radio stations in the warren Youngstown area today. If some 1 is bored and wants to call a few stations in akron today that would be great. The guys back at school are going to be doing some on campuass work. We are spoce to get some press in the papers tomorrow.I am pumped and love you guys . Thank you for all of you hard work. Welcome to Roo Town This is your Team Your Roo and Your National Title Now Let's go get itFear The Roo America

Congrats guys way to work I love you all now lets go wrap this thing home. There is no vote totals up this week every vote of every day and every second counts. Your one week from being a national champThank you

Dear Zips Nation,First before I start let me thank each of you for your hard work on this campaign to date. It has been a true blessing seeing how far we have came and the unbelievable support we have received. We have all worked very hard to get to this point but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to seal the deal. Next I need to remind each of you why Zippy was picked to be Akron's mascot. The student government in 1953 felt a kangaroo would be a good fit for this fine university because it had speed power and an undying amount of determination. I want you all to remember that these next 2 weeks when this campaign isn't personally convent for you. We started on a mission 12 weeks ago to be the best mascot in the nation and we are two weeks away from achieving that goal. We did not come this far to lose now. We came to win this thing and you know what were going to do just that. I don't want to hear the excuse that we went 11-0 and made a name for our self's and that is a pretty good thing, Right? That may be a good policy some where else but not here in Akron. No one remembers the guy/ the team who came in second.. They only remember the champ. The only way we make a name for our self's is by winning and playing like a champion today. Do we all have 10 million problems and a billion deadlines to meet... yes but think how fun it will be knowing you were the reason The Akron Zips won the first National Championship of 2008. We have a lot to be proud of and I am so very thankfully for fans like you. It's Time Zips Nation to come together and start voting. Every vote counts & one vote could send us home. Please tell everyone and anyone you know to go to www.capitalonebowl.com and vote daily. It doesn't mean a thing till were wearing the ring,Zippy

Ok guys so here we go its playoff times we need every 1 on board Let me break this down just so every 1 is clear This week zippy is not in action that's because the roo got the number 1 seed and a bye to the semifinals Zippy will face the winner of Otto and cav manOk lets look at the numbersBack in week one we took home 38195 votes cav man had 33688 that's a difference of 4,507 votesHere's the thing with that this will turn into a huge rivalry because its going to be the battle of the athletics departments If you recall our main players in the athletics departments came from the UV and are now running the show in the AK ..booth teams will want to make a huge name for them self's ..... PS they wont be showing the total vote count for each week so we are going to have to take care of things and get the job doneWe came out of the gates in week 1 strong with 38195 votes but in week 10 we only had 27621 that's a difference of 10,574 votes we need to get this support back if were going to win this thingNow if we vote for Otto the vote count in week 3 was 41459 for us 40692 for good old otto that's a difference of 767 a bit closer of a race. Things to remember here Otto has been here last year and didn't leave with a ring which means he would do anything to get one this time aroundOr do we go with plan c vote for none of them ..we have beat each of these mascots before so we know we can beat them again..we also own the greatest voting power so our votes can make or break for some of these mascots then comes the fact who we have on our side. If we vote for one now and for some reason they go out maybe they will help us out. No one wants us to win this thing that's why we must come together. We can't' let our fait lie in anyone's hands but our own.In other action hairy dog gets the second bye and will take on the winner of goldy and cocky . I think we should rank them and let me know who you guys think is the biggest threats( even though any of these other 5 are just as strong)so we can get them out earlyLots of angles to think about But as always I am going to leave it in your handsDid you guys see that bob Dylan said on his radio show zippy was his favorite college mascot ..... hummmm could be a market for some votes Thanks and go zips

Ok you guys have been great to me to this point and I love you all dearly 4 it but We didn't come this far to take a week 11 loss. We need to go into the playoffs knowing that we can beat every mascot out there. We can't give any 1 hopes that they can beat us. The votes in the past weeks have been way down which worries me going into the playoffs. We need to get the power and momentum back on our side. The way I see it We are 4 weeks from being the 2007 Mascot of the year.... Now nice does that sound???We have already got some love by the nation and respect by capital one ... word on the street was that they weren't going to make a 4th commercial but then they realized how well zippy was doing.This is our year and we are going to bring something great back to OhioThis week is tell 10 friends weekThanks for your hard work and Go Zips

Thank you all for all your hard work 8-0 is quite an amassing thing. I am very proud of you all. I know you guys love winning and you won't be happy till we are 14-0 or 13-0 due to the bye. Let's keep those votes coming!!!!! Also we must come together to figure out who we want in the playoffs. We have a large amount of voting power so we basically get to determine who we want. Iam going to leave it in your hands your guys have made all the right moves to this point.Thank you again

If You go to www.capitalonebowl.com go under view commercials click number 4 it features yours truly ....Zippy.... I think its the best one yet. While your there don't forget to vote. Please send me some feed back about what you think. Also lets get every one you know ready to vote we have 3 more regular season weeks and 3 weeks of play offs. PLAYOFFS ARE SINGLE ELAMTION BY VOTE (example ZIPPY HAS 46000 VOTES IN WEEK ON OF THE PLAYOFFS AND COCKY HAS 45999 COCKY IS SENT HOPE TO SUIT UP FOR BASKETBALL SEASON) keep up the great work and remember IT DOEST MEAN A THING TILL WERE WEARING A RINGmuch love nation

"Gamecock Nation (and even to those of you who are not a part of Gamecock Nation)...ZIPPY MUST BE BEATEN!!! Make sure you are voting EVERYDAY and if you are able to get onto multiple computers and create multiple names, VOTE MORE THAN ONCE! Make sure you are telling ALL of your friends about Cocky! This is going to be a roller coaster of a week if we stick to our guns and pull Cocky through. Those Univ. of Akron people are not playing around this year, and if they can help it, they will do their best to ensure Zippy stays undefeated.COCKY FANS, COCKY NEEDS YOU! He supports every sport at USC and he loves ALL of his fans. It is our time to show him how much we love him! All you have to do is take a minute or two out of your day and show Cocky some love. Cocky works hard to ensure that he is the best mascot that he can be and he gives it his 110%, let's show him that we appreciate him!So make sure you log on to http://www.capitalonebowl.com and VOTE FOR COCKY!!!!!!!!!We are against Zippy for the Univ. of Akron and as of right now he is UNDEFEATED! Let's CHANGE THAT!!!!"Wow giving us a little respect thats kool... but they think they can beat you guys? Will just do their best to ensure Zippy stays undefeated.... see thats one thing the world doesn't know about us yet... theres one thing akron loves more than anything and that one magicial thing We love winning. Iam so proud of you guys, you rock my world... It was fun beating a two time champ last week ..... But i think it would be a lot more fun beating a 1 time cocky champ... the world would surely have to take note after that.Keep doing your thing lets show cocky who we are

The nation comes together and gets it done again and a roo is so very proud. You guys rock and are the best fans in the nation. Thank you all for your support. We need to think long term when voting this week. Looking at your mock ballot you guys hit it right on the head. Here's the top six that I feel will make it to the play off's :1. zippy2. Goldy3. Big red4. Cocky5.Monty6.CosmoWhat are your thoughts on this?????We have the heart of our schedule coming up with in the next 4 weeks JoeseymourMonty Cocky All weeks i feel are must wins to show the world who we are. Nothing in the world would make me more excited then knocking off 2 past champs. But lets not get ahead of our selfs we have a lot of work to do this week. Thank you all for your hard work and keep it up. Go Zips

Hey guys I know were All upset about the loss today and are looking for some one to take it out on... I got the perfect person or orange you can hit hard and remove some of your anger. Zippy just fell in the head to head votes against Otto. Nothing will make you guys feel better then voting like crazy today and pulling away to be unbeaten. We only have until 8: 59 am on Monday mooring to vote. So lets make sure we finish the week strong. You guys have been great so Far and We owe the world to you. Lets keep it going and finish strong. www.capitalonebowl.com Thank you so much and Go Zips!!!!!!!

So it has Happened I was getting a little worried that we would have broken our trend and not have a mid week slip in the polls. I can now sleep easy this mooring knowing that it has happened. If you recall the past 2 weeks we had mid week falls right around Wednesday/ Thursday and in the end it all came together. I hope it will again this week because winning is fun and very addicting. Iam challenging every one of you to tell 3 new friends that has not voted for zippy yet in this contest to get on board and vote. This is a good chance for you to dust off your address books and call some of those people you been meaning to call for months. The best part is you can tell them to vote daily, which would be a huge success in this campaign. So i guessed I am throwing out a little contest to you the Zips Nation. Which member will come out on top? Pride is on the line and you don't want bleacher bum or flip the Zip to beat you Do you?Don't forget to post who you got on board and well see who wins at the end of the weekend.Vote daily at www.capitalonebowl.comVoting ends Monday 8:59 AMGo ZIps this weekend!!!!!

Thank you guys you were amasing you rock my world. I special thanks to you go zips for sending out thouse emails. See were two weeks down only 12 more weeks to go tobecome that mascot of the year. Iam so proud of you guys Thanks and go zips

dear fans and friends of the nation all i can say is thank you thank you thank youYou guys rock my world. I am so very blessed to have great friends. Anyone and everyone I owe a great big hug to. Anyonewho has helped out in terms of media i can't thank you enough. The marketing plan keeps getting stronger and stonger. If any one has any ideas or any places they would like zippy to show up let me know. I can't promise they can be everywhere but we can try and write it in to the plan. This week you can check zippy out on wfmj channel 4 in the youngstown area at 6:00 am on wednesday. Thanks again you guys are so greatbakes

that is the overall standing each week the head to head count starts at 0 heres the head to head stats to this point5565 for zippy 5252 hookie keep up the good work nation

Trust me they get better expect the next one out in 2 weeks Thats just the into More to come thanks for all the hard work

If you havent seen the first capital one commerical witch zippy stars in a little birdy tells me you can check it out Friday morring 10:44 AM Dont be late. On Espn this is the intro one and you can expect to see some new ones every 2 weeks or so. You guys are going to love then and I hear they are quite good. Thank you guys for all of your hard work in terms of voting IT is amasing. We are so very blessed to have gretfans like you.Don't forget to vote daily at www.capitalonebowl.com