Ryno aka Menace Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 Just seen Zippy on an ESPN commercial. The commercial has Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and it's about him having an assistant and Zippy is in the waiting room at the very end waiting to be seen. You can plainly see Fear the Roo!!Go Zips!!! Quote
Blue & Gold Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 I saw that too! He's waiting patiently to see Adrian Peterson but Peterson's personal assistant tells him that, "He'll see you when he sees you." Zippy just sort of silently sighs. And yeah, you can plainly read FEAR THE ROO! Quote
zippyfan34 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 Here is where you can watch it on the web. Click under the "More Features" tab and then the This is Sportscenter - Personal Assistant.http://espnmediazone.com/mediacenter/mediacenter.html Quote
zen Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 damn, zippy should have set that viking bozo straight.lol, I wonder how the hell zippy ended up in that ad though. Interesting. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 lol, I wonder how the hell zippy ended up in that ad though. Interesting.Some extremely sneaky form of product placement? Quote
MDZip Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 You gotta think that last years Capital One Bowl competition might have had something to do with it. Pretty cool to be getting just a little bit more National notice. Quote
zip81 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 You gotta think that last years Capital One Bowl competition might have had something to do with it. Pretty cool to be getting just a little bit more National notice.That is super cool! Quote
Blue & Gold Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 You'd think someone on here would have caught wind of the commercial before it aired. What, is their production top secret, or do they whip a commercial like that together so fast that they may have just flown Zippy out there a day or two ago? I'm just surprised we didn't know a month or two ago that Zippy may or may not be in a new ESPN commercial. Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 You'd think someone on here would have caught wind of the commercial before it aired. What, is their production top secret, or do they whip a commercial like that together so fast that they may have just flown Zippy out there a day or two ago? I'm just surprised we didn't know a month or two ago that Zippy may or may not be in a new ESPN commercial.Excellent point, B&G! I wonder if there's a counterfeit Zippy out there? Nah, somebody probably dropped the ball again. That is a fantastic Zippy sighting though!! Quote
Dr Z Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 I wonder if ESPN approached Akron, or Akron approached ESPN? Did it have anything to do with winning mascot of the year?If anybody in marketing was responsible, congrats.Speaking of which, where is Zippy this year? Quote
IBleedMACGreen Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 I wonder if ESPN approached Akron, or Akron approached ESPN? Did it have anything to do with winning mascot of the year?If anybody in marketing was responsible, congrats.Speaking of which, where is Zippy this year?No matter how tihs came to be it's good for Akron to have the exposure of your mascot on a random ESPN commercial. Quote
Buckzip Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 I wonder if ESPN approached Akron, or Akron approached ESPN? Did it have anything to do with winning mascot of the year?If anybody in marketing was responsible, congrats.Speaking of which, where is Zippy this year?No matter how tihs came to be it's good for Akron to have the exposure of your mascot on a random ESPN commercial.Very good stuff. I wonder how many people outside fo Akron know what fear the roo is though. :blink: Quote
BirdZip Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 Speaking of which, where is Zippy this year?Best match-up: Testudo vs Cocky! :blink: You can't make this stuff up! Quote
MDZip Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 I also wonder if Cedrick Middleton's internship at ESPN might have had a little influence too? Can't someone get this nailed down on how Zippy ended up in a Vikings spot with absolutely no reason for her to be there? Of course that is also the beauty of those classic ESPN ads. Quote
Zip_ME87 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Posted September 11, 2008 Speaking of which, where is Zippy this year?Best match-up: Testudo vs Cocky! :blink: You can't make this stuff up!To be followed next week by Cocky vs The Bird. Quote
timsum1283 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 perhaps Zippy is not in the running this time for Mascot of the Year because the Capital One Bowl team was intimidated by her undefeated record and assumed that she would win the next ten years in a row if still in the running Quote
MDZip Posted September 18, 2008 Report Posted September 18, 2008 I also wonder if Cedrick Middleton's internship at ESPN might have had a little influence too? Can't someone get this nailed down on how Zippy ended up in a Vikings spot with absolutely no reason for her to be there? Of course that is also the beauty of those classic ESPN ads.Sorry to quote myself, but by absolutely random chance I happened to sit near Cedrick Middleton at the Ball State game Saturday so I said hello to him (he seemed like a very nice guy) and thanked him for the great season they had last year and then asked if he had anything to do with Zippy ending up in that ad. He said he didn't have any knowledge of it and had only even just heard about the ad. One theory down the drain. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted December 29, 2009 Report Posted December 29, 2009 Just saw it aired again on MNF. I had honestly forgotten about it. Quote
#1 rowdy Posted December 29, 2009 Report Posted December 29, 2009 This Ad is at least over a year old so I would have to think it was made while Zippy was at ESPN making the mascot of the year commercials. Quote
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