Captain Kangaroo Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Could you ever see anyone in Akron having the balls to do an "equivalent" to this?Assuming, of course that we won the prerequisite games...Reminds me of the old Cincinnati ads of a few years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I think that is fantastic & no that could never happen in Akron because our alumni fan base would be too cheap to contribute any money to get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Lets do it then. If the we beat Marshall, ZipsNation should pull money together and put the ad in. The only problem is that the ABJ would probably forget to put it in, or find some other way to mess it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 That's the kind of dog that could put Mike Thomas on the unemployment line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 We should have done one before the Howard game. Sort of like Babe Ruth calling his shot against a 10 year old girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 That is awesome. However, not sure who we'd really want to call out like that at this point in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 That is awesome. However, not sure who we'd really want to call out like that at this point in time.Can't. BGSU. Ohio. The entire MAC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Lets do it then. If the we beat Marshall, ZipsNation should pull money together and put the ad in. The only problem is that the ABJ would probably forget to put it in, or find some other way to mess it up.More Marshall fans would probably see the ad if it was in a Huntington newspaper. I doubt more than a handful of them subscribe to the ABJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 There's some history behind this. Last time I was in Chicago I saw big billboards around town billing Northwestern as "Chicago's Big Ten Team." Meanwhile the University of Illinois has the most alumni in the Chicago area. Even Indiana-based Notre Dame was thrown into the conversation. NIU started getting attention after they went to the Orange Bowl. There was a big debate in local sports media about who is Chicago's real college football team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Im in for $50 in the Sentinel Tribune if we beat Marshall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 What's the message? We lost to an average PSU Team but we want OSU? How about we win before you guys get delusional....and not just Marshall. N Illinois has history of winning recently...we didnt even win our last game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Im in for $50 in the Sentinel Tribune if we beat Marshall.Count me in for $50 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 What's the message? We lost to an average PSU Team but we want OSU? How about we win before you guys get delusional....and not just Marshall. N Illinois has history of winning recently...we didnt even win our last game.Let us know when we can do it, I'm in for $50 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Let us know when we can do it, I'm in for $50 as well. I'm in for $51. I will await BigZip's go-ahead. Can GT tell us what a full-page Beacon ad costs?BTW - The "run" that the ad gets over the web and news outlets is infinitely more valuable than the print ad itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Can GT tell us what a full-page Beacon ad costs?12 grand according to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 C'mon Cap'n...you don't need my opinion to be delusional about Akron's team you're clearly on your way all by yourself (I will admit you might actually just be ahead of the curve here too).I was simply trying to be a little realistic. I was also asking a question about the ad...who are we calling out if we beat Marshal? Are we calling out Pitt, OSU, the MAC? It seems a bit cocky for a team that couldn't beat a very beatable Penn State team and has not had much recent success in football to call anyone out. Shouldn't we at least finish .500 one year before we get cocky? I understand N. Illinois calling out Illinois. They have the best track record recently of schools in Illinois. We don't have the best track record recently of the program within 15 miles of us....sucks to hear that doesn't it but we aren't too far removed from the worst coaching hire in possibly the history of college football and three putrid seasons. I see no reason to be a cocky is my point or to put out an ad telling someone they are next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 If you read my post, there was nothing cocky about it. In fact it contains a very realistic qualifier:"Assuming that we won the prerequisite games."Could you ever see anyone in Akron having the balls to do an "equivalent" to this?Assuming, of course that we won the prerequisite games...Reminds me of the old Cincinnati ads of a few years ago.You are taking a fun thread completely out of context, and telling everyone what they obviously already know.The question is: "If Akron won the prerequisite football games, wouldn't it be fun to see an add like NIU's run in a local paper?" Would any local alumni have the balls to run it, in Akron -- "The Heart of Buckeye Country"?Was anyone else at the JAR when that "Zippy - Thriller" video ran, and Zippy introduced everyone to "Brutus Blackeye"? Everyone was clapping along to the video until... Zippy nailed Brutus in the face with the basketball. Then half the crowd sat in stunned silence, while the other half cheered. That 3-second snapshot spoke volumes about "Zips Fans." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Could you ever see anyone in Akron having the balls to do an "equivalent" to this?Assuming, of course that we won the prerequisite games...Reminds me of the old Cincinnati ads of a few years ago.I LOVED those Cincinnati radio ads about OSWho a few years ago. Excellent. Again, they serve as a great example of what we SHOULD be. Being in Cincinnati recently also confirmed this. I saw tons of shirts down there that said bUCeye State....with the UC being the Cincinnati logo. They couldn't care less about the Suckeyes, and we need to develop that attitude here. Cincinnati has done it, why not in Akron?To answer your question, no, I don't see it happening here..but it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 What's the message? We lost to an average PSU Team but we want OSU? How about we win before you guys get delusional....and not just Marshall. N Illinois has history of winning recently...we didnt even win our last game.I do not think setting the sights a little smaller and targeting the conference is an issue. BG = reigning MAC champs and expected to be good for a while. That's what I mentioned the Sentinel (their local paper). Checked their site out and couldn't find a quote. Awaiting a reply to my email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 If you read my post, there was nothing cocky about it. In fact it contains a very realistic qualifier:"Assuming that we won the prerequisite games."You are taking a fun thread completely out of context, and telling everyone what they obviously already know.The question is: "If Akron won the prerequisite football games, wouldn't it be fun to see an add like NIU's run in a local paper?" Would any local alumni have the balls to run it, in Akron -- "The Heart of Buckeye Country"?Was anyone else at the JAR when that "Zippy - Thriller" video ran, and Zippy introduced everyone to "Brutus Blackeye"? Everyone was clapping along to the video until... Zippy nailed Brutus in the face with the basketball. Then half the crowd sat in stunned silence, while the other half cheered. That 3-second snapshot spoke volumes about "Zips Fans."Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Heck yes if the Zips ever accomplished what NIU has accomplished I'd kick in something to see an ad like that. Everyone here would. We all agree that they have to get there first before we start collecting money. With Coach Bowden there's at least a prayer now that was never there before. It's time to replace decades of pessimism with at least a sliver of cautious optimism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Heck yes if the Zips ever accomplished what NIU has accomplished I'd kick in something to see an ad like that. Everyone here would. We all agree that they have to get there first before we start collecting money. With Coach Bowden there's at least a prayer now that was never there before. It's time to replace decades of pessimism with at least a sliver of cautious optimism.Completely agree. I'm even willing to pitch in more than 50 if need be. But we gotta get there first of course.We always gotta expect results first and foremost, but you've got to realize that in my short fandom of the Zips, there's been very little to celebrate when it comes to football. I know basketball and soccer have been good, but football is my personal favorite, and I've been so desperate for something to go our way for once. I'd like to see more interaction of the Alumni with the UA community, and it starts with having conversations like this.Hell, we should consider it for the basketball team too, if they can reach that level too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 I LOVED those Cincinnati radio ads about OSWho a few years ago. Excellent. Again, they serve as a great example of what we SHOULD be. Being in Cincinnati recently also confirmed this. I saw tons of shirts down there that said bUCeye State....with the UC being the Cincinnati logo. They couldn't care less about the Suckeyes, and we need to develop that attitude here. Cincinnati has done it, why not in Akron?http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24724334/photo-cincinnati-adds-special-ohio-decal-to-helmet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Well, if we ever do win that big game and/or win the MAC: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Love it!!Well, if we ever do win that big game and/or win the MAC: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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