ZachTheZip Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 OK, so I was browsing through Wikipedia, and on the University of Akron page, it says that Zippy is only one of two female college mascots. Is this true? I was pretty sure Zippy was a guy up until I read that. I can't figure out where they got it from either. Read it here. Quote
bobbyake Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 Zippy has been a guy in a girl costume for awhile. Quote
zippyrifle32 Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 the person inside zippy has been both male and female, but from my understanding the mascot itself is a female, thus the pouch on the costume Quote
Blue & Gold Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 This isn't the real world. Even though Zippy has a pouch, Zippy is definitely still a guy! What would a kangaroo mascot be without the pouch?!?! Zippy is most definitely a boy!!! Stop insulting and emasculating him! Quote
ZachTheZip Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Posted August 6, 2006 I understang Zippy has a pouch, but the Ohio State Nut has a face, arms, and legs. That must mean it is an animal, not a nut; that could also mean Brutus is a girl with a guy's name. Zippy is a mascot, and mascots are almost always innacurate, or a distortion of the real life things they say they are. Anyways, I brought this topic up because I always refered to as Zippy "he". Quote
zippyrifle32 Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 This isn't the real world. Even though Zippy has a pouch, Zippy is definitely still a guy! What would a kangaroo mascot be without the pouch?!?! Zippy is most definitely a boy!!! Stop insulting and emasculating him! wow! calm down. that was just my understanding and there is nothing wrong with having a female mascot. personally i think it's kind of cool to be only one of two in the country. Quote
mrelegazna Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 This isn't the real world. Even though Zippy has a pouch, Zippy is definitely still a guy! What would a kangaroo mascot be without the pouch?!?! Zippy is most definitely a boy!!! Stop insulting and emasculating him!wow! calm down. that was just my understanding and there is nothing wrong with having a female mascot. personally i think it's kind of cool to be only one of two in the country. I live in Newark, Delaware, not far from the University of Delaware, who are the Fighting Blue Hens. That's right, Hens! And yet, somehow, all the guys around campus aren't mincing little pansies, and they even won the Division 1-AA football championship a couple years ago. So Zippy is, as much as mascots can have a gender, a girl. Who....cares? Quote
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