Big Zip Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Don't know if anyone else caught, but I happened to be on vacation last week and was watching Cold Pizza (the ESPN morning daily show) and they ran an extensive feature on a progrom called Special Spectators (I think that is what its called) which is a program designed to give kids an opportunity to see a college or pro game. The story ended up being about a high school girl from St. V who wanted to see a Zips game. The team went to see her in the hospital and then she came to the game. At half time she had a pizza party with the football and volleyball players. The feature was about 10 minutes long and contained some quotes (Q & A about the program) with Charlie Fry, Romeo Travis and Dru Joyce. Why wife and I were sitting in our hotel room stunned to be seeing the Zips on ESPN. Never heard anything about the story anywhere else -- it was well done and really showed what a classy bunch of men they are. I hope some of you had a chance to see it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Damn! I watch Cold Pizza every now and again, but didn't catch that episode. Further proof that the Zips are a sleeping giant. With all the press that JT gets on ESPN & mentions here and there by other anchors, and the LBJ tie-ins w/ Dickie V, there's no doubt in my mind that a successful Zips team would get national press. The Zips Nation shall rise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcrockwell Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 For those of you who missed the Zips on Cold Pizza when it originally aired, here's the segment on YouTube. This was also shown on Delta flights as part of their in-flight entertainment!If you would like to learn more about Special Spectators, visit www.SpecialSpectators.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Thanks bcrockwell. Great clip, the only bad thing about it is seeing Bryan Hipsher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I think it is interesting that I posted this information 6 hours earlier, and the "view count" is 126 on that thread, while the view count for this thread is 163? I guess it shows the value of an eye-catching headline? Or, that "BigZip Mania" has grown even bigger than I thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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