g-mann17 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 EA is currently having a "Vote for the cover" challenge for NCAA Football 2009. We are probably already a week behind in voting, but we have a very good chance of getting Zippy to be the cover mascot if we try.Go to the following site to cast your vote for Zippy.http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/ Quote
GoZips88 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 What a shame ... didn't see Can't State / Flush listed as one of the MAC mascot choices. Quote
Valpo Zip Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 What a shame ... didn't see Can't State / Flush listed as one of the MAC mascot choices.That's right gozips88... no bird with teeth is going to be on any cover. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 Speaking of Zippy -- Here is a big, FAT thumbs down for the University's handling of the "Zippy's Kid's Club" in 2007-8. No newsletters, no Birthday cards for the kids...nothing. Of course, all that stuff is promised to the kids up-front.I buy my son season tickets for football and hoops to support the respective programs even though he's in the Kid's Club. He liked it, so for $30.00 it was worth keeping him in it. He's out of it next year. #1 mascot in the nation, but #317 ranked Kid's Club. Shoddy, UA. Very shoddy. Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I voted. You know, for how excellent the graphics are nowadays, they still can't get Zippy right. He's looked like that for years - barely looks like Zippy. Quote
apalmison Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 hmm. They made her look rather . . . masculine. Wonder if they know she's a she? Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 hmm. They made her look rather . . . masculine. Wonder if they know she's a she?Haha! This is quite the controversy. I just can't think of Zippy as a 'she'. He's not a she, he's a he! Zippy's a dude. Mascots are quite often (more often than not?) idiosyncratic. Very quick examples: Can't's bird has teeth, Brutus Buckeye has a body and the Miami Dolphins are affectionately called "The Fish" - even though dolphins are mammals! And while all mascots are at least somewhat idiosyncratic, additionally, there's not a mascot is the world that is anatomically correct!!! So just 'casue Zippy has a pouch doesn't mean he's a girl. Who ever thinks of a kangaroo sans a pouch? No one! So Zippy, being a kangaroo mascot, is naturally going to have a pouch. I could even perhaps begin to accept it if Zippy were officially androgenous. But a girl? Never!!! Btw, Zippy's outfit is quite similar to Donald Duck's - nice shirt & hat, but no pants! Quote
RootforRoo44 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 hmm. They made her look rather . . . masculine. Wonder if they know she's a she?rather be a masculine woman than a gay can't stater Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 hmm. They made her look rather . . . masculine. Wonder if they know she's a she?rather be a masculine woman than a gay can't stater...and Brady Quinn checks into ZipsNation. How about that? Quote
Bleacher Bum Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I'll have to see if I can get Zippy back on the morning show to promote this. Hey, it worked once already, didnt it? Quote
Blue & Gold Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I'll have to see if I can get Zippy back on the morning show to promote this. Hey, it worked once already, didnt it?What morning show? Are you on WZIP? Quote
RootforRoo44 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 hmm. They made her look rather . . . masculine. Wonder if they know she's a she?rather be a masculine woman than a gay can't stater...and Brady Quinn checks into ZipsNation. How about that?that Brady Quinn story...that was pretty good stuff Quote
Bleacher Bum Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 What morning show? Are you on WZIP?I work at Channel 3 in Cleveland. We had Zippy on our morning show a few times during her Capital One run. Quote
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