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Message: [QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 1792796, member: 2350"] Not even a scintilla of a clue ... :noidea: Okay, I couldn't wait any longer ... :) [INDENT]"The Zips name is unique in college athletics and comes from "zippers", rubber overshoes made by the BF Goodrich Company that were popular in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925, a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname for the university's athletic teams. Suggestions submitted by students, faculty, and alumni included Golden Blue Devils, Tip Toppers, Rubbernecks, Hillbillies, Kangaroos, and Cheveliers. The winner, freshman Margaret Hamlin, received a prize of $10 for "Zippers". Athletic director Kenneth Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to [I]Zips[/I] in 1950. The university's mascot is "Zippy", a kangaroo. Zippy is one of only a few female college mascots in the United States." [/INDENT] ~Wiki [/QUOTE]