Fear the Roo
Posted November 12th, 2005 by mrasor
The UA Athletic Dept will begin a campaign called "Fear the Roo" much the same way Maryland has the "Fear the Turtle."
The people at the athletic department have an unenviable task: unite a commuter campus around mediocre sports teams (with the exception of men's soccer). They are full of original ideas that would be resounding successes at Duke or Ohio State. Here, it's not so simple. Students go home after classes on weekdays and most have never spend one Saturday on campus.
Anyhow, I've learned there are very few new ideas. It's not bad to swipe a successful idea from someone else. This men's basketball season, MAC teams should Fear the Roo. For women's basketbal, um… uhhhh…. FEAR THE ROO!
November 13th, 2005 at 9:37 pm
Akron's new thing should be "fear our women's basketball team" they are more frightening than the small kangaroo from whiney the pooh.
December 3rd, 2005 at 9:12 am
I've seen the "fear the roo" t-shirts, but they don't seem to be available on the u of a website with all the other gear. Any idea where I can get one?
December 3rd, 2005 at 9:45 am
How can I get a Fear the Roo shirt? This is the best Akron U mascot thing I've seen since graduating 20 years ago. I was 'home' from California over Thanksgiving and made 2 trips down to the tundra of Jackson Field to see the Men's soccer team play WVU. I saw the 'Fear the Roo' banner and a guy in the student center had shirt but none for sale. Great Idea!
December 5th, 2005 at 6:56 pm
I am also looking for "Fear the Roo" sports wear. I would be especially interested in a sweatshirt…surely some entrepreneur in the Akron area has thought about doing this.
December 11th, 2005 at 7:31 pm
can we come up with something original, or do we have to copy maryland?