The University of Akron's bouncing kangaroo was No. 1 in the rankings last year. Overtaking Zippy this year is D'Artagnan and the Blue Blob from Xavier University in Cincinnati. That's right ...

You get the hint. Why then is the University of Akron known as the Zips, and why would the school have the kangaroo Zippy as a mascot? The story hops around more than a pouched marsupial in Australia.