Re: Off-Topic: tOSU

[Keith Wedinger]

I think it's kind of humorous to have the players say, "THE University of
Cincinnati".  Before UC rose to prominence in the early 90's, Eggs-aviers
fans tried to claim Eggs-avier as "The university of Cincinnati".

On 1/5/06, Bryan Sherman <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic post, but I was trying to remember when OSU
> started referring to themselves as THE OSU? Not hugely important, but
> I though there were folks on this forum who may know this incredibly
> important bit of trivia... ;-)
>
> I was talking to someone about OSU, and related how once they started
> to refer to themselves as THE OSU, my positive-to-apathetic
> perspective on the poisinous nuts turned to antipathy.
>
> To try to make it *seem* more on-topic, I also didn't like when the UC
> players started stressing THE University of Cincinnati in their
> intros... combined the silly arrogance of OSU with a "me-to"
> attitude... imho.
>
> Oh for the days when the only controversies were "the"s, red uniforms
> and new logo designs!!
>
> Thanks



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