But, they are the University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan.  And they are frequently shortened to UW and U of M.  U of I for Illinois. "The U" or UM in Minnesota.  U-Dub for Washington.  Ohio's formal name is Ohio University, and OU is a proper and common sense abbreviation for it similar to the way almost everyone refers to Indiana University as IU.

This obsession over this just screams little brother syndrome  and does more to make the university look small time than anything OSU is doing.

 

Go OHIO.

 

I don't know, I see "WVU" an awful lot

 

I think that this is a very good way to put it.  I like the way you think.  Well, at least in this case! 

 

What I said was West Virginia is never called West Virginia U. just like Indiana is never called Indiana U. Sure they're sometimes called WVU as we're often called OU, that won't change. But we should never be called Ohio U. either, IMO.

And the comment by Roger above that Mich. St. is never called Michigan, Fla. State never called Florida , etc. is a point well taken.

 

I use that logic often when folks in Indiana ask where my son played...."ohio state?"   Umm do you call the place in Terra Haute Indiana ? DO you call the place in Lansing Michigan? DO you call the place in Manhattan Kansas? Hell no...OHIO is OHIO...there can be only one. 

 

+1

Somewhere I have an old poster from the 2000 "Battle of 'Ohio'" (as the Dispatch called it) that says: "In all the world there's only one OHIO."

 

Already there!
 

The few times I've run across the word "OHIO" in the colors of State, whether on a bumper sticker, sweatshirt, or whatever, I  just say, "Go Bobcats" and let them think about it.