The Ohio State University

[StL Dan]

Seems like most people get it wrong when deciding to call the school by it's full name.

"The" is not the emphasized word. "State" should be emphasized, instead.

The Ohio STATE University, as in, The State University of Ohio.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

what about teh?

[heyzeus]

If they say "THE" loud enough, will it make it a good school?

[IMADreamer]

I think you are missing some back story. There was a bit of controversy a few years back about Ohio State and another school in the state. So there was some political or legal brewhahah and Ohio State University started calling itself The Ohio State University. I'm not sure if that's official or if it was just marketing or something but then all the Football players started doing it and now every school does it and it's stupid.

[StL Dan]

There are two institutions:

The Ohio University and The Ohio STATE University

[Valpo Cardinal Fan]

There are two institutions:

The Ohio University and The Ohio STATE University

Just Ohio University in Athens, OH

The Bobcats

OH U!

http://www.ohio.edu/

[StL Dan]

There are two institutions:

The Ohio University and The Ohio STATE University

Just Ohio University in Athens, OH

The Bobcats

OH U!

http://www.ohio.edu/

Sorry, there is the Ohio University and the Ohio State University.

[Valpo Cardinal Fan]

There are two institutions:

The Ohio University and The Ohio STATE University

Just Ohio University in Athens, OH

The Bobcats

OH U!

http://www.ohio.edu/

Sorry, there is the Ohio University and the Ohio State University.

I was born in Missouri. Show me.

[planet planet]

There are two institutions:

The Ohio University and The Ohio STATE University

Just Ohio University in Athens, OH

The Bobcats

OH U!

http://www.ohio.edu/

Sorry, there is the Ohio University and the Ohio State University.

I was born in Missouri. Show me.

I'm from OH. It's Ohio University and The Ohio State University. Still don't see why they need the "The" though. Mizzouri, Kansas, etc. have both and don't have the "the".

[Transmogrified Tiger]

My theory is that it's an insecurity that comes with Ohio having so many colleges, and so many public colleges that have at least some notoriety(OSU, OU, Akron, Toledo, Bowling Green, and Kent State are all FBS schools, for example).