OT: NU, nu?
The Huskers have been in the B10(1[2]) for less than a week, and I'm already confused. In my mind:
NU = Northwestern University
UN-L = University of Nebraska - Lincoln
I've definitely seen those abbreviations plenty the last few days. But then I started seeing NU, and then words like 'red' and 'ndamukong' in the same comment/article. So, like a good MGoPerson, I did some googling. It is officially, the University of Nebraska. It is not Nebraska University. (I was right - insert condescending laugh.)
Has anyone else noticed this? How pissed would you be if people abbreviated University of Michigan as MU?
Update: Yep, it seems to be a Big 8 phenomenon (KU, OU, etc.). Still makes me uneasy; what illogical thing will they do next?
Same as with the University of Kansas - KU.
They do that so as not to be confused with that island country over by Europe.
Actually, the University of Kentucky goes by UK. Maybe that has more to do with it, both being basketball powers.
...the University of Oklahoma, OU and the University of Missouri, MU and the University of Colorado, CU.
It's a strange convention among the former Big 8 schools. All five of the schools that are "University of X" (Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado, Kansas) use the convention. The others were "X State Univ" (Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State).
NW=Northwestern
NU=Nebraska University
Problem solved.
They're the ones who suck
Has been NW since people began using compasses. If anything NW should have been abbreviated that (or NWU) for a long time.
(I know that you were making a joke but I'm sure that someone will bring up that argument).
I always thought it was just NU. Already confused by expansion and it's been just a week.
Regardless of what it is "officially," it is one of the schools that goes by both. Nebraskans would NOT be pissed to see it written "NU;" they see it that way all the time.
Colorado and Kansas do the same.
So, to review:
Indiana: always IU, would be pissed to be called University of Indiana
Michigan: aways University of Michigan, would be pissed to be called MU
Nebraska: UN-L, NU, they don't care and they use both. Bunch of easygoing plains folk, you'll never meet a nicer crowd.
is rarely referred to as PU.
I'm guessing that Purdue's student body refers to the football team as PU quite often.
Heh. Good call.
Phillips University in Oklahoma went by "PU" and I once spent an excruciating afternoon manning a college fair booth adjacent to their representative. She had a stuffed skunk on her table and would menace passersby with it, as a ploy to get their attention.
This was as successful as you might imagine. The University went bankrupt in 1998. Here ends your higher ed trivia tidbit for the day.
What do they call themselves?
Mostly I just see Purdue on their stuff.
PurDON'T.
I beg to differ!
The best thing about Purdue's name is that you can clip out a bumper sticker, rearrange the letters, and have: "Undue Purversity". Not spelled quite right I know, but hey, good enough for the dorm room bulletin board.
Northwestern is NU if you went there, otherwise NW.
Nebraska is Nenrska if you went there, otherwise Nebraska.
Am I missing something why would they call it Nenrska?
Eh It's okay I guess.
How pissed would you be if people abbreviated University of Michigan as MU?
People do abbreviate U of M that way and it is annoying. Of course, it's usually done on purpose by some rival or troll with the express purpose of pissing people off.
I've seen that, but it's usually by a confused Big 12 fan and not intended to offend. Our rivals prefer the oh-so-hilarious "scUM" and its ilk.
Sounds like an excellent thing to build a rivalry game around. They could play for this:
(the ole wooden cow)
The eyes follow you around the room like a painting in a Scooby Doo episode.
Udderly terrible trophy
They're really trying to milk this new rivalry for all it's worth. Personally, I'd steer clear of the whole thing.
if the fans don't feel they have a steak it in.
one side call the other chickens for not competing though?
put the whole idea of a UNL-UM rivalry out to pasture.
My wife, who is a Nebraska alum, says UN-L. Prior to the integration of other schools such as The Municipal University of Omaha, which became the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UN-O) in 1968 and Kearney State University, which became the University of Nebraska-Kearney (UN-K) in 1991, the University of Nebraska was commonly referred to as NU.
Now both abbreviations are commonly used. Nothing frosted my late father in law more than integrating other colleges into the University of Nebraska system. "Goddamnit! There's only one University of Nebraska and it's in Lincoln!", he used to tell me.
...But UN-K was Kearney State College before it became UN-K. It was KSC, never KSU.
And it was Nebraska State Teachers College before it was KSC.
Sorry for the mis-print.
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why don't we abbreviate them both with "W"... as in that's two Wins for us?
ps - while we're at it, how do we change the big 10 logo so that the number hidden in it isn't 11 but 12?
I thought hiding a "12" would be easy... its 13, 14, 15 that look difficult. The 16 was posted in another thread, with the logo becoming:
B16 Ten
The winner of the Nebraska-Northwestern game gets to call itself NU for the next year. The loser has to...wear purple.
they play for the NU name, that is a great idea but the purple is a nonstarter!
In deference to NW having seniority in the conference, "UNL" is perfectly acceptable to Nebraskans who themselves sometimes use it, though NU is preferred.
I already was "educated" on this board about U of M vs MU