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[Cyforce]

Generally just "The U". Miami is not "The U". There's no U in Miami. It's ridiculous they even call themselves that. There are archived publications with the University of Utah being referred to as "The U" before the University of Miami even existed. We were first to use it by several decades and we actually have a U in the initials outside of the word university. It drives us nuts to hear Miami constantly referred to as "The U". No other school should ever refer to itself as "The U". **** you, Miami!

When Howard made Miami the U.
He came in and locked down the City.
All those recruits stayed home.
Many of them inner city kids that have never
been anywhere else. If you only know Miami
they are the University. Thus the U.

Ask Ken Miller, Saylorville is "the Lake".

 

[Utahute72]

:cry: And ISU got stolen from us by any other university with the initials of I S U. Think I'll be ******* and cry about it.

Since it's Idaho State University, I think I'd cry too.

 

[StPaulCyclone]

That all may be true, but Miami is The U.
People in the Twin Cities refer to the University of Minn as The U as well.

Correct. They also claim to have used "The U" for decades and out date Miami's usage. I have to admit, I sometimes call it that; because most everyone here does. In other words get in line Utah, because Miami has claimed it for itself nationally.

 

[CardinalAndGold]

Where are the betting line archives located? That would be very interesting to look at.

 

[iahawkhunter]

In all honesty, most Utah fans, myself included, don't really give a **** that Miami decided to start referring to themselves as "The U" 30 or so years ago. I was trying to be a bit over the top in my previous post. It was meant mostly in jest. The thing that does get under our skin is when fans of other programs around the country try to tell us we ripped Miami off if we refer to Utah as "The U" or throw up a 'U' with our hands at the game.

Just because Miami was a much higher profile and more successful program at the time college football popularity exploded does not erase 100+ years of using "The U". We've been "The U" and throwing up U's for many decades longer than Miami. While I'm quite certain Miami didn't copy Utah or try to rip anyone off when they started that stuff, Utah has been doing it longer and we're not going to stop because Miami won a few championships running one of the filthiest programs in college football history.

Utah originated "The U", period. That is factually provable. If Miami or Minnesota or anyone else without a U in their name wants to call themselves "The U" and throw up U's after touchdowns or whatever, it's fine by me as long as nobody tries to tell me Utah ripped it off.

Of course we throw-up U's after touchdowns.

 

[TheBaron]

Of course we throw-up U's after touchdowns.

I was thinking more like this:

 

[Palmer]

I was thinking more like this:

It will be interesting to see how your program fares in the Pac 10.....

 

[CyDude16]

Since it's Idaho State University, I think I'd cry too.

Sorry you aren't a BCS conference.... yet

 

[WhoISthis]

In all honesty, most Utah fans, myself included, don't really give a **** that Miami decided to start referring to themselves as "The U" 30 or so years ago. I was trying to be a bit over the top in my previous post. It was meant mostly in jest. The thing that does get under our skin is when fans of other programs around the country try to tell us we ripped Miami off if we refer to Utah as "The U" or throw up a 'U' with our hands at the game.

Just because Miami was a much higher profile and more successful program at the time college football popularity exploded does not erase 100+ years of using "The U". We've been "The U" and throwing up U's for many decades longer than Miami. While I'm quite certain Miami didn't copy Utah or try to rip anyone off when they started that stuff, Utah has been doing it longer and we're not going to stop because Miami won a few championships running one of the filthiest programs in college football history.

Utah originated "The U", period. That is factually provable. If Miami or Minnesota or anyone else without a U in their name wants to call themselves "The U" and throw up U's after touchdowns or whatever, it's fine by me as long as nobody tries to tell me Utah ripped it off.

I do not think anyone believes there has been copyright infringement or theft committed by any of the schools that use The U. Imo, the usage of the term is due to independent coinage rather than diffusion.

 

[Incyte]

I thought ISU fans had one of the worst inferiority complexes among BCS schools. Looks like that title will be claimed next year by a new addition to the PAC-10. . . . .

 

[CyBelieve]

"The U" can refer to pretty much any state school that starts with "University"

University of Indiana
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of Kansas
University of Miami

So if it's the 'University of Kansas', why do Jayhawk fans say "Go KU"? Is saying "U of K" too difficult for them because there's too many words? ...Oh those rascals in Lawrence