THE most pretentious and most insecure name for a university

I'll probably catch grief for this, but I don't care anymore.

One thing I don't like about that big school in Columbus is how it calls itself THE Ohio State University, as if it's the only one. I guess it thinks we're too ignorant to know there are more than a dozen state-supported universities in Ohio. THE Ohio State University may be the biggest, but it wasn't the first, and in many disciplines, it isn't the best.

This came about because I caught the first three minutes and the last three minutes of the basketball game last night. I got to thinking about a family member who is a graduate of THE Ohio State University, especially as the starting lineup was announced for THE Ohio State University. The way they emphasize "THE" indicates there is an inferiority complex at work. I have heard that people at THE Ohio State University are jealous that the University of Michigan is considered a public Ivy and OSU is not.

Anyway, after the football championship game and the basketball championship game, maybe announcers can change that to "THE Ohio State University, a wholly owned subsidiary of The University of Florida."

I've read before that folks at Florida State have labored in the shadow of THE University of Florida for years. And I have heard that fans of Memphis resent Tennessee's status in that state. Just, I suppose, as our local greenbleeders in Huntington resent WVU.

And for now, that's all I have to say about that.