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Actually, my point was brought to light by Bob Griese yesterday when he confused the letters OSU with Ohio State on the ABC telecast. He actually said Ohio State when he meant Oklahoma State. Anyone else catch that?
When I was an undergrad, working on the university radio stations, we weren't allowed to use the term O.U., because of the confusion factor and because the president of the university didn't feel that just using the letters showed enough respect for the institution.
The point really has nothing to do with who is a great football power, but simply that using letters only can be confusing to folks in different parts of the country.
I just think that, to avoid confusion in any thread, it makes sense to use the fairly standard journalistic rule for print and broadcast -- use the official name of the school first (Oklahoma), and then the abreviation from that point on if you wish.
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Last edited by DeltAlum; 11-03-2003 at 02:52 AM.
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