Well, I was at Ohio State when that started. I don't know the exact date, but I would guess it was about 1968 to 1972. And yes, I thought at the time, and still do, that it was a stupid idea.fierceredpanda wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 7:35 pm I went to a D3 school no one has heard of, but I really find the Ohio State crowd’s insistence on calling it “the Ohio State University” to be insufferably smug.
ETA: I think the reason for adding "The" is to emphasize that OSU is the State of Ohio's land-grant university and that Ohio University in Athens, Ohio is not. Big deal.