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OT-Tournament Bad Uni Watch
First entry is Albany

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RE: OT-Tournament Bad Uni Watch
Have you ever seen a uniform before that said U and the school name (UAlbany in this case)? Very strange. They also have an interesting roster with a kid from Sugar Land and a ton of foreigners (mostly from Australia but one from Denmark which makes sense since they're the Great Danes).
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I think it is a little like LaLa and the Louisiana schools as the Great Danes started out as Albany St Teachers and then became SUNY Albany and now UAlbany. Looking for an identity that is unique for them.
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RE: OT-Tournament Bad Uni Watch
(03-18-2014 07:22 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Have you ever seen a uniform before that said U and the school name (UAlbany in this case)? Very strange. They also have an interesting roster with a kid from Sugar Land and a ton of foreigners (mostly from Australia but one from Denmark which makes sense since they're the Great Danes).

Two immediately spring to mind...

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RE: OT-Tournament Bad Uni Watch
All 3 of those are at least abbreviated in some way so they seem to roll off the tongue a little easier than UAlbany.
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(03-19-2014 05:45 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  All 3 of those are at least abbreviated in some way so they seem to roll off the tongue a little easier than UAlbany.

Abbreviation doesn't work as well in this case...

UAL-the Northern version of y'all?

UBAN-is this coffee still around?

UNY-A missed shot could result in the phrase UNY OOPS. A take off tribute to a great Dick Van Dyke episode about a children's flying saucer and its language problem http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559857/
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(03-19-2014 05:45 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  All 3 of those are at least abbreviated in some way so they seem to roll off the tongue a little easier than UAlbany.

UConn, UMass, UAlbany: apparently it's a Western New England / Upstate New York thing.
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(03-19-2014 12:20 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  Two immediately spring to mind...

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UIndy immediately sprang to mind?
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(03-19-2014 01:15 PM)talon owl Wrote:  UIndy immediately sprang to mind?

That post made me look up 'Uindy'. Never heard of them.
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(03-19-2014 01:15 PM)talon owl Wrote:  
(03-19-2014 12:20 AM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  Two immediately spring to mind...

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UIndy immediately sprang to mind?

I was born in Indianapolis and grew up in the 'burbs. UIndy was a popular choice in my extended family.
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And a little closer to conference home.... UAB
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RE: OT-Tournament Bad Uni Watch
UAlbany is what the northerners call it. In Texas it's pronounced Y'allbany.
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(03-19-2014 10:42 PM)NYNightOwl Wrote:  And a little closer to conference home.... UAB

But those are just initials, like UH, UT, UCLA, USC, et al ... not quite the same thing.
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(03-19-2014 01:02 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  UConn, UMass, UAlbany: apparently it's a Western New England / Upstate New York thing.

UConn is in the eastern part of the state. The only thing to make it at all western New England is the way Maine sticks off to the east like a seaside, foliage-filled tumor.

ETA: Though to be fair, it's not like Storrs is all that far from the NY state line on the western edge of the state (about 80 miles driving). CT is smaller than Brewster County.

(03-19-2014 10:48 PM)Baconator Wrote:  UAlbany is what the northerners call it. In Texas it's pronounced Y'allbany.

FTW.
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(03-19-2014 11:30 PM)texd Wrote:  
(03-19-2014 01:02 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  UConn, UMass, UAlbany: apparently it's a Western New England / Upstate New York thing.

UConn is in the eastern part of the state. The only thing to make it at all western New England is the way Maine sticks off to the east like a seaside, foliage-filled tumor.

ETA: Though to be fair, it's not like Storrs is all that far from the NY state line on the western edge of the state (about 80 miles driving). CT is smaller than Brewster County.
To paragraph 1, I'd say "You got me there".
To paragraph 2, in a roundabout way that's where I was coming from. It is funny that a state so small can have multiple directional universities, as well as a Central.
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RE: OT-Tournament Bad Uni Watch
UAL-the disgusting Chicago airline that ate up Continental Airlines and drug the combination down to the level of the previous UAL.

(03-19-2014 07:11 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  
(03-19-2014 05:45 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  All 3 of those are at least abbreviated in some way so they seem to roll off the tongue a little easier than UAlbany.

Abbreviation doesn't work as well in this case...

UAL-the Northern version of y'all?

UBAN-is this coffee still around?

UNY-A missed shot could result in the phrase UNY OOPS. A take off tribute to a great Dick Van Dyke episode about a children's flying saucer and its language problem http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559857/
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(03-20-2014 08:36 PM)75src Wrote:  UAL-the disgusting Chicago airline that ate up Continental Airlines and drug the combination down to the level of the previous UAL.

And the evil mastermind of the whole thing was not just a Houstonian, but the husband of a Rice professor!
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(03-21-2014 12:09 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  
(03-20-2014 08:36 PM)75src Wrote:  UAL-the disgusting Chicago airline that ate up Continental Airlines and drug the combination down to the level of the previous UAL.

And the evil mastermind of the whole thing was not just a Houstonian, but the husband of a Rice professor!

Smisek's the worst. If I were his wife, I'd want to live in a different city, too.
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(03-18-2014 07:14 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  First entry is Albany

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Baylor! Ew
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