(09-13-2021 12:19 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote:  At the time, it was the most southerly public university. So if you think of everything south of I-4 being "South Florida," then USF is simply located at the northern extremity of the region it was intended to serve. It doesn't have to be centrally located within that region - and it did have a branch campus in Ft. Myers that became Florida Gulf Coast Univ. (I can't believe I'm defending the geographically asinine.)

But, there were some better names entertained for USF before that moniker was selected...

- University of Florida at Temple Terrace
- Flamerica University [indeed, it is in both Florida and America]
- Ponce de Leon University [he didn't make it all the way to Tampa Bay, but he is credited for discovering Florida]
- University of the Western Hemisphere [geographically accurate...imagine the market size claims!]
- Citrus State University

I thought you were joking about the proposed names ("Flamerica"?!), but you were not! XD

https://www.thebullspen.com/topic/40040-...h-florida/