(11-08-2013 01:57 PM)Old Dominion Navy Wrote:  USF and UCF have moved past the thought of their names sounding small time. The obvious ones are Buffalo becoming New York State and LaLa being branded as Louisiana. Those two changes would big huge for their programs going forward. UTEP and UAB has gone by that for so long going by El Paso or Birmingham would just be confusing. Would UTSA think about going by San Antonio since they are new to the football game?

I think there's a certain "bump" that comes from having a four letter acronym - UCLA, UNLV, and UTEP haven't been hurt by their branding. Just going to "San Antonio" for athletics may hurt them because of the city's checkered history with professional football (WLAF, CFL, etc.). There's also an NBA team to contend with, and lastly, a school in Alabama that's been known as "USA" for 50 years and just happened to move to FBS about the same time the Roadrunners did.

I think UTSA could have a pretty high ceiling if they do well on the field, much like South Florida did in the old Big East.

(11-06-2013 09:04 PM)MJG Wrote:  Troy and Memphis dropped the State .
Some directional names picked up the city instead .

For the schools without the option of U of state name or state name State what is the best option ?

Also Tech is not an option

State name A&M

(11-07-2013 04:32 PM)lumberpack4 Wrote:  

(11-07-2013 04:26 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Many of us at UNC Charlotte would love to get rid of the "UNC".

UNC has been itching to get rid of "At Chapel Hill" since it was slapped on them in the 1931 merger with NC A&M College (NC State) and NC Women's College (UNC-Greensboro).

A few years ago there was a movement to convert all 17 campuses to the "UNC-(city)" standard. I think every school in the system balked at the concept.

(11-08-2013 05:52 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 05:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 03:31 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 03:16 PM)FuzzyHasek Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 02:25 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  I've been saying this for years and get slaughtered for it on the rivals board. UCF needs to become FTU again.

cant, there is a FL Tech now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Ins...Technology

There is an FIT. FTU is still available. Let ESPN and the lay public call us what they want. In 5 years, FTU will be "Florida Tech".

Southern Florida Tech U, or STFU, wouldn't be bad either.

Can pair with Sam Houston Institute of Technology, if they ever move up.

They're waiting for the University of North Texas to become a private Christian school and pair up with them.

(11-09-2013 12:37 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 05:52 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 05:22 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 03:31 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 03:16 PM)FuzzyHasek Wrote:  cant, there is a FL Tech now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Ins...Technology

There is an FIT. FTU is still available. Let ESPN and the lay public call us what they want. In 5 years, FTU will be "Florida Tech".

Southern Florida Tech U, or STFU, wouldn't be bad either.

Can pair with Sam Houston Institute of Technology, if they ever move up.

They're waiting for the University of North Texas to become a private Christian school and pair up with them.

LOL

Christian University of North Texas

"Buffalo has been making a big marketing push as New York's team - look at their uniforms, football turf, and advertisements, you'll see State University of New York at Buffalo. everywhere."

There's a good reason for that, as The State University of New York at Buffalo IS the formal name of the university. It is normally shortened to the University AT Buffalo.

(11-09-2013 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote:  

(11-07-2013 04:32 PM)lumberpack4 Wrote:  

(11-07-2013 04:26 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Many of us at UNC Charlotte would love to get rid of the "UNC".

UNC has been itching to get rid of "At Chapel Hill" since it was slapped on them in the 1931 merger with NC A&M College (NC State) and NC Women's College (UNC-Greensboro).

A few years ago there was a movement to convert all 17 campuses to the "UNC-(city)" standard. I think every school in the system balked at the concept.

It was a few decades ago and it was a big defeat for Bill Friday.

(11-07-2013 01:43 PM)CrazyPaco Wrote:  There are interesting politics about why USF isn't actually in South Florida. It was originally intended to be, as the South Florida region was the largest population center without a pubic university when this was going down in the 1950s. The school was legislated into existence and appropriated for, but the University of Miami, only about 25 years young at the time, lobbied Tallahassee to prevent competition from coming in, and the campus was relocated across the Alley, name intact. Miami only delayed the inevitable for about a decade, as FIU was later established in the city, but it was originally that was supposed to be USF.

This is correct. Of course, both Tampa and Miami should have had public schools by that point, but all of the political power was in the northern part of the state. The rest of the state was only going to get one state university at that time, and for multiple reasons Tampa was chosen.

Culturally, the northern part of the state (Ocala and areas north) is considered Deep South, while everything south of Ocala is a melting pot that represents what most people think of when they think of Florida. So when viewing the state from a cultural perspective, the University of South Florida isn't a terrible name. That said, I would be supportive of a name change to the Tampa Bay University. I think that name would better represent the population we serve.

If East Carolina was going to change their name to become more 'marketable', I would suggest following a precedent of other state schools like Rutgers, Clemson, Auburn, and Purdue- namely, to name the school after a person. So, ECU would become Jarvis University.

Auburn is named after a person?

Trenton State College, a teacher's college in Ewing, NJ, became "The College of New Jersey" years ago. I think the name change enhanced the appeal and prestige of the school. It also gives one the impression that it's the state university and that it's been around for a very, very long time.

(11-07-2013 12:09 AM)LastMinuteman Wrote:  Universities that currently don't exist:

New York State
University of New Jersey
New Jersey State
Massachusetts State
Maryland State
Wisconsin State
University of Louisiana
Connecticut State
Nebraska State
Hawaii State
Maine State
New Hampshire State
Rhode Island State
Alaska State
Vermont State
Wyoming State

(Kentucky State, Virginia State, West Virginia State, and Nevada State do exist, they're just not NCAA Division I members.)

Careful there partner. While I agree with you, some people down in Lafayette, Louisiana would take serious exception to that.

(11-09-2013 11:19 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Auburn is named after a person?

Yes, in a roundabout way. It was named after John "Auburn" Toomer, who founded the town. He founded the town as a respite from all the people wearing houndstooth caps and claiming 50 national championships in buggy racing back in the 1850's. Apparently it was insufferable for Mr. Toomer. Of course that was before the Methodist Church founded the East Alabama School for Males, which begat Alabama Polytechnic, which begat Auburn University.

(11-11-2013 12:06 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(11-09-2013 11:19 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Auburn is named after a person?

Yes, in a roundabout way. It was named after John "Auburn" Toomer, who founded the town. He founded the town as a respite from all the obnoxious people wearing houndstooth caps and behaving poorly while claiming 50 national championships in buggy racing.

No.

(11-07-2013 09:43 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  I've really come to appreciate that in VA the Div I public schools not named UVA or Va Tech aren't Directional U or City U. They're all pretty much named after historical persons (James Madison, George Mason, William & Mary) or are related to the State without a direction involved such as Old Dominon (a nickname of the Virginia) and Virginia Commonwealth University (which I guess if you think about would be our State U but since VA is a commonwealth instead of a state you get VCU instead of VSU).

You are absolutely correct. Virginia did it right.