In 1982 we played Richmond at Da Shoo in a game to help raise money for Children's Hospital. We won 23-14. That night one of the local Columbus sportscasters referred to us as The Bearcats. Three times!!!

The average person thinks Ohio State when you tell them you went to Ohio University. I can’t tell you how many times it’s happened. They never met former President Nixon. They don’t know Dick.

Because for decades that is how we as a school identified ourselves. However, for 25 years we have been simply OHIO.

Is this true? I arrived in the late 1980s and recall a lot of OU gear (even to this day) but not Ohio U .....

I've gone back in forth over the years in thinking we should embrace Ohio U and also just hating it every time I hear it....

Also, can't wait for football to start so we have something real to discuss.

If you go a long, long way back you’ll see our sports team uniforms have almost always said just, Ohio. There are some back to the 1890s. There was a period of time — late 1930s-early 1960s — when we embraced the “U” tag because A&M had so successful stolen “Ohio,” but then we started to fight back during the Alden administration. We started to reclaim “Ohio,” our birthright. We were making progress slowly, but then Cowtown U overplayed it’s hand and sued us for the AttackCat logo with the arched Ohio. When their attorneys told them they were going to lose in court because that school in Athens had proof of the use of “Ohio” in reference to its university and athletic teams going back to the 19th Century, they used their political muscle to force an out-of-court settlement. Nonetheless, they were had to sign an agreement that recognized their senior institution as “Ohio.”