Every time I see one I say "Go Bobcats" or "I thought Ohio was green and white".

Way to go Stub. I do the same.

Additionally, whenever I hear "O-H" . . . "I-O", I respond with "BOBCATS". I've even taught some of my students (who want extra credit) to do the same at school pep rallies.

Leaving Bengal game today some douche kept saying "OH.....IO". Was actually getting very little response, so I talked with him for a few minutes about the difference between the real Ohio and OSU.....he was dumbfounded that I was from the state of Ohio but didn't like OSU and couldn't comprehend that I graduated from Ohio but didn't support OSU. Crazy the sheep. He wasn't a grad.

P.S. TOSU has decided not only does the agreement's verbiage about them being able to use Ohio for "cheers" and for "Script Ohio" give them the right to license tee shirts to that effect, they also reckon they can apply the same logic to athletic uniforms:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=9583511042181...

Those two are annoying, but this one takes the cake for me:

https://www.homage.com/products/womens-yea-ohio-boxy-tee

I too have noticed a lot of progress in seeing Ohio merchandise in a lot more places. Our logo is recognizable too, I think. My dad was wearing an Ohio fleece jacket on a recent trip we took to Asheville, North Carolina and he got a lot of "Go Bobcats!" or "OU!." A Toledo fan even stopped us to talk about the upcoming game (this was before our historic win).

One of life's greatest curiosities to me will always be why a school (or at least a portion of it) is so desires to refer to themselves by a name that is really not their name. I've never seen or heard of Michigan State wanting to refer to themselves simply as "Michigan" or Florida State referring to themselves as "Florida."

It, in my opinion, comes down to this: they do not fully respect or recognize us as a peer/equal. We're a small, irrelevant MAC school that does not have a national brand like they do so they can do whatever they want. If Ohio was in the Big Ten, Big 12 or other Power 5 conference I would bet the farm that we would not have this situation. Since we will never sniff membership in one of those conferences the struggle will continue.

Those I know who went to OSU know full and well who Ohio is and understand the difference. It is mainly the hordes of fans who maybe have never been on campus and are frankly meathead d-bags who can't/won't understand the difference. Every large college/pro team has them. Crazy thing is I would guess there are more Ohio grads/fans living in Metro Columbus than any other large population center.

Monroe, since you've hijacked yet another thread with your repetitive drivel, let me say that I want a MAC title too. Big time. But do you know that we could win the next three MAC titles and it wouldn't excite our alumni base as much one big signature win? We win the next three and it gains less notoriety than beating Penn State in 2012. Getting the casual fan on board means giving them something more tangible that the national media cares about. That said, we are already getting a lot of people to our crappy stadium. The challenge is, can we get them to pay more, make noise and stay longer?

I wonder if they are getting away with the gymnastic uniform because it is "script OHIO". Or if the powers at OU just don't care.

Saw something great on Twitter on Saturday...

Apparently during the end of the Michigan-Indiana game, the Michigan students started chanting "We want Ohio" and some ESPN schlub tweeted that out.

I can't remember who it was, but a Bobcat fan tweeted back to the original poster "To lose to Ohio in the NCAA Tournament again?"

That really is it in a nutshell. It's about presumed "ownership" of the state, and it's backed up by tOSU and its casual fans. This is the only state where this happens, but it's also an odd state with so many FBS programs and only one in the Power 5.

Then again, it is not surprising that a university largely founded to smother other schools is smothering other schools. The very founding of tOSU posed an existential threat to both Ohio and Miami. First through Rutherford Hayes' dismissive attitude toward Ohio and Miami. And later every other state school in Ohio was hamstrung by the Eagleson Bill, which mandated that only tOSU could grant post-graduate degrees and conduct research.

While the Eagleson Bill is obviously no more, it put every other state school decades behind in many ways, including athletics.

I love Homage clothing and appreciate an alum promoting Ohio by making high quality Bobcat apparel. I was in the Easton store over the weekend and bought two shirts, neither of which was an Ohio product.

I know some stuff is close, but I didn't see any glaring trademark violations because you cannot trademark the generic name Ohio. This guy has started a legitimate business with some of the coolest Ohio Bobcat apparel available. Bobcat fans aren't buying enough of it to pay the rent on his corner lot at Easton. I don't care what else he is selling to help his business grow.

As I first noted, I'm not attacking Homage, and I agree that they're just making stuff that sells. But the stuff I pointed out almost certainly IS licensed. It's just licensed by a university not named Ohio. I think that's wrong.

I bought a shirt that had a picture of Larry Bird with wings that says Massachussets State Bird. Add in the fact that it's softer than any of my cashmere sweaters, and I think it's underpriced.