Why is Oklahoma called OU & not UO?

[madbamahater]

I have wondered for many years why The University of Oklahoma is referred to as OU and not UO.

Can someone with knowledge please explain?

 

[coffeevol]

Because it is the Oklahoma University officially and not University of Oklahoma?

I really don't know, just an educated guess

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

because O comes before U

 

[Vol_til_I_die]

Forget the order, I'm just glad that they used the right letters.

 

[madbamahater]

It is officially "The University of Oklahoma" and not "The Oklahoma University". That's the point...........

 

[Darkside]

Can we be TU?

 

[Midnight Toker]

A few other old Big 8 teams did it. KU, NU, MU, just a thing they had been doing for so long it's just how they're associated.

 

[Skullbone]

I don't know, but they better hope Oxford University doesn't sue them for it or they'll just be O.

 

[FatherVol]

A definitive answer . . .

Urban Dictionary: University of Oklahoma

 

[WesternKyVol]

My best guess is that there isn't a really a logical reason. They're just mentally challenged.

 

[salutethehill]

Just so we're clear, the University of Oklahoma is located in Toledo, Ohio and NOT Kentucky.

 

[ntxVOL]

Can we be TU?

That's already taken, just ask any Aggie, and it's tu not TU.

:rock:

 

[TrueOrange]

I have wondered for many years why The University of Oklahoma is referred to as OU and not UO.

Can someone with knowledge please explain?

The same reason it's IU (Indiana University) and UI (university of Iowa).

It's just based on the names the universities picked for themselves years ago.


Edit: you noted laterthat you feel it should be UO based off of the university's full title

 

[scvol98]

If it were the University of F'n Oklahoma, it would be UFO and all the tin foil hats would just be weird.

 

[volspeach]

:birgits_giggle:

 

[1truevol]

Uhhhh.........who cares???

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

This guy literally makes the worst threads on VN. He always disappoints.

 

[volspeach]

If it were the University of F'n Oklahoma, it would be UFO and all the tin foil hats would just be weird.

You guys crack me up!!

 

[lamadog]

Dyslexia?

 

[madbamahater]

The same reason it's IU (Indiana University) and UI (university of Iowa).

It's just based on the names the universities picked for themselves years ago.


Edit: you noted laterthat you feel it should be UO based off of the university's full title

Huh? IU is IU because they are Indiana University and UI is UI because they are University of Iowa......

Oklahoma is officially University of Oklahoma

 

[xfactorutk]

Must be a Big XII thing bc Kansas is the same way.

 

[sechamp2012]

Because they are afraid of Oregon

 

[General Jack]

They're in a conference named the Big 12 that only has 10 teams. I see a trend developing.

 

[Rifleman]

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Huh? IU is IU because they are Indiana University and UI is UI because they are University of Iowa......

Oklahoma is officially University of Oklahoma

Kansas is officially the University of Kansas...yet they go by KU.

Do you get confused a lot in real life?