[NU Sports] NU vs. NW or NWU or whatever!

[John A. DeGroat]

Speaking of the University of Texas and Texas A&M, I once stumbled onto 
a website that had nothing but Aggies jokes, some great ones.  Our 
minister who happened to go to Texas loved Aggie jokes.  In the Army, 
there ws a PFC from Baylor who used to tell Aggie jokes in a loud voice 
every time a Second Lieutenant from Texas A& M walked by .  I thought 
the guy was going to get court-martialed since the LT had no sense of humor.

John DeGroat

Mike Nolan wrote:

>>The University of Nebraska at Lincoln follows in what is generally an odd 
>>(some might say "dumb") tradition of the Big Eight.  Texas A&M actually 
>>makes fun of the University of Texas by calling it TU (and in the War 
>>Hymn, "Texas University"), so I'm not sure why the University of Nebraska 
>>enjoys being called NU.  Perhaps they're proud of their dyslexic students. 
>>;-)
>>    
>>
>
>Some points to ponder:
>
>1.  NU is easier to rhyme with or build into a chant than UN and it rolls 
>    off the tongue easier.  
>
>2.  Nebraska has used a 'NU' marching formation since the 1920's,
>    I think before the Northwestern band started using one.
>
>3.  The UN is in New York City.
>--
>Mike Nolan
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