[NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

Evans Schoeman eschoeman at sbcglobal.net
Tue Mar 8 23:10:43 CST 2011 

Was talking to a good friend who graduated from tOSU around 1970.  His diploma 
says simply "Ohio State University".

He thinks that the "The" was added to the school name sometime in the mid-80s.  
Not sure why, but it certainly gives outsiders something else to ridicule.





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From: Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
To: hakirsch at aol.com
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 9:51:23 PM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

I'm adding the full list to this thread since we're talking about things that 
partially
originated here....

I just remember that the AD while I was at NU (72-74) 

1. Hired Tex Winter to coach baseketball
2. Put in the Tartan Turf field at Dyche.

In any case, when I was first doing Purple Reign for then Rivals, a few of our 
posters
both here and on the chat rooms there started mocking The Ohio State University 
by
abbreviating the name tOSU.

After a year or so, the NCAA started making a lot of noise about graduation 
rates, and
published a rather damning document Football grad rate at about 40% and their 
Baseketball
rate at under 20%.

I remember posting a commentary to the effect that until tOSU got those numbers 
up above
50%, I would call them d (for duh) OSU instead. It caught on among a few readers 
- I think
there are a couple of guys who still use it. 

I was on the Bucknuts radio show talking about NU football one time, and my 
appearance was
questioned by some readers, stating that I used dOSU in my commentaries. Now 
that I'm not
writing much for sports, I've lost track of the grad rates at dOSU - are they 
any better?

rsl

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Director Media Relations - Little League 
  Senior League Softball World Series
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Northwestern University - Speech 1974 - 
Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
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-----Original Message-----
From: hakirsch at aol.com [mailto:hakirsch at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:41 PM
To: Roy S. Lamberton
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

Oh and Tippy Dye who was the AD at NU when you were there and was the QB at OSU 
when my
dad went there
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:34:05 
To: <hakirsch at aol.com>
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

Yes, dOSU actually comes from some NU alums referring to them as tOSU in posts.

I changed the "t" to "d" when one of the NCAA reports on graduation came out 
showing their
lack of graduation prowess. I used to get roundly boiled by the dOSU alums on 
the chat
boards because I did that.

Oh well, old news now that St. Tressel is about to be skewered.


rsl



++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
Computer Applications & Support Associates
-------------------- Also ----------------------
"Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
Director Media Relations - Little League 
  Senior League Softball World Series
CTRCS USN/USNR Retired
Northwestern University - Speech 1974 - 
Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========
"...Then I get on my knees and pray,
WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!" -- Pete Townsend
================================================


-----Original Message-----
From: hakirsch at aol.com [mailto:hakirsch at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:54 PM
To: Roy S. Lamberton
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

Funny.  When NFL players announce their ala mater they generally say The Ohio 
State
Univesity. So figured it derived from that. My late dad (today would be his  
94th b day)
was an OSU grad and while he rooted for them, he despised their emphasis on 
sports at the
expense of academics 
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:49:30 
To: <hakirsch at aol.com>
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

D stands for Duh - as in Duh Ohio State University, home of graduation rates 
under 50%.

Can also stand for the Homeric (Simpson) Doh as in "Doh, OSU officials claimed 
that they
didn't know the guy had flunked out prior to the season." Or, "doh OSU 
basketball team
once again had a graduation rate under 50%." (which is what spurred the original 
DuhOSU
back on Scout/Rivals)

It goes hand in hand with the Evil Empire for N**** D*** or MinnySoda, or many 
of the
derisive names that I have used over the years when referring to opponents.

I think it goes back to when I was working at Oklahoma - when we were going to 
"Shuffle
off the Buffaloes" one season against Colorado.

Remember that the original Purple Reign Chat Board had an official Grammar 
Policeman,
empowered to correct grammatical and spelling errors!

rsl





++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
Computer Applications & Support Associates
-------------------- Also ----------------------
"Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
Director Media Relations - Little League 
  Senior League Softball World Series
CTRCS USN/USNR Retired
Northwestern University - Speech 1974 - 
Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========
"...Then I get on my knees and pray,
WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!" -- Pete Townsend
================================================


-----Original Message-----
From: hakirsch at aol.com [mailto:hakirsch at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:42 PM
To: Roy S. Lamberton
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

D stands for The or De ?
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: "Roy S. Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:39:15 
To: <neonrye at aol.com>; <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?

Why I still refer to them as dOSU

rsl

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
Computer Applications & Support Associates
-------------------- Also ----------------------
"Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
Director Media Relations - Little League 
  Senior League Softball World Series
CTRCS USN/USNR Retired
Northwestern University - Speech 1974 - 
Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========
"...Then I get on my knees and pray,
WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!" -- Pete Townsend
================================================

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
Of
neonrye at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 4:56 PM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Buckeyes in Hot Water with NCAA (Again)?


It appears that St. Tressel may have known about the violations of NCAA Rules 
involving
Pryor and his mates--and not told the University, as he was contractually bound 
to do, as
per this ESPN online report:  
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6194133

They are holding Press Conference at 7 p.m.  Stay tuned for "As The Buckeye 
(Worm) Turns".


Paul Levinson

The



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