cartm25 No. 1 Share Posted June 23, 2022 the Ohio State University is the team I hate the most. I did not think my hatred could get any more powerful (cue Emperor Palpatine), but recent events prove I can loathe them even more: Ohio State University officially wins trademark for the word 'THE' WWW.NBCNEWS.COM After years of legal wrangling, OSU was awarded trademark protection for the three-letter article from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 2 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I guess what I’ve never understood about the seed pods need to distinguish themselves with the article ‘the’ is that there isn’t any other Ohio State in Ohio other than themselves that they need to distinguish themselves from. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck No. 3 Share Posted June 23, 2022 May we always be the Oregon Ducks, and never The Oregon Ducks. There are definitely a few programs, like the U, who tend bother me a bit. If I get in a discussion with a The or a U alumni, along with a few others I just move on, like is too short. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnski No. 4 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Maybe it'll catch on: Huck THE Fuskies How's that 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagefund No. 5 Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/23/2022 at 8:43 AM, Haywarduck said: May we always be the Oregon Ducks, and never The Oregon Ducks. There are definitely a few programs, like the U, who tend bother me a bit. If I get in a discussion with a The or a U alumni, along with a few others I just move on, like is too short. I don't believe in cultural appropriation but if there ever was a case it is Miami taking the U. It belongs to the Utes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck 1972 No. 6 Share Posted June 24, 2022 What the hell is a buckeye anyway. Maybe they could patent a different vowel at the end of Buck like a U Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyToBeADuck No. 7 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Regardless of whether they are tOSU Buckeyes The OSU Buckeyes or thee, though or the whatevers. The Oregon Ducks came into their house and beat them. The crowd was stunned and silenced. The Oregon Ducks owned the day, the field and scoreboard........ 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 8 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I went to Grad School in Ohio and absolutely detested the arrogance of THE Buckeyes. Growing upon the Pacific Coast made that easy, as did the antics of Woody Hayes. I am also proud to say that my Dawgs have never lost to the dreaded Bucknuts! Last year, I was rooting as hard for the Ducks as my good Duck buddy was. It was indeed a sweet win. 1 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 9 Share Posted June 25, 2022 How can anybody trade mark The??? In the words of the great Don Rickles--The not tho thy? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 10 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 7:48 AM, 1Ducker1 said: How can anybody trade mark The??? In the words of the great Don Rickles--The not tho thy? Agree. With no intention of revisiting any political issues, it smacks of Bill Clinton trying to own the word ‘is’. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 11 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I've reached a level of loathing toward, "THE" than can be raised no longer. It just goes on boiling. The victory at the 'shoe, combined with the win by the Tall Firs in 1939 over Ohio State are cherished occasions. It would be great if the Ducks could do the THE what they have done to the Eww bunch, but the THE actually have good, if not great teams, so it will take a while, but as Khan told Captain Kirk, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 12 Share Posted June 25, 2022 To Hay with Ohio State-- THE Oregon Ducks-there! sue me!!! Im going to walk THE dog--sue me 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 13 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I grew up in Ohio and learned to hate Ohio State at an early age. At least I thought I hated Ohio State, but it turns out that I didn't know the meaning of that emotion--not even close, until I moved away to Oregon and was introduced to that depraved, vile, abominable institution called the University of Washington. Ohio State does have at least one redeeming quality--it gave us the world's funniest comic and laughing-stock, Woody Hayes. But the Huskies have zero redeeming qualities. In fact, it is illegal, at least in Oregon, to use "quality' and "University of Washington" in the same sentence. The penalty, upon conviction, is to spend a summer in Seattle locked inside T-Mobile Park for every Mariners game. Where Buckeye fans are arrogant, obnoxious, and nasty, Husky fans are just plain stupid, and the things that come out of their mouths are so bizarre that they inflame the most hostile intentions of the nicey-nicest. It's no coincidence that Washington went 0-12 the same year that the Dalai Lama visited Seattle. Even His Holiness quickly learned to hate the Huskies, and happily, his prayers that year were answered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Ducky No. 14 Share Posted June 27, 2022 National team championships Oregon 34 Ohio state 31 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 15 Share Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/27/2022 at 7:55 AM, Just Ducky said: National team championships Oregon 34 Ohio state 31 OK...that surprised me. Think of it...the Pac-12 is the first conference to have 500 National Championships, the first conference to have 200 womens championships and the first to have a school at 100 championships in UCLA. But now Stanford and USC does as well, and it is pretty impressive. Four Pac-12 teams in the top ten... List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 16 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Where's the Fuskies?? Prowess???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
