In very important newsworthy news: The Ohio State University attempts to trademark the letters “OSU,” and Oklahoma State University plans on opposing it

Naturally, Ohio State would attempt something like this, because if there’s any school more arrogant and self-important about their branding it’s Ohio State.  Forget about all the other schools that use the acronym, they don’t really actually exist, or are remotely relevant in the world of collegiate sports.

Except that Oregon State University isn’t completely garbage at football, and actually has a pretty decent basketball program for both men and women.  Except that Oklahoma State University isn’t a terrible football program in their own right. 

But none of them are really OSUs.

Regardless of how this stupid pissing match ends up, there really is a really easy solve for this little spat: play for it.

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