SID: SMU branding - SMU, not Southern Methodist

[SMU1523]

I remember reading somewhere that USC, prefers USC, SC, and Southern California. They frown upon the use of Southern Cal. Lou Holtz never got the memo because he continues to call them Southern Cal and has for years.

[Grant Carter]

I remember reading somewhere that USC, prefers USC, SC, and Southern California. They frown upon the use of Southern Cal. Lou Holtz never got the memo because he continues to call them Southern Cal and has for years.

Or maybe he did get the memo...

[SoCal_Pony]

If people are getting confused between us and a tiny catholic school in San antonio, a Canadian university or Singapore management university when we are discussing D1 sports, we have bigger problems.

Very funny & so true.

BTW, you can also include Shanghai Maritime University in the discussion.

[hoopmanx]

Like or not, St Marys calls themselves SMU, and lots of people call Southern Miss, SMU too.

[ponyinNC]

I always felt like the espn bottom line would explode when SMU played USM.

[LA_Mustang]

I'd like to see SMU host a tournament with the following first round game - So. Miss vs. Saint Mary's U.

[DiamondM75]

To end all confusion it is now:


The SMU

[The PonyGrad]

Like or not, St Marys calls themselves SMU, and lots of people call Southern Miss, SMU too.

Actually So. Miss is USM and only called SMU by those that don't know. That is one of the reasons I liked when we went to CUSA, that maybe that perception would be corrected.

[pwnyxpress]

Once we win the NCAA tournament there will be no more confusion.

[untitled]

Like or not, St Marys calls themselves SMU, and lots of people call Southern Miss, SMU too.

Which St. Mary's are you referring to? CalallenStang is right - St. Mary's University in San Antonio uses StMU on all of their gear, while St. Mary's in California is "St. Mary's College," so it wouldn't make sense for them to use SMU as an acronym.

[hoopmanx]

Twitter calls smc and usm, smu. Happens more than you would think. .

[82Pony]

Then there's the SMU Thurston Howell, III attended....



Super Millionaire University

[Tx_Mustang10]

we are SMU. Nobody else owns that. We need to insist - and every single time they put southern meth or southern methodist our SID needs to send a pointed email with the request/demand that they go with SMU.

someone needs to have this as their job - and we need to wear them out.

I still email the people on the Yahoo! Sportstacular app every couple weeks because they call our basketball team's shortname "SM." Way worse than any of the other situations being described, imo. But I guess, SID, while you're at it, maybe you can pick this one up. Most recently they said they'll fix it during the offseason, but for something that takes 2 mins to fix, they sure have been pushing it off.

[malonish]

Then there's the SMU Thurston Howell, III attended....



Super Millionaire University

According to IMDB:
The character of the Professor was supposedly a graduate from SMU, TCU and UCLA, Thurston Howell III went to Harvard. Howell would call an inferior a "Yale Man".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057751/trivia
http://www.gilligansisle.com/thurston.html

Dang, mind blown.

[BigT3x]

Drives me CRAZY when I see us called "Southern Methodist". Makes us sound like some rural divinity school. The SMU administration really needs to eliminate the disjointed branding and standardize on SMU.