(…or lack thereof)
This page is a list of things I refuse to recognize the existence of for a variety of reasons.
The spelling of the word wierd
- ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’
Colleges with the word State in them that already have a college in that state or aren’t even a state at all
- Southwest Texas – I can’t even stand to type what it claims its name to be. Texas was one of the few remaining untainted states and they had to go and screw it all up by trying to act like the real UT
- Michigan State – uh, there’s already a Michigan and guess what, it’s a state
- Ball State – last I checked you’d have a hard time finding anyone from “Ball”, besides what would be its postal abbreviation, BA, BL?
The University of Tennessee
- It’s bad enough that Tennessee and Texas both start with a T, thus causing the occasional (and potentially offensive) “which UT are you talking about” dilemma, but then you go and also use orange and white as your school colors???
- And yes, there’s even a law/agreement/whatever that specifies Tennessee gets to use “UT”, the colors, and the stylized interlocking UT logo east of the Mississippi River, and the real UT on the west.
- Some may argue Tennessee came first, but my beef is with the names:
“Newly created” NFL teams and/or teams I don’t hear about often
- Tennessee Titans – They shall be referred to as “The Oilers” However now that Vince Young is there I can no longer completely deny their existence
- Houston Texans – They shall be referred to as “The Oilers II”
- Thus it is possible to have The Oilers vs. The Oilers
- Ravens, Patriots, Jaguars, Panthers, Falcons, Cardinals – Who?
- Ok, the Patriots have been doing well lately, they’re close to getting an exemption
The Red River ________
- Look, it’s called the Red River Shootout, ok? Have we gotten so damn politically correct and scared of terrorists these days that we can’t even use the word shootout anymore? It’s not the Red River Rivalry (which is rather difficult to say) or even worse the Red River Battle, that’s just dumb.
McCombs School of Business
- ‘F’ Red McCombs and his buying up of naming rights; it’s still just the UT School of Business to me.
Dean Keaton St.
- Nope, sorry, still 26th St.
3Com Park / Monster Park / Whatever The Hell It’s Called This Year Park
Willis Tower
- Sears Tower
The CW
- I’m sticking with just “WB”. Not only did they change the letters to be much more confusing (now I think it’s some country music station every time I see it in the listings) but they kept the stupid “The” part of the name. WTF is up with that? No other station is called “The Fox” or “The ABC”.
SyFy
- Really SciFi, really, that’s what you’re going with??? The next thing you know those of us who were around for the good ol’ BBS days are going to resurrect the “how do you pronounce ’sysop’ ” debate.
