(05-01-2020 11:20 PM)Inkblot Wrote:  

(05-01-2020 04:31 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(05-01-2020 03:24 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Xavier (OH) is pronounced "Zavier" not Eggs-avier.

Where's the deceptive naming in that? Francis Xavier was a Basque, he definitely would pronounce his name with a "Z" sound.

It's the schools who spell it the same as Francis Xavier but pronounce it "Egg-save-ier" or "Ecks-save-ier", those are the ones with deceptive names.

Actually, in Basque X is pronounced "sh".

And if there's a Xabierkoa University somewhere around the US, I should hope it is pronounced with an sh.

(04-19-2020 11:05 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(04-19-2020 10:53 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  I think with the exception of Miami (FL), schools that are University of "City Name" are public.

University of...
Portland
San Francisco
San Diego
Chicago
Denver

and
New York University
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Saint Louis University
Boston University
Boston College

All private, and there are others.

Also U of Dayton
Saint Louis University

Southern Miss ain’t that Southern, either

(04-20-2020 07:30 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  Not quite what OP was asking but growing up I'd see Temple on the NCAA games and think they were Temple College. Also there is a nearby Troy high school whose mascot is the Trojans and colors are maroon and white. I thought it was so cool that they were on the video game.

We are named after our baptist temple (even though we're a public school), which is now a performing arts center

(05-04-2020 11:54 AM)Rob3338 Wrote:  

(04-19-2020 11:05 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(04-19-2020 10:53 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  I think with the exception of Miami (FL), schools that are University of "City Name" are public.

University of...
Portland
San Francisco
San Diego
Chicago
Denver

and
New York University
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Saint Louis University
Boston University
Boston College

All private, and there are others.

Also U of Dayton
Saint Louis University

Syracuse University is private too.

(05-04-2020 06:00 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Southern Miss ain’t that Southern, either

I feel like it's pretty far down there, Southern Mississippi seems like the most apt descriptor for that area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi

(05-04-2020 08:07 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 11:54 AM)Rob3338 Wrote:  

(04-19-2020 11:05 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(04-19-2020 10:53 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  I think with the exception of Miami (FL), schools that are University of "City Name" are public.

University of...
Portland
San Francisco
San Diego
Chicago
Denver

and
New York University
Santa Clara University
Seattle University
Saint Louis University
Boston University
Boston College

All private, and there are others.

Also U of Dayton
Saint Louis University

Syracuse University is private too.

But has two programs that used to be private but are now public but affiliated with SU (ESF and SUNY UPSTATE)