they did this to connect with THE CITY
not the STATE
Sure they did.
But guess what?
UH still has A LOT more to do with the State than the City, for all the reasons I mentioned.
A few marketing ploys like that HARDLY refute that fact.
no they donāt
OUR CREATION HISTORY is as a local private city school for Houston.
Our limited state funding came later
Sure it is.
If we are recognized as the best basketball program in our stateā¦then how are we NOT representing the State as the best this state has to offer in that sport?
Iād like to hear your theory on that one.
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I mean, only like 3 of those came after 1970. I have a hard time considering schools that havenāt had much success since San Francisco and CCNY were powerhouses to be super relevant.
what is the official UH slogan mentioning Texas or the State?
I donāt remember a
For the State slogan
or a
Lone-Star Takeover slogan
or those sweet Texas flag jerseys
When did those exist???
Actually, itās as a local municipal junior collegeā¦then a municipal public universityā¦then a private university (1945-1963), then a BIG STATE university (1963-present).
But thatās neither here nor there.
Bottom line.
TODAY we are a BIG STATE university, not a municipal one, which gives us MUCH MORE to do with the STATE than the city.
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You put Sampson in the same class as Sumlin, Briles, and Herman. Thats all i need to know about you.
As I said, ad slogans HARDLY cancel out the far more obvious ties we have to the State of Texas in affiliation, funding, endowment, administration, etc.
We have NONE of those ties with the City, ONLY the State.
It is what it is.
STATE university.
And the Texas outline logo
Well said.
So even in 1927ās best example, our ties TO THE STATE are emphasized.
Case closed.
NEXT!!!
LAW,. nobody is arguing that we arenāt a state school that receives state funding.
we are trying to tell you we are a regional school that has branded ourselves as a city school as we have NOWHERE near the reach of a Texas ā¦or Texas A&M ā¦or even a Texas Tech, IN teh state of Texas.
We donāt attract casual football fans in Amarillo, Texas, for example, just because the Frontiersman fly a Texas flagā¦they still view us as a city school and we we market ourselves that way
We wear Houston across our chests, not Texas. Itās really that simple. Letās not overcomplicate this.
he just like to argue everything even of it against his own previous arguments of us NOT being a #1 or #2 State flagship school IN Texas.
I guess NOW we ARE the school for the state of Texas
Anyone with the name The Hijacker should not say anything about just liking to argue. Youāve lived up to your alias on this thread
Just like Louisville doesā¦
Because itās the name of the school.
It has nothing to do with connections.
Thatās not proof of greater connections in funding, administration, etc.
FAR greater connections as such exist with the State, not the City.
Gang,
I just looked up UH game entrances onto the field on YouTube.
NEARLY all feature a STATE OF TEXAS flag at the front of the procession out, not a City of Houston flag.
I rest my case, given that that was 1927ās best example.
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UH was a private school from 1927 to 1963 when it became a state school. If the powers that be want to put a UH on a map of Texas, I donāt see what the problem is. I think it would be better than all the Columbia blue stuff for our sports teams.
I guess some would want an emblem with the city limits. Basically, I think this is a tempest in a teapot.
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No.
It became a private school in 1945.
HISD school before that.
Hereās the timeline:
1927-1934: HISD Junior College
1934-1945: HISD University
1945-1963: Private U.
1963-Present: BIG STATE U.
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Then we should have taken the Texas State name when it was still available