Battle of acronyms: How do people in U.S. states identify UA, UM, USC and UT?
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You ever wonder how nationally recognizable your school’s acronym is?
Well, poster “geoforceman” of RedditCFB did some research on that very thing. His survey only involved “members of the Reddit community who pay attention to college football.”
As a disclaimer, geoforceman made sure to point out that states with small populations such as Wyoming, Vermont, etc. didn’t provide many responses, and that resulted in “a number of ties and wacky results.”
Here are the results for UA, UM, USC and UT.
What does “UA” mean in different parts of the country? pic.twitter.com/GdnmsReJ4G
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 8, 2016
What does “UM” mean in different parts of the country? pic.twitter.com/0pSncUanhp — RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 8, 2016
What does “USC” mean…uh, outside of South Carolina? pic.twitter.com/bpJTITo8Gg
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 8, 2016
What does “UT” mean in different parts of the country? pic.twitter.com/0TmQMQGLf8 — RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 8, 2016
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
