A Plague on Both Their Houses

Look, I try to be open minded. I try not to hate something just because it comes from west of the Mississippi. But things like this make it quite difficult.

Anyone who asserts, even jokingly, that Texas is "the real UT" will get a history lecture from me, that includes finger wagging and head bobbing in an almost violent manner. Whether you're my best friend doing it just to rile me up or a stranger who merely stepped on the hidden land mine, I will forcefully point out the University of Tennessee was founded before Texas's statehood, and the fact that Texas sued UT over the use of the interlocking UT galls me in ways I can't even describe. UT won the lawsuit, but then allowed Texas to buy the logo. I would have kept out of spite, but that's also why I'll never be a millionaire.

Anyway, the University of Southern California, who recently fell all over themselves trying to be established as "Southern Cal" rather than "USC" is now barring the University of South Carolina from using the interlocking SC. Rather, the courts are denying South Carolina the right at Southern Cal's insistence. Even though the courts dismissed South Carolina's claim to the logo because "16 other colleges use the letters “SC” to represent themselves," Southern Cal magically gets the trademark?

Hey, California, remember that time when the University of South Carolina was a school before you were a state? No? Perhaps that's because
you weren't a state yet.

A pox on these newbloods and their absconding with the riches of their more established betters.