Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[cincibuck]

Cowtown is generally thought of as a smaller town, another word for a "hicktown" or "backwards" town. It also sometimes refers to towns that participated in the beef industry in the late 1800s and that had many stockyards, slaughterhouses and related structures, as well as a frequent main destination of major cattle-drives.

The Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English defines a cowtown as "a small, isolated, and rather unsophisticated town".

Cowtown is a nickname for:
Columbus, Ohio
Cowaramup, Western Australia
Calgary, Alberta
Fort Worth, Texas
Hamilton, New Zealand
Vacaville, California - Although 'Vacaville' can be translated from Spanish to English as 'cow town', the city actually takes its name from one of its first modern-day inhabitants, Juan Manuel Vaca.

During my tenure at The Ohio State University Columbus was described by students as, "The World's biggest cow town." The Sundial (the now extinct campus humor magazine) sold sweat shirts that read "Ohia State -- The Big Farm" a dig at both the ag school and Governor Jim Rhodes accent. We also took note of the skyline, the only building more than 7 or 8 stories tall was the LaVeque - Lincoln Tower, thus when approaching the city the tower stood way above everything else on the horizon and so Columbus was "The City with a Hard On." Other endearing references went along the lines of, "If God was going to give the world an enema, Columbus is where he'd stick the nozzle."

All of this will be on the final.

 

[muffler dragon]

During my tenure at The Ohio State University Columbus was described by students as, "The World's biggest cow town." The Sundial (the now extinct campus humor magazine) sold sweat shirts that read "Ohia State -- The Big Farm" a dig at both the ag school and Governor Jim Rhodes accent. We also took note of the skyline, the only building more than 7 or 8 stories tall was the LaVeque - Lincoln Tower, thus when approaching the city the tower stood way above everything else on the horizon and so Columbus was "The City with a Hard On." Other endearing references went along the lines of, "If God was going to give the world an enema, Columbus is where he'd stick the nozzle."

All of this will be on the final.

Your post reminded me of...

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/genetic-engineering/1001590.article

The chapter on willies is called 'Penis Paradigms'. Obelisks, towers and totem poles are all viewed as phallic representations (oh really!). This culminates in the Nebraska State Capitol building, which is advertised in tourist literature as 'the penis on the plains'. It does boast a domed culmination to a tapering rectilinear shaft and there is a statue on the top called the Sower. I'm sure men have built ? and will continue to build ? willie-shaped buildings but there is no genetic impulse to do this, we just like our old fellows and want to celebrate them.

I can't find any online pictures, but I'll elaborate.

The Capitol building houses a bicameral legislation: one house is on each side of the main tower. The Sower at the top of the main tower certainly fits the bill from a distance especially if the sunlight hits him just right.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Dennis Dodd decided to make his entry for "World's Stupidest Person" an essay.

Expansion Lessons: Part II

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The key to any lineup, though, is that Ohio State and Michigan play in different divisions. That allows for the possibility of two Buckeyes-Wolverines games in any given season
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You didn't misread that. He's suggesting that a rematch of The Game is a good thing.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

You didn't misread that. He's suggesting that a rematch of The Game is a good thing.

I am more surprised he suggested that a rematch would even be possible. I don't know... but, 1 win in the Big Ten doesn't strike me as "Division Winner" caliber.

 

[sepia5]

Your post reminded me of...

Genetic engineering | Archive Titles | Building Design



I can't find any online pictures, but I'll elaborate.

The Capitol building houses a bicameral legislation: one house is on each side of the main tower. The Sower at the top of the main tower certainly fits the bill from a distance especially if the sunlight hits him just right.

This reminds me of the view of the Capitol building in Tallahassee, Florida from just outside of downtown:

 

[Coqui]

Hehe! Wasn't trying to be serious, thus the attempt to show so with the emoticons in my message.

Oh and since you guys are Cornhuskers......if you ever come to Columbus, you must visit Cornhenge.

It's an "art" exhibit in Dublin, OH (a suburb of Columbus) consisting of 6 foot tall stone corn sculptures.

 

[MaxBuck]

Oh and since you guys are Cornhuskers......if you ever come to Columbus, you must visit Cornhenge.

It's an "art" exhibit in Dublin, OH (a suburb of Columbus) consisting of 6 foot tall stone corn sculptures.

 

[Buckeye86]

brought to you by the smartest city in the US

 

[buckeyescott11]

My brother got some wedding pictures there, I still don't know what they were thinking on that one.

 

[scarletngray]

My brother got some wedding pictures there, I still don't know what they were thinking on that one.

Definitely corny...

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Definitely corny...

[BB73] Aww shucks, it figures that you would be stalking this thread to combine the grit of the subject with a kernel of humor. [/BB73]

 

[BB73]

[BB73] Aww shucks, it figures that you would be stalking this thread to combine the grit of the subject with a kernel of humor. [/BB73]

I'm being roasted? No wonder my ears were burning.

 

[Coqui]

My apologies to everyone for starting this.

 

[cincibuck]

My apologies to everyone for starting this.

Not so fast, we want to husk a few questions first; see if you can cobble some answers together.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Hominy more puns will we have to endure?