College Towns
A friend and I were talking about a couple of college football bowl games that are coming up, and the conversation turned to the Rutgers vs. NC State game this afternoon. One thing led to another until we got around to talking about the locations of the schools.
Turns out, I had no idea where Rutgers University is located! I knew it was in the East, but didn’t have an inkling as to which state or town. The answer? New Brunswick, New Jersey. Now come on, I’m not the only one who didn’t know that, am I?
So then we started talking about other schools where the location isn’t always obvious. For instance, do you know where Auburn University is? Even though the name of the school is also the name of the town it’s in, that might not help you realize that it’s located in Alabama. Unless you’re a Tigers fan or watch the SEC a lot, you probably wouldn’t have any reason to know that.
Ok, how about Clemson University? Know where that one is? Clemson, South Carolina. Again, I was stumped there.
Here are some more:
Troy University — Troy, AL
Xavier University — Cincinnati, OH
Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, PA
Ball State University — Muncie, IN
Creighton University — Omaha, NE
Obviously, there are tons of other examples that I could list, but these are just a few of the ones that stumped us.