Yeah, I never understood that either. I mean, there really is only 1 Ohio St. It's not like there's 3 or 4 others with the same or close-to-it name. They are the only Ohio St. We're The Nebraska University.
Aren't you guys the University of Nebraska?? THE Ohio State University. it's ok if you don't understand it. It's just like GBR, or HUSKER POWER.
Almost every university has "the" in front of it. Micigan is the universtiy of micigan, the universtiy of alabama, but when you never hear them say "the" when they talk about their school