Need some parental advice!

olderwisermom
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:38:18 +0000

I think some people may be getting confused by the Missouri/Mizzou/MU/Michigan/U-M alphabet soup.

I took Mikey’s original post to mean that his parents both went to the University of Missouri, also known as Mizzou (the “official” brand) and MU to those of us here in the Show-Me State. And that his siblings also went there or somewhere in Missouri.

University of Michigan is known as U-M.

I live in Missouri and vacation in Michigan and have worked on campus-specific recruiting materials for both schools. People in Michigan wonder why the M on my hat is narrower and not dark blue. That’s because it’s a Mizzou M and it’s black. Similar school colors (black and old gold vs. maize and blue), same state initial. People in Michigan are sure there is something wrong with the black and gold “M” flag my mother flies at her Michigan lake cottage.