[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I don't know the full story on Oregon and Oregon State, but both are large public universities. Oregon is in Eugene and Oregon State is in Corvallis. Oregon State started as an agricultural school and, I think, was originally called Oregon Agricultural College. Some Oregon fans still call the Oregon State teams the "Aggies" as a put down. The rivalry between the two schools is intense and Oregon also has a pretty big rivalry with the University of Washington. We also have Portland State University, a public school, and the University of Portland, a private religious-sponsored school.

I think you''ll find that a lot of states have U of and State Univiersity....and that many of them follow that same heritage....agricultural and mechanical (vocational like) vs. the more broad university (physics, literature, psychology, etc).