where in the hell did boomer sooner come from, I think its pretty stupid, but then again I dont know what it means.
LOL!!! Yeah, I certainly accept "Boomer Sooner" a WHOLE lot more than "hotty toddy"..... That stuff just sounds fruit!
Historical term. Boomers where those who by constant agitation tried to bring about the opening of Oklahoma to settlers before 1889. A Sooner was someone who snuck past the OK territory markers ahead of the gunshot to get an early start.
The Oklahoma territory opened with the Land Run of 1889. Settlers from across the globe, seeking free land, made their way to the prairies of the plains to stake their claim to a new life. One of the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to start at the same time, on the boom of a cannon. All settlers who started then were labeled as "Boomers" and the ones who went too soon were called "Sooners." OU athletic teams were called either Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The university actually derived their name from a pep club called “The Sooner Rooters.”
