All teams have mascots, colors, and fight songs. However, a lot of them mimic each other.
The official colors are what makes the huge crowds gain their color from high up in the air. If you have never been to a college football game, especially in Norman, then the shots of televisions do no justice.
It is truly magnificent seeing a sea of Crimson at the home games.
As well as a truly marvelous image of seeing half of the Cotton Bowl in Crimson.
These images are made possible because of what the team colors are.
Oklahoma Team Colors: Crimson & Cream
Sooner Football Uniform:
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Mascots:
The first ever mascot for OU was a Boston Terrier named Mex. Mex was a stray found and saved during the Mexican Revolution by an Army Hospital Medic, Mott Keys. Mex wore a red sweater with an "O" on it while at the games. Mex would go on to live a long life, dying of old age on April 30, 1928.
When Mex passed on, the University of Oklahoma closed it campus and the classes were cancelled on the day of his funeral. He as buried in a casket somewhere under Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
OU has had a few mascots. Like in basketball back in the 1980s and 1990s, there was Top Dawg. Somehow though, he has disappeared among the legends.
The one constance that has been for OU has been the Sooner Schooner. Though it did not become an official mascot until 1980. The Sooner Schooner, pulled by two white ponies (Boomer and Sooner), first made its debut in 1964.
In 2005, the university introduced two costumed mascots, Boomer and Sooner, to the Sooner Nation and the world. They quickly became known as horse-pigs by some of the fans.
Fight Songs:
Throughout the years, Oklahoma has had one official fight song. It is titled Boomer Sooner. There are other songs that the University of Oklahoma's Marching Band (Pride of Oklahoma) plays at the games. They range from Boomer Sooner to Oklahoma to the OU Chant.
However, did you know that some of the ones we hear currently at the football games are remakes? Can you tell the difference between the old versions and the new versions?
Well, here at the Hideout, we will give you the chance to hear the difference. Attached to this article is a .zip file of all past and present songs that the Pride plays at the games. All you have to do is download them to your computer to listen to them.