Boomer and Sooner

Boomer and Sooner

Boomer and Sooner are two mascots of the University of Oklahoma and its sports teams, the Oklahoma Sooners. The main mascot present at football games is the Sooner Schooner, a Conestoga wagon, pulled by two crème white ponies, Boomer and Sooner. At certain events, there is not sufficient room for the wagon with the live ponies, or live animal mascots may be prohibited by the rules of the venue.

Prior to the 2005 football season two new mascots, based on the ponies who pull the Schooner, were created. These new mascots are named, appropriately, Boomer and Sooner. They are humans dressed in costumes of two identical (except for eye color) crème white ponies.

Fans reaction to the new Boomer and Sooner mascots have been mixed. Some Oklahoma fans say that the mascots look more like pigs than the horses they are to resemble. Another reason for negative fan reaction is that Boomer and Sooner replaced the much beloved Top Dawg at Oklahoma basketball games.

External links

* [http://www.soonersports.com/trads/schooner-mascots.html Boomer and Sooner at SoonerSports.com]
* [http://newsok.com/article/3232806/1208747452 April 21, 2008 Daily Oklahoman article covering fan reaction and mascot evolution]


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