{"id":2335,"date":"2016-04-20T01:01:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2017-07-08T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T18:16:16","slug":"war-on-sooners-boomers-oklahoma-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=2335","title":{"rendered":"WAR ON SOONERS, BOOMERS, OKLAHOMA HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sooner Nation, if you do not think there is an effort on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman to do away with the nickname \u201cSooner\u201d and the \u201cBoomer Sooner\u201d call out, wake up.\u00a0 Everything to do with the history of the State of Oklahoma that has a reference with the words \u00a0Sooners, Boomers, the land run, and it\u2019s current use, including its mascots and glorious past is in jeopardy,\u00a0as we are entering the \u201ctwilight zone\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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There is a war on the history of the\u00a0State of\u00a0Oklahoma, and\u00a0it is getting ugly.\u00a0 It is spilling over on the campus in Norman.\u00a0Currently afoot, there are subversives on campus, some enrolled students, others just plain out and out haters of anything to do with Oklahoma history, that have the agenda for one\u00a0day to have the University to\u00a0wipe clean what is now call the Oklahoma Sooners\u00a0in every respect. These people want\u00a0OU\u2019s mascot to be a color, an animal, or some sort of weather storm.\u00a0\u00a0That might just happen in the coming years\u2026..SOONER than later.\u00a0 They will use any and every means to get their way. Scoff at it if you wish, but the cement is setting right now and when the current President at Oklahoma takes retirement, a strong push to exclude the Sooners from the university will take full flight with the new administration.\u00a0 OU President David\u00a0Boren is a true die hard Sooner supporter, but his replacement will be under intense pressure to put the screws on the SOONER moniker.<\/span><\/h5>\n

From the OU Daily, just today:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <\/u><\/p>\n

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The Undergraduate Student Congress voted against a resolution Tuesday amid concerns of the resolution\u2019s use of the phrase \u201cboomer sooner.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The resolution, authored by Humanities Representative Brian Owings, would have been Congress publicly saying \u201cboomer sooner\u201d to congratulate OU athletic teams. The resolution would then have been distributed to representatives of those respective teams.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Another representative proposed a hostile amendment to strike the phrase \u201cboomer sooner\u201d due to the controversy surrounding it, but the amendment was defeated by a hand vote.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Opponents of the resolution argued against it because of the controversy of the phrase \u201cboomer sooner,\u201d an\u00a0issue brought to the forefront in September<\/u><\/a>\u00a0by student group Indigenize OU, which argued that the phrase contributes to the erasure of Native people and their history. Others worried that it would show favoritism to sports teams over other campus groups.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The resolution was defeated by a vote of 13 for and 20 against, with 1 representative abstaining<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The action against the Sooners nickname and everything it represents has begun. This resolution was not passed today but it is just the beginning.\u00a0\u00a0 Chalk one up for the subversives\u2026.the athletic teams at OU will not be congratulated by this Student Congress because of the words \u201cBoomer Sooner\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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