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Originally Posted by Amnorix
1889. President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation to open the state of Oklahoma to white settlement. Over two million acres are available, on a first come, first staked-out basis (no more than 160 acres, and they had to settle the land and improve it to gain title). The land will be available at high noon on April 22. A few people illegally enter the land early and stake their claims before the proper time, and come to be known as "Sooners", leading to hundreds of legal disputes.
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I knew where the name "Sooners" came from, but I never put 2 and 2 together until now to recognize that OU chose a group of cheaters as their mascot.