Why Did Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner Tip Over?

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• Episode: Why Did Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner Tip Over?
• Website: WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
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• Duration: 00:08:22
• Published: 2019-10-25 13:12

College football is all about traditions, and most schools have some signature thing they do at games. Mississippi State has the headache-inducing din of cowbells. Arkansas fans summon their team to the field with a hog call. “Woooo Pig Soooie!” The Oklahoma Sooners have the Sooner Schooner. It's a little covered wagon pulled by a pair of enthusiastic ponies—you know, a prairie schooner—that careens onto the field whenever the home team scores. It’s pretty exciting.