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.
Boomer and Sooner
Boomer and Sooner are two crème white ponies. Together they pull the Sooner Schooner, a Conestoga wagon across Owen Field in a victory ride after every OU score.
Costumed mascots
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 and are dressed in costumes of two identical crème white ponies(except for eye color). 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 Daug at Oklahoma basketball games.
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