re: OK Sooners, get in here

I think SEC fan will be disappointed with OU "tradition" relative to what you are used to.

Things are rather chill out here on the plains. OU fans are rather reserved as we are somewhat paranoid about our rep as being "trashy Okies". Secondly, OU fans take the actual game more seriously than most. Meaning winning the game is way more important than the party. This is true for everyone but the students.

The result is that the crowd isn't terribly intimidating. Can get loud on occasion but it isn't sustained. Timeouts have no crowd energy. Everybody rests.

Pregame, the tailgating thing isn't huge. Partly because the University doesn't want the campus lawns being torn up. And partly because the people in the Campus Corner (entertainment) district want people down there.

Pregame about the only thing that happens is the band marches from the music building past Campus Corner, through campus and to the stadium. And we have a team "walk" which is very lame compared to SEC standards.

Pregame, OU crowds are early arriving. Probably our most "unique" tradition is throwing our opponents footballs out of the stadium (north end zone) while they are warming up. They also do this during the game. (Opponents are notified of this tradition and OU has "ball retrievers" and "runners" to get the balls back to the opponent."

Band entrance and fanfare is really cool. Probably the best thing we do.
Play opponents fight song if their band isn't present to kiss opponents arse and prove we aren't classless Okies. (sucks, we hate it and hopefully all SEC teams will bring their own bands).
Sooner Schooner is cool for little kids.
Horsepigs- Our costume mascots. Our own fans are embarrassed by them. Again, little kids like them.
Rufneks- Usually the bottom of the barrel guys on campus end and their GFs end up in this "spirit group," They dress up in red and white corduroy outfits. They shoot off red and white shot guns during the game.
Boomer Sooner chant across the stadium between east and west stands is our only "chant"
"Only One Oklahoma" video message before the team enters is usually pretty cool. Actual team entrance is pretty weak.
Seven Army Nation thing (or whatever it's called) before opening kick. Lame.
Chant OU!! while the kicker approaches and kicks the ball. Meh.

That's pretty much the size of it. Not a lot of gameday tradition compared to your standard SEC program. Oh, and we have fireworks and the LED light flashing stuff for night games now days.