The location of an athletic event defines the atmosphere surrounding the affair. In 1921 the students of Oklahoma University knew that and held a movement in order to have a football stadium built. The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is named after students, faculty, and other members who lost their lives fighting in WWI.The memorial stadium that holds 82,112 screaming fans has an ambiance that could turn a Texas Longhorns fan into an Oklahoma Sooners fan (well, probably not but, you get the point). Stadium games have been sold out since Coach Bob Stoops joined, and currently holds a standing record for most games won at home.
When I was a little girl I had always heard of this place where time practically stopped for an OU football game and at 15 I witnessed it firsthand, I attended the OU versus Texas-Tech football game. Fans walking into the game were chanting the theme song “Boomer Sooner”. Its adrenaline so high you feel as though you’re in the game, its feeling another player’s pain, its experiencing a moment so high where the next second a play can make you feel your all-time low. Oklahoma’s stadium is a place where you have a bond with complete strangers exchanging high-fives for a nice play, where everyone is united inside one place, you’re a family. It’s a feeling that doesn’t exist at an away game, inside your home, watching it in a bar, and that’s something I never knew until I experienced it myself. (Word Count 250)
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