• OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago
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    The Gators, The Sooners, The Volunteers, and The Wolverines are all US college basketball teams. I don’t follow college sports so it took me a second too.

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      As a non-American who is barely aware of even professional sports, there was no way I was getting that.

      Also, who calls their sports club “The Sooners?”

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        It’s a nickname given to people who would “jump the gun” during Oklahoma land rush events, back when they were selling off plots of farmland.