It all started with laundry.
Over the summer, Oklahoma football players wanted to figure out a fair way to delegate a teammate to do chores for everyone. A group of 11 Sooners, mostly skill players, started playing rock-paper-scissors, with the loser of the best-of-three matchup responsible for laundry.
Predictably, the duels grew increasingly competitive, and they started playing a brief version during training camp after scoring touchdowns. Once the season started, it was only natural to keep doing it.
In Oklahoma’s season opener against Florida Atlantic (a decisive 63–14 win), quarterback Kyler Murray found Marquise Brown for a 65-yard touchdown in the second quarter.