NORMAN — David Boren couldn't believe his eyes when he surveyed the student section during a recent men's basketball game.
“Whoa,” the University of Oklahoma president said, “that's me behind the basket.”
Well, a picture of his face anyway.
A giant picture.
Boren isn't the only face in the crowd. Thanks to a booming student section known aptly as the Boom Squad, oversized cutouts known as bigheads have become part of the fabric of Sooner games.
So have the students.
That wasn't the case when Lon Kruger arrived five years ago. But on a day that OU's Bedlam rival comes to Norman, you will see an environment transformed.