In case you missed it, ESPN.com published an article, “What gives top-25 teams a home-field advantage.” The evergreen piece offers some intriguing, little-known facts about the gridiron edifices that serve as home for ESPN’s 2017 post-spring top-25 college football teams.
When it came to No. 8-ranked Oklahoma and Owen Field, Trotter writes:
“During the 1920s, the Sooners’ mascot was a terrier named “Mex,” whom an OU trainer had found serving as an Army medic while stationed by the Mexican border.
“Donning a red sweater with a red letter “O” on the side, Mex would bark whenever OU scored a touchdown.