Roughly 85 miles separate these two schools, but Stillwater and Norman are two entirely different cities. OU’s campus is a few minutes away from the heart of Oklahoma City, and Sooner students have endless options for food, shopping and entertainment; Stillwater is a college town dropped on the edge of the Great Plains, and students are still waiting for a mythical Target that’s been promised for what seems well over a decade.1
It’s not uncommon to be a part of this rivalry from birth.2 Most Oklahomans have someone in their family tree who attended one of the two universities, and almost all Oklahomans have a supporting preference.