During Bedlam, the first woman to drive Oklahoma’s Sooner Schooner happened

Bedlam ended up being a blowout, but that didn’t stop history from being made. The first female to drive the Sooner Schooner

Bedlam ended up being a blowout, but that didn’t stop history from being made.

The Ruf/Neks-Lil Sis group has been around since the 1960s. They work to get the crowd pumped up during the game, shoot their old-school shotguns after scores and the end of quarters and drive the historic Sooner Schooner around the field before the game and after scores.

The Sooner Schooner has been driven for 57 years at Oklahoma. It has only been driven by men.

That was until last Saturday night.

Darby Dean became the first female member of Ruf Neks/Lil Sis to drive the Sooner Schooner.

“Crazy,” Dean told ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe. “It’s the most indescribable experience ever. I wish I had words to answer the question but I don’t. It’s just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Lil Sis became a part of the Ruf Neks in 1973. There are as big of a part of the Oklahoma football experience as anyone.

“If anything, it made me appreciate our history so much,” Dean said. “We’ve come so far since 1973 when we were founded and just to see us here today in 2020 and the strides that we have made in the past few years is amazing. Just makes me so proud and proud of our club.”

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