A new game coming to Oklahoma

[OC Richard]

The battle on 66

I, like Jock, don't know what this means.

66 as in Route 66? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66

Or does 66 have a different meaning in Oklahoma?

(If it was three digits I could guess, like the way "304" means something in West Virginia.)

[Kilted contractor]

I, like Jock, don't know what this means.

66 as in Route 66? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66

Or does 66 have a different meaning in Oklahoma?

(If it was three digits I could guess, like the way "304" means something in West Virginia.)

It's route 66 the fairgrounds is right off the old mother road.
We figured with it being the 100 yr anniversary of route 66 we would have it in the name of our game.

[OC Richard]

Thanks, I see.

What about the "battle" part?

[Kilted contractor]

Thanks, I see.

What about the "battle" part?

It's kinda a tribute to one of the 3 games that Oklahoma lost this year.
We had what was called battle for Oklahoma. It was a friendly rivalry between the tulsa area groups and the Oklahoma city area groups.

[OC Richard]

It's kinda a tribute to one of the 3 games that Oklahoma lost this year.

We had what was called battle for Oklahoma. It was a friendly rivalry between the Tulsa area groups and the Oklahoma city area groups.

In case this has Jock Scot scratching his head, I believe he's talking about College Football.

Many US states have a college called by the name of the state alone, and a second college with the word "state" appended.

So the state of Oklahoma has longstanding rival universities commonly called "Oklahoma" and "Oklahoma State" their full titles being University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.

Thus when somebody says "Oklahoma" they could be talking about the state itself, or they could be talking about the University of Oklahoma.

Confused yet?

In any case those rival schools are both in the Oklahoma City area so as somebody living in California I don't understand what Tulsa has to do with it.

[Kilted contractor]

In case this has Jock Scot scratching his head, I believe he's talking about College Football.

Many US states have a college called by the name of the state alone, and a second college with the word "state" appended.

So the state of Oklahoma has longstanding rival universities commonly called "Oklahoma" and "Oklahoma State" their full titles being University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.

Thus when somebody says "Oklahoma" they could be talking about the state itself, or they could be talking about the University of Oklahoma.

Confused yet?

In any case those rival schools are both in the Oklahoma City area so as somebody living in California I don't understand what Tulsa has to do with it.

Actually it has nothing to do with college sports.
The throwing groups or practice groups for the Highland games. It was a friendly rivalry between them. It was kinda broke up between okc which was the western side of the state and tulsa being the eastern part..

[OC Richard]

Actually it has nothing to do with college sports.
The throwing groups or practice groups for the Highland games. It was a friendly rivalry between them. It was kinda broke up between okc which was the western side of the state and tulsa being the eastern part..

Ah! Thanks for shedding light on this!

I'm from West Virginia and if somebody said "West Virginia lost three games" it could only mean WVU.

On the other hand in California where I live now if somebody said "California lost three games" I wouldn't be sure what they were talking about, due to the University of California Berkeley (the school that by the custom in other states would be called "California") is here invariably called "Cal".

[Jock Scot]

In case this has Jock Scot scratching his head, I believe he's talking about College Football.

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Well yes, I am! But, as the subject matter is not really something that enters my wee bit of the planet too often in any way, I think I will let the matter lie for now.