OU's mascot makeover
Acceptance of Boomer and Sooner a slow process
Erik Gransberg hadn't donned the Sooner suit two months before it became apparently clear Oklahoma fans weren't at all fans of the new OU mascot.
That's when a link to his Facebook page appeared on an OU message board.
And Gransberg began receiving death threats.
"Who was I? Just a kid trying to get his college paid for,” Gransberg said. "There was just a lot of hostility from a small group of fans. I...
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