People from Oklahoma are called Sooners because during 1889 before President Grover Cleveland officially opened Oklahoma for settlement, some people entered the land and occupied it. Oklahoma adopted the name the Sooner State because of this.
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I've never heard of "tarheels sooners". "Tarheels" is a term for people from North Carolina; "Sooners" is a term for people from Oklahoma.
The first farmers to settle Oklahoma were often called "Sooners" because they entered the territory before it was officially open for settlement in the 1889 Land Run. They sneaked in early to stake their claim to the land, hence the nickname "Sooners."
Oklahoma Sooners football was created in 1895.
Are you referring to Oklahoma being called the "Sooner State?" The name came about when they had the landrun. The people who crossed the line before the gun sounded were called Sooners. The people who waited till the gun sounded were called Boomers. Thus the nickname of the state and the reason the University of Oklahoma teams are called the Boomer Sooners.