WATCH: Member of Oklahoma's spirit squad has to hold on tight during TD celebration
Oklahoma has a pretty cool tradition involving some horses, a carriage and RUF/NEKS.
RUF/NEKS are Oklahoma’s all-male spirit squad. They’re pretty cool, as they get super into celebrating Oklahoma football. In particular, following Sooners TDs, they ride and run around a carriage and horses to celebrate.
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However, whenever something involves an animal, anything can happen. Sure, they can be trained. But not every single possible outcome can be accounted for when it comes to these celebrations.
Take a look at what happened to this one member of the RUF/NEKS during a celebration on Saturday:
HOLD ON! HOLD ON! 🤕 pic.twitter.com/MYN1QYmyUr
— ESPN (@espn) November 10, 2018
The man appears to be OK, as afterwards, he’s standing there smiling. But boy, that could have been a disaster.
On the other hand, it’s what he (kind of) signed up for, right?
