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The Poll
Compiled by Bill Syken
December 29, 2003
Oklahomans weigh in on sports*
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December 29, 2003

The Poll

Oklahomans weigh in on sports*

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Favorite sports to watch on TV?

Football 80%
Summer Olympics 53%
Winter Olympics 50%

ENEMY OF THE STATE

Mack Brown 21%
Jerry Jones 12%
Darrell Royal 10%

Almost every football coach or owner associated with Texas is despised in the Sooner State. (Fourth in the voting was Jimmy Johnson.) Oklahomans' most hated foes: the Texas Longhorns (75%), Nebraska Cornhuskers (11%) and Texas A&M Aggies (4%).

* Harris Interactive poll, conducted online, of 416 Oklahoma residents who identified themselves as sports fans. Margin of error +/-5%.

Enthuse-o-meter

On a scale of 1 to 100, how would you rate your state's enthusiasm for sports, relative to other states'?
Rank: 3rd of first 24 states polled

WHO & WHERE

1 World Cow Chip Throwing Championship
The event is held each April in Beaver. This year's winning throw was 146'6".

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