With the Oklahoma Sooners' undeserved national championship game approaching, let's look back at the history of rules breaking at this fine institution. 1889: The Land Run Territories in Oklahoma were opened for settlement at high noon on April 22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres. It was called a land run as land was claimed on a first come, first served basis. Those who broke the rules by crossing the border into the territory before it was allowed were said to have been crossing the border sooner, leading to the term "sooners", which eventually became the state's official nickname. Thus, the state institutionalized the approval of cheating. [...]