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Christian D'Andrea

A boozed-up Roy Rogers is ideal for digesting the current state of Oklahoma football

The official state drink of Oklahoma is milk, which is boring but fairly standard; it’s the official state drink, in one form or another, of 23 different places. This, somehow is not the lamest choice that could be made; Indiana’s official beverage is water, which is a fitting reminder to never visit Indiana.*

The unofficial state drink of Oklahoma is the Roy Rogers, which is slightly less boring. The plains equivalent of a Shirley Temple is cola and grenadine and … well that’s about it. It’s cherry Coke, named after a famous cowboy/entertainer whose identity, for east coast millennials, is more closely linked to rest stop fast food than the man himself.

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