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Stoops banking Riley can spark Sooners the way Stoops did Florida two decades ago

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Lincoln Riley coordinated the fifth-best scoring offense in the country last season at East Carolina. AP Photo/Alonzo Adams
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NORMAN, Okla. -- Coming off the 1995 season, the primary obstacle standing between Florida and the school’s first national championship was finding the right defensive mind.