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OU football coach Lincoln Riley calls Bob Stoops as his greatest living mentor

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — After Oklahoma's Tre Norwood intercepted a pass in the closing minutes of the Big 12 Championship Game on Dec. 1, the tears started welling up in Lincoln Riley. Then during the postgame interview with ESPN's Holly Rowe, the Sooners' coach briefly broke down in tears again before composing himself. In the hours after...

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