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Bob Stoops retires at Oklahoma, Lincoln Riley taking over as Sooners head coach

In case you somehow missed the gigantic shockwave that Bruce Feldman just sent across the college football landscape with a single tweet, Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops is retiring effective immediately.

BREAKING Can confirm Oklahoman report that Bob Stoops is retiring at #OU, effective immediately. Lincoln Riley will become the new HC

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) June 7, 2017

Stoops served as the Sooners head coach for 18 years, winning the Big 12 Conference Championship in 10 of those seasons and the BCS National Championship in 2000.