State lawmakers celebrated former Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops on Tuesday.
Tuesday was OU Day at the Capitol and a concurrent resolution passed honoring him and the legacy he's left on the OU football program.
Stoops accumulated more victories in 18 seasons than any other college football coach.
Stoops came back to coach the Sooners in the Alamo Bowl earlier after Lincoln Riley's departure for USC.
On the Senate floor, Stoops talked about Riley and what happened when he was called in after Riley left.
“I see the panic in our player's faces,” Stoops said. “I hear the panic in the whole OU community. Lincoln Riley did not invent OU football. Neither did Bob Stoops.”
The next time you see Stoops, he'll be coaching an XFL football team. He's returning to the twice-defunct league after The Rock relaunched it.
The season starts next February.
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