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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Bob Stoops' cell phone was buzzing last November. Only hours earlier, he'd passed Barry Switzer to become Oklahoma's all-time winningest coach with a 41-31 win over Kansas State. It was a given that he was going to hear that night from one of his closest friends and the godfather of his twin sons. It was Steve Spurrier on the line. And boy, did Stoops hear from the Head Ball Coach. In his familiar twang, he heartily congratulated "Stoopsy." In Spurrier-speak, just about everybody has a "y" at the end of his first or last name, and sometimes both. "He let me [enjoy] it for about 10 seconds, let me soak it in just a little bit and then says, 'Now, Bobby, you have to leave and go do it somewhere else like I did,'" recounted Stoops, laughing so hard he could hardly finish the story. "That's him. There's nobody else like him." Not even close. Spurrier's so incredibly unique that we're not likely to see another one quite like him ever again in college football....

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