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Stoops made weekend's best call

By Terry Bowden
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 8, 2003

The biggest call of the weekend came from maybe the best coach in the nation. With No. 1 Oklahoma facing a 4th-and-10 situation on its own 31-yard line and leading Alabama just 13-10, Sooners coach Bob Stoops called for a fake punt that ended up gaining 22 yards. Oklahoma then put an exclamation point on its terrific play-calling by going for the jugular, scoring on a deep pass on the very next play against a Crimson Tide defense that was expecting to be on the sideline. I can promise you th ...

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