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The day a bronze Bob Stoops rolled through Norman

NORMAN — Jordan Illg still remembers where he was when he saw Bob Stoops.

The coach was stoic, bronzed and just about 10-feet tall.

Illg, now 26, was about three hours into his drive from San Marcos, Texas, to Dallas in November 2015 when he caught a glimpse of the figure anchored to back of a flatbed trailer with two yellow straps on Interstate 35W.

Curious, Illg hit the gas and zoomed up to investigate, catching the truck where I-35W and Interstate 20 meet.

As soon as he saw the visor, the Texas native and college football fan knew exactly what it was.