Lincoln Riley leaving OU football for Southern Cal after five seasons as head coach
Nov. 29—NORMAN — Lincoln Riley’s tenure as OU’s head coach came to a stunning end Sunday.
Less than 24 hours after the Sooners’ 37-33 loss to Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Riley informed the team that he was leaving the program to become the next head coach at USC, which confirmed the news Sunday night.
As news broke that Riley was leaving, players were summoned to a meeting where Riley…