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October 06, 2004 | Football
NORMAN, Okla. -- The mural still sits there, the most vibrant, striking, football office reminder of the remarkable 2000 season.
In it, there's quarterback Josh Heupel, falling backwards, a sea of Florida State defenders ready to converge, releasing a sure-to-be-caught bomb to one of his Sooner teammates. Almost everyday he walks past the picture, but rarely does he take a look.
"Honestly, I try not too," Heupel said. "It's kinda strange."
Josh Heupel was the Heisman runner-up in 2000.
So are a lot of others things for the former Heisman Trophy runner-up. Heupel, who spent the better part of 1999-2001 doing everything he could to beat Texas, win the Big 12 and send Oklahoma to the national championship, now works for the Sooners as a graduate assistant.
The goals are still the same, but the glory is entirely different...
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