Oklahoma senator wants to name inches of highway after departed coach Lincoln Riley

Sooners fans already made it pretty clear they were having a hard time accepting that Lincoln Riley left to coach at USC. One Oklahoma senator has gone next-level fanboy in wake of the football coach's departure.

According to ESPN, Republican Sen. Bill Coleman proposed a bill on Tuesday that would rename three inches of a lane on State Highway 325 to "Lincoln Riley Highway" and that Coleman will pay for the signage himself.

Yes, you read that correctly. Not the whole highway. Heck, not even an exit. Just three inches of concrete at the end of a westbound lane that stretches to the end of the state's panhandle and heads toward the Pacific Coast.

Coleman explained he "felt the State of Oklahoma needed an appropriate goodbye to this former head coach whose sudden departure left many in shock" and that it's "only fitting as this is the last three inches one sees before leaving our great state heading west."

What was once shocking for fans has probably evolved into laughter at this point, as many have taken to social media to poke fun at Coleman's proposition.