AUSTIN, Texas -- Oklahoma State and former Texas assistant Joe Wickline settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit Tuesday, a move that lets Longhorns coach Charlie Strong and quarterback Tyrone Swoopes avoid having to testify in an Oklahoma courtroom about who called the plays for Texas.
Oklahoma State sued Wickline -- who was fired by Texas on Dec. 12 -- in 2014 for nearly $600,000, arguing he made a lateral move to Texas and didn't take a promotion with "play-calling duties" as stated in his previous contract.
Terms of the settlement were not immediately released. Oklahoma State notified a Stillwater judge Tuesday it was dropping the lawsuit, and school attorney Sean Breen in Austin, Texas, told The Associated Press the case was settled.