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Two other potential coaching candidates were mentioned who could be next in line for Texas football after the Urban Meyer pursuit falling through.
Another voice around the media landscape had their opinion thrown into the mix as it relates to the Texas football program and the hot seat of fourth-year head coach Tom Herman. Texas has one of the more volatile coaching situations of any program in all of college football right now. And it did help for at least a bit of time to take some pressure off Herman’s shoulders with Texas’ big 69-31 win over the Kansas State Wildcats on the road on Dec.