AUSTIN, Texas -- While Charlie Strong stood at a podium Monday and answered questions about whether he's about to lose his job, his Texas football players stood behind him.
The players crowded together behind reporters and cameras inside the Centennial Room at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium and listened to Strong insist his fate hasn't been decided and that he wants to return in 2017.
When Strong's 28-minute news conference ended, the players gave him a round of applause. Strong hugged and thanked each of his players, who say they are upset about reports that Strong's tenure will come to an end after Texas faces TCU on Friday and that they are hopeful one more win will buy Strong one more year in Austin.