Texas coach Tom Herman on Monday lamented the role that rumors on social media about coaching changes has on recruiting.
Asked during his weekly news conference how he discusses with his team and potential recruits the social media speculation that he will be replaced by Urban Meyer after the season, Herman noted the team "knows the truth" and is unaffected, but that it leaves an impression on prospects.
"When you have the things that have been written about us in our program, myself and our future, very unfounded articles that state opinion as fact, that state unnamed sources as being factual, that's very hard to defend against," Herman said.