Sports Illustrated: Strong Likely “Out” at U-T

Texas quarterback David Ash back to pass in the Longhorns 31-22 victory against the Red Raiders on Saturday.

(Austin, TX)  —  A high-ranking Texas official tells “Sports Illustrated” that U-T is ready to pull the plug on third-year head football coach Charlie Strong.

The move, it says, would likely come at the end of U-T’s season, but the report has fueled speculation that Texas may immediately enter the presumed bidding war for Cougars’ head coach Tom Herman.

Strong, meantime, is 13-and-16 overall in Austin, but is coming off back-to-back road losses to Cal and Oklahoma State.