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After firing third-year head coach Matt Wells on Monday, 247Sports reports that the Texas Tech Red Raiders have reached out to UTSA Roadrunners head coach and former Texas Longhorns assistant Jeff Traylor about the head honcho job. Traylor and SMU Mustangs head coach Sonny Dykes are currently the lead candidates to fill the vacated job.
Traylor was a tight ends and special teams coach in 2015 and 2016 at Texas. He has served in his current role at UTSA since taking the reigns prior to the 2020 college football season.
WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
Austin American-Statesman: Golden: Someone tell Texas football that coffee is for closers
Austin American-Statesman: Leaving Kentucky, Askew finds new role at Texas
247Sports: The Insider: Football, basketball team notes galore
Inside Texas: Inside the gameplan: Escape from Waco
Inside Texas: Texas notebook: Majors’ task, replacing J-Whitt, Free Solo
Inside Texas: Quick Wednesday evening Texas Longhorns program notes
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
Texas releases Baylor depth chart
RECRUITING ROUNDUP
247Sports: Mike at Night: The ongoing evaluation process at Texas
247Sports: Texas visit rates strongly for four-star DL Avion Carter
Inside Texas: Texas Longhorns continue to impress 5-star Denver Harris
BIG 12 BREAKDOWN
Our Daily Bears: FIRST LOOK: Texas Longhorns
Frogs O’ War: Yes, Skylar Thompson is still the QB: A Q&A with Bring on the Cats
Cowboys Ride For Free: Recruiting experts think Anthony Black might be headed to Oklahoma State
The Smoking Musket: Basketball season set to begin for West Virginia
WHAT WE’RE READING
SB Nation: James Harden’s terrible start is about more than the NBA’s rule change
SB Nation: The Packers have won without Davante Adams - what it means against the Cardinals
SB Nation: The NFL’s 7 biggest surprises so far this season
NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND
- The Gonzaga Bulldogs are No. 1 in the preseason poll. Go figure.
POLL ALERT: Gonzaga is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll; UCLA, Kansas, Villanova and Texas round out the top five.
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) October 18, 2021
Full poll: https://t.co/ZJG5mgWrsa pic.twitter.com/c8XZq3XW1r