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While a lot of guessers have SMU coach Chad Morris on the list of candidates for Baylor's expected head coaching vacancy, Morris says he hasn't heard anything.

"I haven't been contacted by them," he said Tuesday.

SMU's Chad Morris: 'As far as Baylor, I haven't been contacted by them' pic.twitter.com/IF7QRrArWB — Bill Nichols (@BillRNichols) November 22, 2016

Of course, that leaves open the possibility that somebody has contacted Morris' agent, just not the coach himself.

However, Morris reportedly planned to address the situation with the team later the same day.

Per source, emotions are running high at SMU, Chad Morris is expected to speak with his players later today about rumors regarding #Baylor — Jessica Morrey (@JessicaMorrey) November 22, 2016

Other reports have the Mustangs set to offer Morris a raise and contract extension to keep him from going to Waco.

Speaking with the media Tuesday, Morris tried to dismiss the coaching rumors as a yearly occurrence that gets overblown and is unfair to both teams' players.

"This time of year in college football -- this time of year even when I was in high school football -- that's just what happens," Morris said. "Even when I was at Clemson as a coordinator, it was every year. Every year at this time something comes up, somebody's mentioned your for this job. You're either getting fired because you ain't won enough games or you're leaving because you've won too many games. Or you've got a program going in the right direction. That's just the way this business is at this time of year."

Current Baylor coach Jim Grobe replaced fired coach Art Briles on a one-year deal, and he is not expected to be retained.

Watch #SMU HC Chad Morris discuss the rumors about him and Baylor 🎥 pic.twitter.com/uBo4Zu7LQA — Patrick Engel (@PatrickEngel_) November 22, 2016

Morris has the Mustangs in the middle of a turnaround, taking a 1-11 team from 2014 and getting it one win away from bowl eligibility at 5-6.

"I came here to build SMU into something that I felt like can be great. And that's my focus and my focus in my job is to give SMU and my staff and our players 100 percent of everything that I've got every day," Morris said. "And it doesn't change. We'll talk this time next year and it'll be something, but that's just the world we live in. Social media's created that. But I do know this: I feel like this program is definitely on a big swing and big rise. I think you've seen that. I think everybody in this room has seen that. And I'm excited about the direction of our program and the players that have bought into what we're about."