– Player’s Behind Coach Strong: Just to be clear, this isn’t an attempt by me to defend or attack coach Strong. I just wanted to share a few things I was told about how the team is reacting to their own performances and the widespread talk about coach Strong’s future at Texas. Below is a summary of what I was told.

It should come as no surprise but the player’s absolutely love coach Strong. They love him in a way that you simply don’t see very often at this level of football. Coach Swinny is a person who immediately comes to mind as someone whose players seem to love him. Typically, when you’ve gone through the hardships that this team has gone through you typically see quite a bit of in-fighting, questioning or rebellion against coaches. That doesn’t seem to be the case here except, I’m told, in a very limited way with regards to one particular position coach.

That love has created a sense in these players that they want to defend coach Strong on two fronts. The first front is in the way I mentioned yesterday in the following tweet…

Per a source, a #Texas defensive players told Greg Fenves to, "tell the boosters to back the f**k off and let coach Strong do his job" — Super K (@SuperK_TFB) October 11, 2016

I had a number of people text me asking who said it. Most people’s first guess was Kris Boyd. I will say it was not Kris Boyd. It’s probably your second or third guess.

I was also told that the players wrote a letter to the AD saying essentially that they are all there because of coach Strong and he is the man they want to continue to coaching them. I have also been told that numerous players have said they will transfer if Strong were relieved of his duties (though I have to believe they’d rethink that if it really came to that).

On the second front, the players understand that their best defense of coach Strong is to play better. Source said, “the players are saying to each other, ‘If Charlie gets fired it’s going to be our fault. Stuff we do in practice we aren’t taking to the field.'”

Was told that the players watched film together, independent of the coaches, and each player offered an honest grade of themselves. Needless to say, they didn’t like what they saw from themselves. I’m told they are determined to get better, to stay together and to not let the outside noise become a distraction. They’ll have a chance to prove it this Saturday (though I still contend that there are some personnel issues in the secondary that probably can’t be fixed this season) – (Super K)

– Team Note | Lil Jordan Humphrey: Yesterday, Alex Dunlap of Rivals.com (Orangebloods.com) reported the following…

Sources: #Longhorns true FR Lil'Jordan Humphrey has moved from WR to RB. Unsure if permanent or just this season. Don't see 6'4" RBs often! — Alex Dunlap (@AlexDunlapNFL) October 10, 2016

We were able to confirm the report. With Warren out, quality depth is a very real issue so the move certainly makes sense. – (TFB)