Kevin Sherrington, sports columnist for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered questions in a live chat Wednesday. Here are some highlights.

What's Tom Herman's biggest challenge as coach at Texas?

Kevin Sherrington: For the short term, making sure Charlie's players stay in Austin. Long-term goals should be putting Texas back where Mack Brown had it in first decade of this century, when the Longhorns finished in AP poll every year and in Top 10 seven of those years. In this decade, Texas has one Top 25 finish. That's pitiful.

I've seen rumors that Kyle Allen might follow Herman to Texas. A) Do you think that's a good idea? B) How peeved do you think A&M fans would be at that kind of move?

Kevin Sherrington: Hadn't seen that. Not even sure how that would work. I think Shane Buechele showed enough last year that he should come back as the starter next season. They need some stability at the position.

Longhorns made their coaching change...do you think Texas A&M or Texas Tech will be next in ditching Sumlin/Kingsbury?

Kevin Sherrington: Problem is that both are guaranteed a lot of money. Sumlin's contract is fully guaranteed. That means if A&M wanted to get rid of him after next season, it would cost $10 million, or $5 million for each year remaining on the deal. I think the Aggies would be willing to pay that if they have another season like the last three. As for Kingsbury, the pay-off isn't as high, but it's still prohibitive. He's signed up through 2020. And Tech's athletic budget is not in good shape. I've seen reports that, going into the 2015 season, they were running a huge deficit. They can't afford to be paying two HCs at once. Kirby Hocutt is going to regret giving Kingsbury that contract, if he hasn't already.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL CHAT