Vance Bedford stood alone with his head down outside the closed doors of Charlie Strong's postgame news conference, as if he already knew what would be coming. Moments later, after Bedford had gone into the interview room and Strong, back to the locker room, Texas athletic director Mike Perrin scurried by in the hall, agitated enough in the wake of Texas' 49-31 loss to Oklahoma State to pause and confess to reporters that he would be "evaluating everything."
Sunday, as Bedford’s dejected look the day before portended, news broke that Strong would be demoting Bedford and taking the reins of the Texas defense himself.