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If Charlie Strong had a chance of making it to Year 4 before Saturday, that hope is gone now.

The Longhorns blew a 21-10 fourth-quarter lead and turned the ball over six times to lose to Kansas 24-21 in overtime. The game marks the first Big 12 conference win for Kansas since beating Iowa State on Nov. 8, 2014. It's also the Jayhawks' first win over Texas since 1938.

Above all, though, it puts Texas coach Charlie Strong squarely in the line of fire.

Earlier Saturday, a report from ESPN surfaced that university boosters were putting "extreme pressure" on the administration to fire Strong and hire Houston coach Tom Herman. With every passing minute that Texas unable to put Kansas away, the more momentum that report had. With the loss, it feels all but certain that Strong will in fact lose his job.

Texas must win its last game against TCU to become bowl eligible. Whether Strong will be the coach or not remains to be seen. A report from ESPN in early October stated that Texas would not fire Strong midseason if it came down to it, but losing to Kansas usually changes a lot of things.

Strong is 16-20 in nearly three full seasons at Texas and the only way to get a winning season is to beat TCU and win the bowl game. He's recruited well and by all accounts is considered a well-liked coach. It just hasn't shown in the record books yet and losing to Kansas in Year 3 is likely the final, insurmountable hurdle.