For a day, everything was right with Charlie Strong and Texas AD Mike Perrin

Published Nov. 15, 2016 3:19 p.m. ET

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Aaron Torres

With Charlie Strong firmly on the hot seat, every Saturday has become a referendum on the coach and his team, and Strong's long-term staying power in Austin.

But for at least one day, Strong got the doubters off his back. On Saturday, the Longhorns stunned Baylor, 35-34, as Trent Domingue hit a 39-yard field goal to clinch the win with just 46 seconds to go.

The victory was huge for Strong, who continues to try and make a case that he is the right man for the Texas job. And he doubled-down on that sentiment in the postgame press conference.

There, he made a very strong (no pun intended) statement about the program, shared courtesy of this tweet from the Austin-American Statesman:

As Davis alludes to, it is a defiant stance by Strong. But it's justifiable considering what everyone in the media has said about him over the past few weeks. At 4-4, Texas has a lot of its season left, even if things aren't perfect right now.

And in a bit of good news, it appears as though Strong -- at least for one day -- has the support of his athletic director Mike Perrin.

Perrin can be seen in a video below chanting "Char-lie," "Char-lie" as Strong left the field Saturday evening.

And then Perrin shared this picture.

What does it all mean?

Who knows.

But it can't be a bad thing for a coach who needs any kind of positive momentum.

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