It appears that Oklahoma State will be going to court with Texas offensive line coach Joe Wickline.
The Austin American-Statesman reported that an Oklahoma judge has scheduled a pretrial conference for Oct. 23 in the contract dispute between Oklahoma State and Wickline.
Oklahoma State is seeking close to $600,000 in damages from Wickline. The school has claimed that the former Cowboys assistant made a move to Texas without play-calling duties, violating the buyout clause in his contract. Wickline was an assistant at Oklahoma State for nine years.
Before the suit was filed, Texas coach Charlie Strong went on the record in saying that Shawn Watson, not Wickline, would be the "one final voice" on offensive play-calling. Not long after, Oklahoma State athletic director Michael Holder informed Wickline the school considered him to be in breach of contract.
"OSU's argument is straight forward. Watson, not Wickline, calls the offensive plays for the UT football team," Oklahoma State attorneys wrote in a court filing earlier this week, according to the American-Statesman.
Texas athletic director Steve Patterson has maintained that the case is a dispute between Wickline and Oklahoma State. Texas is not a named party in the lawsuit.
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby declined to comment earlier this week about the potential of the case going to trial.
Oklahoma State travels to Texas on Sept. 26.