Texas A&M is in some turmoil with the transferring of two quarterback from the program at the top of the depth chart. That on top of a history of quarterbacks transferring (highly recruited quarterbacks at that) has the Aggies wondering their direction.

It got so bad Friday a report emerged that Texas A&M was looking into what a buyout of coach Kevin Sumlin’s contract would be.

Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp told the Houston Chronicle any such report is fantasy:

Sharp on Friday night described the report as a “fairy tale” and “completely false” and perhaps “out of the imagination” of the reporter, and suggested maybe someone, or a couple of people, were even misleading the reporter just to mess with him.

The fact the report came from a reporter covering Texas A&M’s biggest rival in Texas certainly adds to that intrigue.

The original report stated it was Sharp himself who was looking into the buyout language. Sharp flatly and clearly disputes that report.

Sumlin signed a five-year, $30-million contract in December 2013. In the second year of that deal, the contract reportedly contains a provision that would require Texas A&M to pay all remaining owed money to him as part of a buyout.

That would be quite an onerus cost at this stage of Sumlin’s contract. The Aggies have played well in their transition to the SEC, having defeated Alabama in Tuscaloosa in their first year in the conference with Sumlin as head coach. But they have yet to make much competitive traction as far as competing for the SEC West title.

Texas A&M is still playing well and attracting recruits. It is just keeping them that has been the problem so far. That led to the questions about Sumlin.

For now though, it looks like Sumlin is not going anywhere.