Agree, but let's remember the Louisville status quo is not the little sisters of the poor as many have suggested. Those coaches recruited less heralded kids to a commuter school a la U of H with little to no football tradition and turned them into a team that would have unquestionably destroyed...

As we all condescend re bringing "inferior" Louisville coaches or recruiting "inferior" Louisville commits to Texas (before we even know what will happen), let's remember this fact: Louisville's football team this year with its inferior conference, coaching and talent would have destroyed us if...

We all need a reality check here. Charlie Strong is not going to look at a bunch of statistics and go out and hire random people he has no connection to over human beings he has worked with or known people who has worked with them. It just defies human nature. There are coaches out there that...

I'm not sure what the definition of average is, but if we are judging this guy based on last season, that season was not average. They outscored their opponents 35-12 on average and they had the 6th best time of possession in the country. Their QB threw 31 touchdowns with 4 interceptions...

I tend to agree with that take. It seems clear to me that in college football continuity is king. They don't get that much time to practice all in, and I think the Harsin experience quite clearly showed how much more comfortable everything looked in Year 2. Now some of that was because David...

I'm sure not favorably. We unquestionably play stiffer competition than Louisville does on a week in/week out basis, and I agree that will have an impact. It will not be likely that we give up 12/game next year. But if we field a solid ball control offense that produces numbers akin to the...

I think a lot of us are thinking about our offensive needs based on how bad our defense has been in the recent past. The reality is that offense and defense must coexist, and a quick look at the top spread offenses in the country generally proves this point. If you consider Baylor, Oregon...

http://www.whas11.com/live-stream I've been watching this the past few minutes. Tom Jurich is an IMPRESSIVE guy. His commentary on Coach Strong is incredibly magnanimous. And he suggested he'd been in contact with Strong most of the last week and knew this was going on. Seems to suggest...

From a substance perspective, I think the vast majority of UT fans know we acquitted ourselves nicely with Coach Strong. Let's talk a little about Coach Strong's age (53 Years young). 53 is exactly where we want to be, and is one of the reasons I think Strong is a better hire for Patterson...

Highly unlikely that is any sort of factor. It's a $1 million lawsuit. At a University with an $18 billion endowment. It's an important lawsuit from a public relations perspective and is being handled as such, but I just don't think the University needs any sort of "cover" for this lawsuit.

I agree with you. Pat Forde spoke similarly towards UT when Jurich was considered a candidate. He ended up being correct there, but his tone suggests a bit of homer-ism on the Louisville guys. He just wants them to stay in my view. Also, all of this stuff about how the UT job requires this...

Bring it Coach Strong. Couldn't be happier with this hire if true!

Bring Vance Bedford home, but make sure he's working for Jerry Gray. It's time for Jerry to finally come home to Austin as Coach Strong's DC.

Sorry man, wasn't intending to go there. There is nothing elitist about calling out hyperbole on a fan message board. If 3/4 of our fans don't know who Charlie Strong is, then nobody should give much thought to what Longhorn fandom thinks about football coaches. Problem is it's not true. The...

And now on SI.com. This looks like a done deal. Just a great hire by Patterson if true.

I am sorry but you just aren't watching college football if you think Charlie Strong is a virtual unknown. He won 2 NCs as the DC at Florida. One more than Jimbo Fisher won as a DC at LSU. He has won 23 games in the last two years, one of which was a stomping over a heavily favored and elite...

Saban and Franklin are the only other possibilities based on these facts. But I don't get the "hire like this" comment. Charlie Strong is a great candidate, and nationally that is well-known. He has won 23 games in the past two years and has the #1 D in the nation. How can we not be excited...

Briles and Mora publicly announce their exit from the process today. Age-old public relations move when a decision has been made that does not involve you. Louisville press says Louisville has its annual post-season team meeting Sunday evening. Strong can talk to his players then. Monday is...

Sorry for the long rant here, but I need to get a few things off my chest regarding Mora and Strong. I'm not sure I'm really understanding the rationality of what seems to be many of our fans response to names that keep popping up in this search. And I'm not talking just HornSports here, but...

I think Mora Jr. would be an exciting hire - sky's the limit on upside but some downside risk by UT standards at the same time. Outside the most obvious "big" names (which I'm sure we would all agree on so I won't even discuss), all the coaches come with a few questions, not that different from...