I may be crazy, but I thought I heard about Briles saying that he'd accept the job if offered?
"Strong would, in fact, be the absolute worst fit for the job anyway," Forde wrote. "He is the anti-Mack Brown, completely averse to extensive interaction with media and boosters. Strong is from the Greta Garbo school – he wants to be left alone. That wouldn't fly at Longhorn Network University.
Strong a good but not great coach. Texas blew this hire