Strong Still Living with and Standing by April’s Honest Assessment

Coaches say the damnedest things. Sometimes they even tell their fans the truth.

Sometimes, though, that truth is tough for fans – and media – to stomach. Especially when the truth-teller is the new head football coach at the University of Texas and the truth hurts. On April 21, the first night of Strong’s 12-city “Coming on Strong” tour of Texas, the coach uttered a simple sentence that has bounced around the Longhorns fanbase – and the college football blogosphere -- ever since.