Since you were told he wasn't hired because he would be the first black football HC at Texas, we know it is true. Right? Austin is heavily PC - this is a PC, "first" hire. Never believe what you are told, there is always an "axe to grind". That is, a hidden agenda. Powers is a left-wing liberal...

Great people skills, corch.

Incredible. Especially if Franklin was at the top with him. SMH.

Screw it. We hired Mighty Mouse...admit it!

Bad news if he's still coming...

Please.Stay.at.Louisville

Count me as becoming increasingly concerned about the Patterson hire. Luck should have been the choice in retrospect. No confidence he can walk and chew gum concurrently.

Try looking in the mirror for an ignorant fool. Yeah, yeah, first black fill-in-the-blank. Veiled liberal progressive racism. David Shaw is a fine coach...who just happens to be black. This kind of thinking is what afflicted us with Obama. Think qualifications first and foremost. Skin color last.

Go back to Louisville.

Bad hire; won't unite the fan base, as another poster said. Can't support Strong. The University of Leftovers just settled, that's all. Disappointing.

I want my money back. We got robbed...

Sickening! WTF??? This is a complete "settle" hire. What a stupid move by Patterson. Can we fire him yet?

75 % chance I'm following a different team from here on out, then...3 out of 4 suck...sheesh

I, too, share your concerns from afar. Question: what is every candidate we offer(ed) on the 1A list says "No thanks."? I am beginning to get anxious this could turn out to be the case. We should have fired Mack midseason and poached the coach of our choice ala USC. Our current process has only...