After all, the Texas head coach bluntly stated early in his tenure with the Longhorns that they weren't going to be in the national championship game in 2014—or 2015, for that matter.
His predictions were more than spot-on, as his first two Texas teams each finished with seven losses. Heading into Year 3, there's undeniable heat on the Longhorns to start showing the results of Strong's rebuilding process.
And even with the losing seasons and the mounting pressure, Strong is quite confident in Texas' future. In fact, confident might be too weak of a word to describe what Strong said earlier this week to a crowd of university faculty, according to Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman:
“What’s going to happen when we flip this thing?