I doubt you could get him out of Texas but Art Briles would be interesting in the BIG with his ability to recruit the Republic, I do see that most want a youth movement. TWO Things (1) Everything he did at Baylor was with 2 and 3 star recruits and a rare, very rare 4 star (2) As the cases against Baylor during his tenure are coming to trial, it is coming to light that Baylor was pre-mature in the way they handled Art and firing him (my daughter is a student at Baylor and we have friends that have been boosters for decades). Last thing about Briles, if he could get them to C-U, within 2 years Memorial Stadium would be home to "the Flying Illini" .... offense, offense, offense and his defense plan is being the last team in the 4th quarter playing offense, extremely entertaining football.
Also with Malzahn now on the market he was 68-32 at Auburn and obviously knows how to recruit.