Complex sentence: Petrino emerged as leading candidate to return to the Cardinals after Charlie Strong's departure for Texas on January 4th 2014, on January 8th, Petrino was offered and accepted the position.
Split into simpler sentences: Petrino emerged as leading candidate to return to the Cardinals after Charlie Strong's departure for Texas on January 4th 2014. On January 8th, Petrino was offered and accepted the position.