The Texas Longhorns staged a wild comeback to beat the Mississippi State Bulldogs 45-38 in overtime, but their head coach had to deal with something beyond the scenes. Reports linking Steve Sarkisian to NFL opportunities surfaced hours before kickoff, forcing his agents to issue a denial and setting up a tense postgame response.

Sarkisian didn't hold back when asked about the speculation, expressing his anger at how quickly the media ran with unverified information, as reported by Austin American-Statesman writer Danny Davison on social media.

“It really pisses me off that one person can make a report that in turn, the entire media, sports world runs with as factual to the point of my agency and my agents have to put a statement out,” Sarkisian told On Texas Football 's CJ Vogel.

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