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WATCH: Longhorns Coach Steve Sarkisian Loses it In Alamo Bowl Pre-Game Tirade

Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian is getting headlines for the wrong reasons on Friday

Matt Galatzan

The Texas Longhorns had a frustrating night on Thursday night, falling to the Washington Huskies 27-20 in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. 

However, instead of Steve Sarkisian getting headlines for getting the Longhorns back to the postseason for the first time in his tenure, he is instead under fire, with a viral pre-game video showing the Texas coach berating an Alamo Bowl staff member.

The incident began with the crew member placing his hands on a firey Sarkisian prior to the team running out of the tunnel. 

Something that Sarkisian, who was understandably wound up before his first bowl game as a head coach since 2014, obviously took exception to. 

“Don’t f—ing touch me again motherf----r," Sarkisian was seen screaming. "Get your f—ing hands off me.”

In two seasons at Texas, Sarkisian currently sits with a 13-12 record, going 8-5 in 2022 after a dreadful 5-7 record in 2021. 

Sarkisian has been able to recruit well in Austin thus far, however, finishing with the No. 5 and No. 3 ranked classes in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Neither Sarkisian, nor the University of Texas have commented on the incident as of yet. 

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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