Texas coach Steve Sarkisian addresses postgame incident with Holly Rowe, Arch Manning’s apology

While Texas has enjoyed the adulation that comes with knocking off Ohio State and surging to No. 1 in the college football rankings, the football program has also spent some of the week cleaning and clearing up some public relations missteps in the wake of the win.

After coach Steve Sarkisian cut an on-field postgame interview short with ESPN's Holly Rowe, the dismissive behavior was then exaggerated in AI videos that depicted domestic violence. When Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning was asked about viral videos from the Texas win at a press conference this week, he pointed to an AI video of Sarkisian hitting the ESPN reporter, but in a way that made the gathered media laugh.

Manning has since apologized for his approach to the topic at the press conference, and on Thursday, Sarkisian gave a full explanation addressing both his behavior with the broadcast throughout the evening (which also included cutting out on a delayed halftime interview) and Manning's earlier comments. Sarkisian cited technical difficulties that contributed to delays with both interviews, offered up his own personal history with Rowe as a sign of no ill will and shared his perspective on Manning's missteps from earlier in the week.

Original source: https://www.cbssports.com/