Longhorns’ Steve Sarkisian responds to Big 12 commissioner's message for Texas Tech

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The Texas Longhorns will kick off their final season in the Big 12 conference on Saturday against the Rice Owls as Steve Sarkisian enters his third year as head coach. 

Texas has made it clear it understands there will be extra motivation to beat them this year as they prepare to depart for the SEC after the 2023 college football season. 

Commissioner Brett Yormark during a Big 12 Tournament semifinal basketball game between the Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas Jayhawks on March 10, 2023, at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

While Sarkisian knows everyone will be rooting against his Longhorns this season, recent comments from Brett Yormark, commissioner of the Big 12, were a bit surprising. 

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Speaking last week at the Red Raider Club kickoff luncheon in Lubbock, Texas, Yormark had a message for Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire. 

"Coach [McGuire], I'm not going to put any pressure on you, but I'm gonna be in Austin for Thanksgiving. And you'd better take care of business like you did right here in Lubbock last year," Yormark said.

Sarkisian was asked about Yormark’s comments on Monday and the Texas head coach joked that the reporter was trying to get him in trouble. 

Head coach Steve Sarkisian of the Texas Longhorns reacts during the Texas Football Orange-White Spring Football Game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on April 15, 2023, in Austin.  (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

"I got a letter from the commissioner about sportsmanship the day before that