{"id":262384,"date":"2026-09-13T13:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/espn-reporter-looked-livid-after-steve-sarkisian-blew-her-off\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:36:43","slug":"espn-reporter-looked-livid-after-steve-sarkisian-blew-her-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/espn-reporter-looked-livid-after-steve-sarkisian-blew-her-off\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN reporter looked livid after Steve Sarkisian blew her off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Steve Sarkisian versus the ESPN broadcast was somehow the biggest on-field matchup Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas head coach blew off ESPN sideline reporter Laura Rutledge for a halftime interview with his team trailing 20-3. Rutledge later explained that Sarkisian had remained patient as the broadcast dealt with some technical issues, but he could not wait any longer.<\/p>\n<p>While fans thought the veteran coach stormed off in frustration, Rutledge later clarified that <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/college-football\/laura-rutledge-responds-awkward-steve-sarkisian-situation-texas-ohio-state-game\/769854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN \u201cshould be apologizing\u201d to Sarkisian<\/a> and not the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>Rutledge\u2019s colleague, Holly Rowe, probably didn\u2019t feel the same way about her experience with Sarkasian after the Longhorns stormed back to win 24-23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach, this was one of the most\u2026,\u201d Rowe said before Sarkisian interrupted her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas fight! Hook \u2018Em!\u201d Sarkisian said to the camera before walking back to the locker room.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/articles\/espn_reporter_looked_livid_after_steve_sarkisian_blew_her_off\/s1_127_44297004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sarkisian versus the ESPN broadcast was somehow the biggest on-field matchup Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The Texas head coach blew off ESPN sideline reporter Laura Rutledge for a halftime interview with his team trailing 20-3. Rutledge later explained that Sarkisian had remained patient as the broadcast dealt with some technical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-262384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}