Sarkisian To Texas Becomes Official, Will Remain With Alabama Through Title Game

Like with most coaching hires, there were a lot of twists and turns in the Texas opening. Granted, it was only open for a few hours, but everything is bigger in Texas, right?

Steve Sarkisian will become the next head coach for the Longhorns, replacing Tom Herman after four seasons. He will remain with Alabama through the national title game, however, according to Matt Zenitz with AL.com.

And for anyone getting hung up on the "sources" part of that tweet, Texas sent out a tweet of its own on Saturday as well. The caption: "Welcome to Texas, @CoachSark!"

That's about as official as it gets, right?

The reason some might have been skeptical is the way this story played out. First, it was the news of Herman's firing, but that was quickly followed with Chip Brown at 247Sports breaking the news that Sarkisian would be his replacement.

That should've been the end of it, but David Pollack with ESPN came back later saying that the Alabama offensive coordinator had actually turned the job down. Well, he didn't.

This could end up being a nice hire for the Longhorns, but it's important to the Crimson Tide that he remained in his role as the offensive playcaller for the upcoming game against Ohio State in the national championship.

Can we say "Texas is back" yet? No? OK.

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