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SEC Accidentally Played Texas A&M Song to Introduce Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian speaks during SEC Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. | Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

They say everything is bigger in Texas. Well, the SEC couldn't have made a bigger mistake Tuesday when selecting the song that Texas head football coach Steve Sarkisian walked out to before his press conference at SEC Media Days in Atlanta.

As the 51-year-old coach strolled up to the podium in his tan suit, the "Aggie War Hymn" played over the loudspeakers—instead of "Texas Fight," the official fight song of the Longhorns.

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