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Why Bobby Petrino said it was time for him to leave Missouri State football

Former Missouri State head football coach Bobby Petrino recently spoke about his departure from Missouri State and his reasoning to take an offensive coordinator job at UNLV before quickly taking the same position at Texas A&M.

Petrino, who coached the Bears for three seasons, met with reporters covering Texas A&M for the first time on Sunday during the Aggies' annual fall camp media day.

Petrino was announced as UNLV's offensive coordinator on Dec. 15. A day later, Missouri State promoted defensive coordinator Ryan Beard, Petrino's son-in-law, to head coach. Petrino left his post at UNLV in early January to join Jimbo Fisher's staff at Texas A&M.