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Dak rides emotional roller coaster during Mississippi State's historic win

Kevin Jairaj / USA TODAY Sports

Dak Prescott knows all about improbable success stories.

But the Dallas Cowboys quarterback may have been just as surprised as everyone else to see his Mississippi State Bulldogs end Connecticut's 111-game winning streak in overtime Friday night.

Prescott, wearing his own basketball jersey, could barely contain his excitement during regulation time as the game went back and forth.

When the game went into overtime, he was more stressed than the players themselves.

And as Morgan Williams buried a buzzer-beating winner to send her team to the national final, Prescott was nothing but smiles.

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