Steve Sarkisian takes big shot at Ole Miss for transfer portal antics

They often say that winners focus on themselves, and losers focus on winners, but in the case of Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian and his recent comments about the Ole Miss Rebels, it feels as if that nomenclature doesn't quite apply.

Earlier this week, Sarkisian took the gloves off when talking about the Rebels and their activity in the transfer portal this offseason, going scorched earth on Pete Golding and the entire "wild-west culture" that has been created in college football, where rules be damned, and anything goes in the name of getting a leg up on the competition.

“I try my best to not get consumed with how bad it is,” Sarkisian said of the recent state of college football to USA TODAY's Matt Hayes. "It just wears you out.”

Of course, Sarkisian is talking of many things here: the transfer portal, NIL, tampering, eligibility lawsuits, scheduling, etc. Over the past five years, the sport has changed more than it did in the previous two decades, and it's left us all with a product that looks little like what it used to.

Some have benefited, with players making much more money and gaining the freedom to move about the country at will throughout the course of their careers. However, many have suffered, particularly the fans.

Sarkisian is finally ready to speak on the issues, and he took aim, in particular, at a perpetrator in the transfer portal: The Ole Miss Rebels.

The "crime" took place earlier this spring, when Clemson Tigers linebacker Luke Ferrelli was sitting in class recently after transferring from California. He reportedly received a text from Ole Miss coaches of a million-dollar check, encouraging him to transfer to Ole Miss instead, after the fact.