...and people still want to act like Sarkisian calling out Ole Miss academics was just some petty feud with Lane Kiffin. The numbers have been sitting there for years. Texas finished with a 985 APR while Ole Miss has been hovering in the 940s for the better part of a decade. That is not a small gap. That is a fundamental difference in how these programs operate at the administrative level. Sarkisian knows exactly what he is doing. He is drawing a line in the sand for croots and their families. Do you want to go to a school that treats the classroom like a pit stop or do you want to go somewhere that actually graduates players and develops them into functional adults? The timing of this matters too. The 2026 class is basically locked in but the 2027 year is wide open. Texas has the academic reputation, the APR track record, and now the head coach publicly daring croots to compare the two. Meanwhile Ole Miss is sitting there with Kiffin making jokes about the situation instead of addressing the actual data. Florida coach Jon Sumrall stepped into the middle of this and basically confirmed what everyone already knew. The SEC has a tier system and it is not just about wins and losses. Texas is building something sustainable. The kind of program that does not have to rely on waiver wires and eligibility loopholes to stay competitive. Mark my words. By the time the 2027 signing day rolls around, this academic angle is gonna be the single biggest differentiator in Texas pulling top-tier croots away from programs like Ole Miss, LSU, and others who have been skating by. The foundation is already laid. Sark just lit the match.