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Sark slams Ole Miss academics: 'basket weaving'
Key takeaways
- Some SEC football coaches aren't waiting for kickoff to get after each other.
- First-year Florida Gators coach Jon Sumrall added to fray later Tuesday afternoon when he posted to X: "Grateful to coach at a top 10 public university that also offers advanced basket weaving!"
- "At Texas, we will only take 50% of a player's academic credit hours," Sarkisian told USA Today.
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Some SEC football coaches aren't waiting for kickoff to get after each other.
One day after LSU coach Lane Kiffin's controversial comments about Ole Miss, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian told USA Today that "all you have to do is take basket weaving, and you can get an Ole Miss degree."
First-year Florida Gators coach Jon Sumrall added to fray later Tuesday afternoon when he posted to X: "Grateful to coach at a top 10 public university that also offers advanced basket weaving!"
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