Steve Sarkisian addresses basket weaving dig: 'Ole Miss is a fine institution'

Less than two weeks after Texas coach Steve Sarkisian drew national attention for his “basket weaving” comments regarding Ole Miss, the Longhorns coach sought to clarify his remarks and called the SEC school “a fine institution.”Sarkisian, while speaking to reporters before an event at the Touchdown Club of Houston on Thursday, was asked if there was a reason he singled out Ole Miss when he decried different admission standards in schools’ abilities to take transfer students in an interview with USA Today. Sarkisian said “no” and clarified his comments by stating that he was speaking in a larger sense about the inequalities in college football, from football coaching staff budgets to roster budgets to conference scheduling and admissions.Advertisement