One USC Trojans legend didn't hesitate to call out some "irony" involving a national championship contender. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian denied that the Longhorns turn to NIL and money to coax recruits. "Sark" dropped that claim during SEC Media Days.
USC Legend Calls Out 'Irony' Involving National Title Contender originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
One USC Trojans legend didn't hesitate to call out some "irony" involving a national championship contender. All following the head coach's stance on a new money-driven model for college football.
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian denied that the Longhorns turn to NIL and money to coax recruits. "Sark" dropped that claim during SEC Media Days.
However, past USC star Su'a Cravens fired off an honest response. More so after catching a video involving Texas: The Longhorns rolling out Lamborghinis at Darnell K. Royal Stadium during an official visit weekend in June. Cravens took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to call out Sarkisian and Texas.
"Texas - 'We don’t want kids that are only coming here for the money anyway.' Also Texas - *Lines up 6 Lambo’s on the football field the day of official visits," Cravens posted. "Just found the irony funny is all."
Sarkisian, again, told reporters that Texas isn't centering on money when it comes to winning over recruits.
"We don’t talk about NIL, or revenue sharing, or publicity rights until the very end, and that may hurt us on some kids. But if the kid is coming to Texas for that reason, we don’t want him anyway," Sarkisian said during the SEC Media Days.
The verbose Cravens still didn't hesitate to point out any hypocrisy he came across. Ironically, the star USC safety from 2013 to 2015 called out the school now led by his former college coach.
Sarkisian spent 2014 and '15 with Cravens in the Land of Troy. Cravens, however, watched his head coach leave his post after five games. Eventually giving way to Clay Helton.
Calling out Texas wasn't the only social media rant from Cravens this week. He ripped On3/Rivals for changing the star ranking of prized 2026 tight end commit Mark Bowman. Cravens blasted the popular recruiting site for showing favoritism toward schools not named USC.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
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