Steve Sarkisian fascinates me. More now than ever.
As the pressure to deliver something more significant than a Citrus Bowl trophy increases by the degrees of the Fahrenheit temperatures that define the final days of college football anticipation leading into Labor Day weekend, Sarkisian's recent national press blitz has revealed that he's a person with a lot to say.
About a lot of stuff. So much that I find myself wondering if what he really wants deep down is a guest column on Orangebloods.
Remember Tom Herman wanting to be a reporter before he was a coach? Maybe as Sarkisian navigates through his 50s with a young child to remind him that he has no choice but to stay fresh because if it’s not BFDI now (look it up), it'll be something else even more mind-scrambling by the time we get to the 2030s. Got to stay on top of your game. Can't lose your edge. Have to be able to talk that talk.
Whatever is motivating Sarkisian, we can all see that he's a bit of a different alley cat in 2026. I've joked a few times that he doesn't sound so much like a coach that's got a foot out the door as much as he sounds exactly like a guy might sound if he actually did have a foot out the door. That's how eye-popping some of the remarks he's made in the last month or so have been.
YOLO Sark is a trip.
