Texas HC Steve Sarkisian disagrees with Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia earning extra eligibility

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia earned another year of college football eligibility through a federal judge's ruling on Wednesday agreeing that the NCAA's limits on JUCO transfers were unfair.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian , whose Longhorns escaped a 27-24 upset bid by Pavia and the Commodores on Oct.

26, had strong words regarding the decision.

"I totally disagree," he told reporters at a news conference Thursday (h/t KVUE's Cory Mose).

"We chose to go to junior college football and that's where we wanted to start and play our careers, so I don't understand [the ruling] at all." When asked by @Joshua_Newman about the decision to allow Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia an additional year, Steve Sarkisian was pretty straight forward: "I totally disagree...we're going to have guys 28-29 years old playing college football" #HookEm | #Texas pic.twitter.com/9yTFXZXkCd "We're going to have guys 28 and 29 years old playing college football," Sarkisian continued.

"Like what's the point, man? I don't get it, I don't understand it, I totally disagree with it." The injunction granted in Pavia's lawsuit applies only to his specific case but the precedent set, if upheld in any challenges, is sure to affect a multitude of other similar situations.

However, Sarkisian's concern of having older college players is a slight overreaction.

There are already players of that age group participating in the sport that didn't transfer from JUCO.

For example, quarterbacks Alan Bowman (24, Oklahoma State) and Cam Rising (25, Utah) completed their seventh years playing .

Both were eligible for an eighth season but Bowman will instead forgo it and declare for the 2025 NFL Draft while Rising is likely opting to leave Utah and is undecided on playing his eighth year elsewhere or declaring for the draft.

While most players in their situation have been able to play this long due to a cumulation of redshirt, injury and COVID years granted by the NCAA, JUCO transfers likely won't be on the field any longer than them.

Few JUCO players are able to break into the Division I ranks and those that do have an even slimmer chance of sticking around.

The even fewer that are good enough to go pro won't be clogging rosters beyond the typical college playing period.

If Pavia decides to remain at Vanderbilt in 2025, he will likely lead the Commodores in a Nov.

1 rematch against Sarkisian and the Longhorns in Austin..

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