The musings of Tim Fitzgerald, sportswriter, OG Podcaster, YouTube host, dog lover & cancer warrior. #ForwardWeGo Publisher of @GoPowercat on @247Sports

Joined June 2009
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I have never been a big birthday guy. No need for cake or candles. Give me a nice drink, good company and a quiet setting. Still, the last two years have been the most meaningful birthdays of my life. My post-surgical diagnosis was I wouldn't see 60. You see, when prostate cancer escapes and spreads, that "easy" cancer to beat becomes a demon. I was 54 and the demon was loose inside. Last June 1 was my 60th birthday. Sunday was my 61st. This isn't borrowed or stolen time. This is a blessing. And here I am, beating the odds, praying more, drinking less and rarely out of the company of my two dogs and/or my grestest blessing, my wife. Men, if you're 45 or older, please ask your doctor to score your PSA (prostate specific antigen). It's sime blood test and the best tool we have for early detection of prostate cancer. And the sooner you catch it, the better. Please score that PSA and avoid a life of exhaustion, incontinence, erectile dysfunction or eventual death. No, these aren't bonus birthdays. They are gifts from God, and added time to shout my message from the mountain tops. All I ask is you lend me your mountain top and spread this message. ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ๐Ÿค™
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Replying to @FreddyLA7
This is the greatest story of the summer
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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and the rest arenโ€™t dumb enough to actually think Elon Musk has a trillion dollars in cash waiting to be taxed. They just think their followers are dumb enough to think that. And they are.
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Thereโ€™s always one that goes for the cancer dig. Itโ€™s always a sign of a person who has completely lost perspective on life.
Replying to @LifeofFitz
What year did testosterone leave your body?
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My most controversial middle aged sportswriter take: Bob Seger has better songs than Bruce Springsteen
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Iโ€™m going to say the part everybody keeps trying to smother with soft lighting and school-colored spin: This Texas Tech defense of Brendan Sorsby is not noble. It is not brave. It is not some deeply moving stand for second chances. It is a beautifully produced excuse factory with a quarterback depth chart attached. And Iโ€™m sorry, but some of us still remember when gambling was the one line sports absolutely, positively did not let you tap dance across. Baseball knew it. Basketball knew it. Football knew it. College athletics knew it. Every athlete who has ever sat through a compliance meeting knows it. You do not bet on games. You certainly do not bet on games connected to your own program. That is not complicated. That is not hidden in fine print. That is not some NCAA mystery written in invisible ink and stored behind a locked filing cabinet in Indianapolis. That is Day One stuff. That is โ€œdonโ€™t touch the stoveโ€ stuff. That is โ€œthe bridge is outโ€ stuff. And now Texas Tech wants everyone to gather around, dab our eyes, admire the production quality, and pretend this is really about compassion? No. Compassion is helping Brendan Sorsby get well. Compassion is making sure he has treatment, accountability, support, and people around him who care more about his soul than his stat line. Compassion is not pretending the rulebook suddenly caught a stomach virus because the quarterback room got uncomfortable. Thatโ€™s not grace. Thatโ€™s roster management wearing a halo. And thatโ€™s where this whole thing starts smelling like a booster-club candle called โ€œSelective Accountability.โ€ Because letโ€™s be painfully honest. If this were a third-string offensive guard from a school ESPN only mentions during weather delays, there would be no emotional video. No moral campaign. No carefully scripted institutional defense. No dramatic music. No โ€œwe stand with our guyโ€ tour. There would be a violation. There would be a consequence. There would be silence. But because itโ€™s a quarterback who can help win games, suddenly the red line needs context, therapy lighting, and a legal team. Nope. Wrong. Try again. Sports cannot survive if gambling violations become public-relations projects. The integrity of the game cannot depend on how many boosters are nervous. Rules cannot only apply to the guys who are not talented enough to become inconvenient. And second chances do not have to include first-team reps. I hope Brendan Sorsby gets help. Truly. I hope he heals. I hope he grows. I hope five years from now this is a painful chapter in a much better story. But he does not need NCAA eligibility to become whole. He does not need a starting job to be supported. He does not need the rest of college football to pretend that a clear line was suddenly blurry just because Texas Tech found a camera crew and a sympathetic script. Sometimes love tells the truth. Sometimes support still says no. Sometimes consequences are not cruelty. And sometimes the most compassionate thing anyone can do is stop treating accountability like itโ€™s a disease we need to cure. You crossed the line. Now the line has to matter. #BrendanSorsby #TexasTech #NCAA #CollegeFootball #SportsBetting #SportsIntegrity #AccountabilityMatters #PersonalResponsibility #CollegeFootballNews #NCAAFootball #CameronDole @espn @TexasTech @TexasTechFB @TechAthletics @Big12Conference
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Based on the replies, I guess whatโ€™s best for the student-athlete only matters as long as their team benefits from it.
The NCAA should offer the Texas Tech players a special portal window. Maybe theyโ€™re all fine playing with a gambler who may choose to throw an incompletion to hit the under on a prop bet, but if not, they should have a chance to leave. These are truly special circumstances.
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Is there a pathway to him playing despite admitting he bet on sports as well as his own team, which are obscene violations of every sportsโ€™ rules? Yes. Open the damn portal.
Replying to @LifeofFitz
It really seems you need to read that injunction, Tim. You have no clue what you're talking about.
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Jayshawn Ross, felony for distribution of marijuana, Rashodrick Harris 2 felony counts of aggravated assault, Daniel Davis battery assault of a police officer. How many other K State players do we need to mention. Sorsby hasn't played a snap with Tech. Go after Cincinnati
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Uhm. When did I ever say Tech sucked? I know youโ€™re twisting yourself to defend this but quit making shit up.
Replying to @LifeofFitz
Why would you want or anyone else want our players? I thought you said we sucked? Chicken shit ๐Ÿ’ฉ clown ๐Ÿคก.
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The NCAA should offer the Texas Tech players a special portal window. Maybe theyโ€™re all fine playing with a gambler who may choose to throw an incompletion to hit the under on a prop bet, but if not, they should have a chance to leave. These are truly special circumstances.
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Will Hammond watching Texas Tech start an interstate political war rather than let him sling it
NEWS: The Oklahoma Attorney General's office issued a rebuttal letter to the Texas AG's office's letter to the Big 12. Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond says that the idea that Big 12 may not sanction its members is โ€œfacially absurdโ€ and says Texas Techโ€™s actions have โ€œconstituted a shameful chapter in the story of college football.โ€ Per me and @max_olson.
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Donโ€™t worry about Elon becoming rich with his own money. Worry about politicians becoming rich with your money.
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Enjoy Colton Bowlin live from the Creekside Stage at Laurel Cove. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ
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Sorsby's Lawyer: "In conclusion, Your Honor, was my client betting on his own sport? Yes. Was my client making bets on his own team, including bets AGAINST his own team? Yes. Did my client's actions undermine the integrity of college athletics as a whole? Yes. And would reinstating him jeopardize the future of ALL of college athletics by making the public question whether anything they see in any game going forward is actually legitimate? Yes. But you should still reinstate him, because if you don't, he'll be reawwy sad ๐Ÿ˜ข."
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Texas Tech puts out a 22 minute video outlining their position in detail. TCU has issued a formal response.
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This is a great tweet. We should all aspire to be Gwen Howerton. I donโ€™t think I look like a Gwen, but only because Iโ€™ve never posted a tweet this perfect.
Texas Tech must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon
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When you have to release a 22-minute video explaining why *you need to keep someone on your team*.... it probably means that player shouldn't actually be allowed to be on your team ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
Texas Tech Pres. Lawrence Schovanec, head coach Joey McGuire, AD Kirby Hocutt and associate AD Grant Stoval have released a 22 minute video on Brendan Sorsby
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So @ColeCarmody52 fills in for me doing Daily Deliveries and after he wraps his final taping before I take back over, he heads to the K and makes a highlight reel catch. Still makinโ€™ videos. Great stuff. #hero
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Word is that after watching him do this man shit, the ladies behind Cole both spontaneously became pregnant. Cole is going to be a daddy after slapping a double bagger
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