Long post incoming, because I think it’s important that someone says this… I know and love a lot of addicts. I worked in the field at one point and I have family members who are clinicians currently working in addiction treatment. The weaponizing of Sorsby’s addiction by Texas Tech has been disgusting, and the passage below heavily implies that TTU’s support of his recovery is dependent on him being a football player. If TTU genuinely cared about Brendan Sorsby’s recovery they wouldn’t have waited until after a judge ruled he could play football to set these support systems up. And that’s before we even address what type of trigger a $5 million check could be for a gambling addict who supposedly gambles due to anxiety and will now feel the pressure of showing he was worth the money and backlash. If Sorsby’s gambling is truly the manifestation of a generalized anxiety disorder as they have claimed then the least productive thing for his recovery is to turn him into a national story and a focal point for a lot of people who are rightly worried about what this means for the competitive integrity of all college sporting events. There is a word for swooping in and fixing things for an addict so they don’t have to face the natural consequences of their actions— “ENABLING” A player being punished for being an addict is not the same thing as him facing the natural consequences of crossing boundaries that he a) knew existed and b) took measures to circumvent. I believe wholeheartedly in the disease model of addiction, and I have compassion for addicts who are trying to make a healthier lifestyle into a new habit. Texas Tech has created a false dichotomy that paints those supports as being dependent on Brendan’s football eligibility. Not playing football does not equate to him being expelled from the university. These supports should never have been dependent on his being part of the team. I don’t believe anybody at Texas Tech is actually making Brendan Sorsby’s addiction recovery the most important thing here. If they were, they never would have put him in this spot. They just want you to back off because they think it will help them win a few more games, and that part of this story feels way grosser to me than anything else.

Pete Golding navigating tampering rules

2 PAX @F3Crypt for some RBHS front porch circuit work. Still waiting for everyone else to arrive.

We watched Ohio State lose a second game to their biggest rival in the most shocking upset of the decade….. and then get a home playoff game and go win a championship. And you’re asking how doubling the size of that tournament will devalue the regular season?

In this format, Michigan and Ohio State will just be able to rest their starters in The Game knowing they will both already have clinched spots in a 24-team playoff. This would be the complete and utter ruining of a once sacred regular season.

With wins by California and Notre Dame on Friday, Clemson fell into last place in the ACC standings with the loss to Louisville.

sooners Spring Game entrance went as expected!!! 🤣🤣

Been hearing several million different things.. anything specific? 🤷‍♂️🟧🟦🟧🤷‍♂️

Dude refuses to get a job in something other than sports

I will die on the hill if you end up on the other side of the wall with the ball, that should be a HR. you didn’t prevent the ball from clearing the fence

And, BTW, a word of advice for NC State: if you parted ways with Will Wade without executing a general release, sue him. On Monday. The last thing that any school (or business) needs, especially in this NIL era, is to get tagged for not enforcing its contracts. This is precisely why Duke sued Darian Mensah. Duke had an excellent case on the merits, and Mensah had a TON to lose, but the lawsuit was also a message: Duke University drafts agreements to be enforced, not to be ignored when inconvenient. A school that lets a coach lie to its AD for months, spend $11 million of its money on a roster he planned to abandon, and then walk away for a discounted buyout — without consequence — isn't a program. It's a mark. This is big-game hunting. Every coach, every agent, and every NIL-era athlete is watching. The question isn't whether NC State can afford to litigate. It's whether it can afford not to. Go Pack.

Please… before next season. Give each coach one CHALLENGE per half and that’s it. Define clearly the 5-6 things that can be challenged. No APPEALS…what a ridiculous slope we continue to slide down

5 PAX @F3Crypt re-learn everyone’s kids names while doing some occasional work. @F3LexSC #f3counts

UVA getting screwed repeatedly by the refs. My goodness….

My goodness refs are SO bad

Ref show in the UVA/UT game. Pathetic.

6 PAX @F3Crusade for a couple of Buckthorne loops.

Paw Paw still awake for this one or was he watching Wheel of Fortune?