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He’s coming back from an ACL injury he suffered in October versus Oklahoma State. I’m glad Tech lives, rent free in your head.

Dear Sorsby Family, I can’t imagine what you have been through with your son’s addiction. Addiction hurts the whole family system. I’m glad to see he is getting help and he’s on his road to recovery. I’m a two time graduate of Texas Tech and I’m an LPC-S that works with people in addiction. I’ve been doing this for 17 years. I’m also a former athlete of Texas Tech. I have a unique perspective on this from my life experiences. I know my University. I know that athletic department and the character of those men and women that run it. They will stick to your son’s side. They will honor their word of helping him. And even though a judge granted a temporary injunction that I saw coming a mile away. From the second it was announced I knew this was gonna happen. What I didn’t know was this insane reaction from the college football world. The ivory tower everyone seems to be in. Watching my University get dragged through the mud. Getting dragged with false information. Our leaders having to defend this even though they didn’t file the lawsuit. This weekend I hope you as a family huddle up and discuss “is this worth it”. Your son is early on his recovery process. He took the first steps in getting it started. And I really hope he stays on that journey. Finding true sustained remission in addiction can unlock the rest of your life. It’s not easy. Texas Tech will stick by you. From our burner accounts to the brass in charge. And many of us are in the background quietly saying “man, just declare for the draft. We love you but just declare. This isn’t fair to Tech” Y’all decide what you wanna do. Just make sure you’re actually doing what’s best for Brendan’s recovery and not just what an injunction says you can do.

All bullshit aside. He’s correct. “But it’s not the same thing, it doesn’t effect the integrity of the games” And Sorsbys bets as a scout team QB who didn’t suit up for those games while he was in the middle of a gambling addiction did not have effect the integrity of any games. The NCAA even said his bets did not affect the integrity of games. “Well this opened the door for others to gamble and can hurt the sport” No it does not. It is an injunction that sends it to another court to be heard later because a judge ruled there was at least more than a 0% chance of it winning. I can promise you that if you have never gambled, place bets on your team and if you play in that game or don’t you will lose your eligibility. You will not have a fighting chance in court because you do not have a gambling disorder. Placing a few random bets like Hunter Deckers is not a Gambling Disorder. It’s a dumb impulsive decision. To meet a gambling disorder you must have had recurrent problematic gambling behaviors leading to clinically significant impairment or distress. You have to meet 4 of 9 criteria for at least 12 months to make it diagnosable. It’s not just some bets here and there. You can disagree. Tell me I’m dumb. This is bullshit. You Tech people are blind. Whatever. This is literally from the American Psychiatric Association as detailed in the DSM-5-TR. This is what was argued in court and it’s what judge felt was worthy of an injunction.

In case anyone doubted the player’s well being has been at the center of this the entire time for Texas Tech. Meanwhile, the school is getting dragged through the mud despite ruling him ineligible, not being involved in the litigation, and not being aware of the gambling like Cincinnati was when he played for them. Be mad at the judge or the NCAA or whatever, but Texas Tech has done the right thing at every turn.

#TCU Athletic Director Mike Buddie responds to the newest Texas Tech court ruling in a new episode of Frogs Today Saturday at 10am @TCUFootball @TCUBasketball @tcuwbb @TCUWomensGolf @TCUvolleyball @TCU_Baseball #GoFrogs

Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire answers a question from the crowd about any roadblocks that could remain that would prevent quarterback Brendan Sorsby from playing in 2026.

One league? Mid-America Conference. Partnered with Genius Sports for betting data. Although not conferences, LSU, Mich St, Colorado Denver, & UNLV have all partnered with casino/sports books.

Extremely stupid premise, from the same guy who brought you “judge shopping” yesterday. Texas Tech absolutely was not ever regarded as a “beautiful disrupter” before any of this. If you want to gripe at the judge or Sorsby, fine. But *Texas Tech* isn’t crossing any lines.

I understand why people are uncomfortable with the Brendan Sorsby situation. Betting on sports as a college athlete is serious. Betting connected to your own team creates an obvious integrity concern. Nobody has to minimize that. But there is another side to this that college football people should at least be honest enough to acknowledge. When a player becomes part of your program, he becomes part of your football family. That does not mean you excuse everything. It does not mean accountability disappears. It means you do not abandon him the second the situation becomes difficult, public, or uncomfortable. There is a difference between defending the person and defending the mistake. Texas Tech is in an impossible spot. Deep down, they may have hoped the final ruling would remove the decision from their hands. Exhaust every option, support the player, let the process play out, and if he is ruled ineligible, accept it. That is the cleanest outcome for a program trying to balance loyalty, discipline, public pressure, and competitive integrity. But now the court has ruled that he is legally allowed to play. That changes the structure of the decision. If Texas Tech turns its back on him now, what message does that send to every player and family they recruit? That we will fight for you until the pressure gets too loud? That we will call you family when you are producing, but distance ourselves when standing beside you becomes inconvenient? If I were recruiting against Texas Tech and they abandoned him after he was legally cleared to play, I would use that every time. Not because the mistake does not matter, but because trust matters. Families want to know what happens when their son is injured, struggling, accused, embarrassed, or sitting in the middle of a situation nobody wants attached to the program. Accountability and loyalty are not opposites. You can believe justice should be served. You can believe the integrity of the game matters. You can believe gambling violations deserve real consequence. You can also believe that a program should stand by its people through the full process, not just through the easy parts. That is the hard part of family. You do not only fight for your people when the optics are clean. You fight for them through the good and the bad, while still demanding accountability, treatment, discipline, and truth. Texas Tech may not like the position it is in. Most programs would not. But once he is legally allowed to play and remains part of the Red Raider family, abandoning him strictly because of social pressure would send its own message. And that message may be harder to overcome than the controversy itself.

It's Tortilla gate all over again. 15-1

I wanna go off on this retard but it has to be sarcasm. No one is this dumb. A Michigan staffer literally stole play calls, went to another teams sidelines and stole play calls. Actually hurting the integrity of the game and winning a national title. No post season ban. Banner still hung. Rings given out. And all these simpletons think a scout team placing bets 4 years ago at an entirely different school not effecting any outcomes is cheating Again, it must be sarcasm. Has to be

Caleb accused Cody of bribing judges. Cody stated he should take the comment down. Caleb said is that a threat? Cody said Yes. Accusing someone of bribing a judge is serious. Defamation of character comes to mind.

@grok, how many @GeorgiaFootball players have been arrested in the last year? si.com/college/georgia/footb…

I'm seeing exaggerated takes on the legal impact of a trial judge's ruling in Sorsby v. NCAA. This is not the 9th Circuit in O'Bannon v. NCAA, or SCOTUS in NCAA v. Alston. This case doesn't set precedent for other courts or athletes. It's a non-final order by a state court judge.

You know what's easier? Basic research. Original judge recused himself. An an administrative appointment was made and a retired Tarrant County judge (300 miles east of Lubbock) made the ruling. This was well documented and pretty easy to find. Just didn't fit your narrative.

Sorsby's lawyers were not attacking NCAA's ability to prosecute for gambling violations. In Sorsby's case, they argued the athlete's mental condition diagnosed by a medical professional should be considered for mitigation of penalties. Historically, the NCAA at times, acts without transparency and consistency in enforcement cases. There are scores of examples. In this case, the NCAA said it did not find any mitigating factors. Under the NCAA's own rules, they're supposed to consider mitigating factors. That's what helped Sorsby win -- for now. Retired judge from Metroplex --hundreds of miles from West Texas with no TT affiliation -- made the decision. Although the decision came in Lubbock County, the case was assigned to an administrative judge for the entire district (Kenneth Curry) after original Tech-aligned judge recused himself. That said, I was floored by the decision.

Uh oh.