I’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 I’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 “don’t touch the stove” stuff. That is “the bridge is out” 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. That’s not grace. That’s roster management wearing a halo. And that’s where this whole thing starts smelling like a booster-club candle called “Selective Accountability.” Because let’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 “we stand with our guy” tour. There would be a violation. There would be a consequence. There would be silence. But because it’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 it’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

From Kansas City to Wichita to NYC, Landry Shamet has always had championship DNA.

good morning from a national champion 🏆

NATIONAL CHAMPION 🏆 Selva Prabhu takes NCAA gold with a season’s best mark of 16.92m (55-6¼) in men’s triple jump! #NCAATF X #EMAW

What’s next for K-State junior Tah Chikomba, the best long jumper in NCAA history? “Under NCAA rules, I have two years left, but I’m planning to graduate in May. I’m going to come back mostly for the records. When I come back next season, there’s going to be a big difference.”

When it comes to actual tests of program integrity situations (student-athletic gambling): @CycloneFB >>>>>>>>>>>>>@TexasTechFB; @CycloneATH >>>>>>>>>>>@kirbyhocutt

NATIONAL CHAMPION 🥇 Tah Chikomba takes gold in the long jump, breaking his own school record at 8.37m (27-5½)! #NCAATF x #EMAW

The only people supporting Texas Tech in this Sorsby mess are the Texas Tech nation. The rest of the entire rational thinking college football fandom is unified against it. But Tech is prepared to die on that hill.

The NCAA identified the problem and started the investigation. Only after the investigation started did they initiate this rehab farce. Let's get the story straight.

Hindsight being 20/20, shout out to the former @IowaState student-athletes for taking their NCAA ban for gambling like men, and not seeking out a State of Iowa judge to rescue them.

It has become clear #TexasTech , once considered an angel in the fight to save college sports over the greed of NIL, shows its devilish horns in supporting their $5 million transfer QB who gambled on his own team. It’s money or established gambling rules. Shame on #KirbyHulcutt

Clive Pullen, K-State jumps coach, is the only coach in the country to send nine jumpers to the 2026 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, next week. Nine jumpers. Is that rare? “Very rare. We still have fuel in the tank.”

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⭐️⭐️⭐️OL Kelvin Eiwo has committed to Kansas State🏡 Utah, Georgia Tech, Houston were all in the running

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More extensive look at Big 12 FY25 data, both EADA and available MFRS data (see screenshot tables): "Actual Athletic Profitability" (Generated Revenue - Tot Expenses): K-St: $12.6 Iowa St: -$1.8 Ok St: -$5.4 Kansas: -$6.4 Utah: -$7.9 WVU: -$10.7 Texas Tech: -$13.9 UCF: -$26.0 Arizona: -$34.2 Colorado: -$43.3 Houston: -$47.3 Cincy: -$52.6 ASU: -$54.4 ** K-St is the only Big12 public school to acheive net "Profitablility" by having the 3rd LOWEST Expenses & receiving NO subsidies (I'm sure they'd love to be dealing with a larger Revenue/budget/Expenses though...) Total Subsidies (in millions;MFRS): ASU: $59.7 Cincy: $51.7 Colorado: $43.5 Houston: $41.2 Arizona: $36.8 UCF: $31.2 Texas Tech: $14.8 Utah: $12.6 WVU: $8.1 Kansas: $1.9 Iowa State: $1.8 Ok St: $0.1 K-St: $0.0 Subsidies include: -Student Fees -Direct or Indirect Institutional Support -Any Governmental Support **Private schools don't make MFRS data public. The MFRS data is more detailed and transparent, but available EADA data is included for all schools as a reference and to get a "ballpark" figure for the private schools to slot them into the leauge data (the recruiting figures for EADA and MFRS are pretty consistent FWIW)

The hotel will have a design inspired by the B-2 stealth bomber. bizjournals.com/kansascity/n…

Never forget @KStateMBB coaching staff asked me to talk to their big freshman from small town St. John, Kansas. He was stretching before a game, and I said to him, “I don’t think you know how good you are.” We joked that the closest McDonald’s to his hometown was 26 miles away in Pratt, Kansas. He had a good Wildcats career, but I did not see this coming. Congrats, @cavs @deanwade3232

KU vs. K-State in the TBT is coming to Bramlage this summer. The new format of TBT will be a 3-game series this summer. Game 1 (and 3 if necessary) in Manhattan. Game 2 will be at Washburn's Lee Arena.