Brady Raindl

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[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@poke4life05 @BigHen49 As a Tech fan, I semi-agree with you…just one really good year. So then I wonder, why is everyone else so concerned about what Tech is doing regarding the portal, NIL, Sorsby, etc? Just got lucky in all these sports. Nothing to see here. Everyone should just ignore Tech, right?

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

This guy gets it 💯 and has been 🎯 even going back to the softball outcry from so many.

[CFB Junkies @gwilkie80]

I'm fascinated by the pettiness that is the @Big12Conference . When I was living in my home state of Michigan developing my love of college sports as part of my school newspaper staff my knowledge of Tx Tech didn't extend much past Michael Crabtree's catch and their quirky coach.

But since moving to Texas I've learned a lot more. I've enjoyed following and, yes, defending them from all the virtue-signaling hypocrites who have attacked them over pulling an SEC and getting an injunction to sidetrack NCAA ineligibility. I'll go to my grave believing that if Sorsby had chosen LSU over TT we'd have heard a lot less about it and Sorsby would be suiting up this fall in Baton Rouge.

A big part of the difference is the SEC supports it's own. They've had seemingly countless injunctions in that league yet those schools don't openly criticize each other. They may hate each other behind closed doors, but if that's the case we'll never hear about it in public.

The Big 12, on the other hand, had bitter coaches and athletic directors who couldn't wait to find someone in the media to talk about internal meetings about TT and their outrage that TT would dare consider playing it's $5M portal QB after a judge made him eligible.

And now we're finding out more and more about Cincinnati doing EXACTLY what the others were accusing TT of wanting to do -- knowingly playing a QB who gambled on his own team.

Except Cincy tried to sweep it under the carpet despite being notified in 2024 according to USA Today and Sorsby's agent. Yet there is no outrage for the Bearkats from TCU's Sonny Dykes, or Kansas State's foul-mouthed Gene Taylor, or any of the others who were so outraged at TT. And ever the hypocrite, Cincy even had the gall to vote for sanctioning TT.

There's some indication that behind the scenes only Oklahoma State was supporting TT for doing what 99% of the other universities in the country would do under the same circumstances. That makes sense to me because at the end of the day TT and OSU are probably the most valuable athletic departments and the natural candidates to fill the void left by Texas and Oklahoma.

So why is the Big 12 so petty compared to the SEC when it comes to having each other's backs? My guess is the Big 12 is full of have-nots who are extremely insecure at the thought of anyone becoming the 900 lbs gorilla that TT has quickly become. In the SEC, much like the Big Ten, there are a bunch of gorillas so everyone is pretty secure.

But the Big 12 only has TT and not much else unless OSU returns to prominence or BYU continues breaking through on a regular basis. And the insecurity that comes from that fact means articles like the Iowa State write-up below are never going to defend the league heavyweight. They're just going to be petty, virtue-signaling, and bitter.

I guess the moral of the story is that have-nots seem to only be happy with other have-nots.

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@Sydney_Supple @TexasSoftball Continuing the “built not bou…” ah, nevermind!

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@Stanimal032 Do you really think anyone else in the Big 12 wants “good” things for Texas Tech? Surely you are not that naive or dumb! And what “bridge” do we need from any other school?
If other Big12 schools win, Tech doesn’t get a participation medal. We don’t chant Big12 (à la S-E-C 🙄)

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@SamLincoln2024 Built not bought…wait, never mind.

Had to be tampering…wait, oh never mind.

JK…Good luck!

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@BigHen49 @STXAmbassador And I hope Joey just nods, politely sets it on the ground, and then celebrates with his team with no comments whatsoever. Give them nothing!

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@CodyC64 @PatMcAfeeShow @TexasTechFB @TexasTech @CodyC64 is my Chairman! #wreckem

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@OhItsOklahoma @PeteThamel Still haven’t but thanks…

[Ben Golan @BenjaminGolan]

The school who actually cheated to win a natty takes moral high ground against one that's done nothing.

What a world.

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@KirkLeeNoles

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

'PTI' debates Brendan Sorsby injunction:

"Every other school in that conference and in the SEC and in the Big Ten would look at taking a guy like Sorsby, because he's a very good quarterback." 🏈 🤔

[Road Raiders @road_raiders]

You tell’em Coach. Welcome back, Brendan. Thank God for 2nd Chances.

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@RyanHyattMedia @TexasTechSB @TechAthletics That was google’s info when I simply typed “Mike White softball”…and good for him. Anyone clutching their pearls has their head in the sand, which is basically the entire SEC outside of UT & ATM. They know exactly how to play the game and have the $$$ to do it.

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@RyanHyattMedia @TexasTechSB @TechAthletics Mike White left the Oregon softball program in June 2018 to become the head coach at the University of Texas. He made the move to secure a significantly more lucrative contract and to gain access to the immense athletic resources needed to win a national championship 🤷‍♂️

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@MelvinAllick2 @GruvyGurl Mike White left the Oregon softball program in June 2018 to become the head coach at the University of Texas. He made the move to secure a significantly more lucrative contract and to gain access to the immense athletic resources needed to win a national championship

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@MelvinAllick2 @GruvyGurl Ok but the “recruiting game” is now high school AND the portal. They are one and the same. TX used it, no? So if a player can help you NOW, why would a second year TTU coach not go for her? TX was built for a title right now, as well. 🙄

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@JUDE_HOLYCROSS @STXAmbassador @grok UT has significantly more funds to play with. Plus they, too, hit the portal and chased a bag with the SEC. They are the biggest hypocrites in this argument. But I don’t blame them one bit. In fact, I think it’s hilarious that the mighty SEC is letting a big 12 team run things

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@JUDE_HOLYCROSS @STXAmbassador @grok The old club that Texas was a part of (which was illegal) bought cars and paid off homes for athletes’ families. They did it well and became blue bloods. Now it’s open season and TTU is just playing by the rules and the old club don’t like it. And the pearl clutching is gross 🙄

[Brady Raindl @Braindl10]

@JUDE_HOLYCROSS @STXAmbassador @grok So a coach, who’s new to a program that had traditionally been awful, is required to go the “traditional” route of recruiting/buying high school players when there’s this new thing called the portal to recruit from…any school NOT utilizing the portal is just dumb.