BREAKING: QB Brendan Sorsby and Texas Tech are mutually parting ways, @PeteNakos reports.
Sorsby will not play College Football in 2026.
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Star QB Brendan Sorsby is applying to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft, sources tell NFL Network.
After legal wrangling about his NCAA eligibility, Sorsby — regarded as a first-round talent — now could be the highest-drafted supplemental pick in decades.
Sources: Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby plans to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft. Amid the legal wrangling over his NCAA eligibility after admitting he bet on sports, he intends to head to the NFL.
NEWS: The Big 12 has filed a legal complaint in federal court against Texas Tech & the Texas AG, seeking declaratory judgement and a preliminary injunction to enforce its bylaws and potentially sanction the school for its plans to play Brendan Sorsby.
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Iowa State's CyTown is a going to be a revenue engine, and the pro forma is starting to show it. The university is projecting $184M in net revenue over 30 years, with about half coming from a revenue-share with developer Goldenrod and roughly 30% from a tax arrangement with the City of Ames that routes a share of the district's property tax payments back to the university.
The Regents approved leases for six of eight buildings in December, so tenant deals are moving now.
40 acres and more than 500,000 square feet between Jack Trice and Hilton, anchored by a clinic, a 215-key hotel, an amphitheater, office, retail, and food and beverage. Goldenrod and McFarland are investing around $185M, the university already put in $30M, and Iowa State holds the land and carries no debt on the buildings. Q3 2027 occupancy.
The suites show how many revenue lines stack up. 60 units, each one a $50K commitment fee, a $450K donation to the ISU Foundation, and $25K to $30K a year in operations over ten years, which is roughly $27M in donations from one product line before the hotel and commercial tenants are even counted.
And $184M may be the floor. Every tenant in the district will spend continuously on construction, facilities, food service, insurance, and procurement, which is a large recurring pool of B2B dollars. The schools that turn their tenant base into a commercial network, where that spend flows back to the institution, are the ones that take projects like this well past the base case. CyTown gives Iowa State the platform to do it.
Excited to see how this progresses.
I watched the whole thing. Texas Tech officials repeat the same points about supporting their players. They say Sorsby has new software on his phone to monitor him and prevent him visiting certain sites.
No explanation as to why he has to play in games.
Big 12 schedule (opponents) will be released Thursday.
Houston will host Kansas but not make return trip to Lawrence, per sources.
Houston will play home-and-home against defending champion Arizona.
Dates will be released later this summer.
They must have the worst communications school in the entire country. Is anyone even trying to help with crisis management?
@UHValentiSchool could never.
"It's crazy...because it's not murder, it's not beating somebody..."
Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire defends his QB Brendan Sorsby, who's under fire for gambling on his own team's football games:
The Big 12/Brett Yormark can't let threat of lawsuits scare them from taking action against Texas Tech.
You have to try something or risk alienating 15 of your 16 schools.
Texas Tech has a choice. No one is forcing the Red Raiders to play Brendan Sorsby. They are not backed into a corner. They can take his recovery seriously and support him by keeping him around/engaged with the program but NOT play him in games.
It shouldn't be a tough call.
NEW: Texas Tech's Joey McGuire says Brendan Sorsby returning for Week 3 against Houston after his suspension is a "stretch":
"He’s recovering from an addiction. I’ve sat down with this young man multiple times and what he’s going through and what he's been through is serious."
(h/t @ChrisGordy)
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Every Big 12 AD but Texas Tech's Kirby Hocutt believes Brendan Sorsby shouldn't play. That was communicated today on the call
There are plenty of ideas to convince/pressure Tech to cut Sorsby loose, but Ads believe it's common sense: He bet on his sport; Tech shouldn't play him