Luke Womble

[Nate Longshore @mrlongshore]

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.

[Luke Womble @LukeBWomble24]

Don’t let the final score take away what we did this season. We made history ladies and gents, but the fire has been lit.. Some might call it greed but we want more baby and we’re going to get it🏆

[Luke Womble @LukeBWomble24]

Did you forget who wore #5?

[Old Row Guns Up 🌵 @OldRowGunsUp]

Toughest QB in Tech history.

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Pink Floyd performing a hauntingly beautiful rendition of Shine On You Crazy Diamond live on their The Division Bell Tour, Pulse concert, in 1994.

This performance includes parts 1-5 & 7. An amazing transition takes place when the part 1-5 ends, that's how you convey rock and roll to the audience.

An epic performance.

[Dustin Womble @DustinWomble]

I am aware that Tech faithful fans like to identify as a rebellious lot, and as such, I know there are those among us who will want to push back on today’s “No Tortillas,” edict.

This program is about so much more than the tossing of tortillas in the air.  It is about winning the Big XII, and it is about building a program of lasting, national significance.

Too many have sacrificed and invested too much time, money, and sweat to be distracted by a tortilla debate.  

This is not about a lack of leadership, or the bending of a knee.  We do not hold the moral high ground on this matter.  How do we defend, and continue to support fans throwing tortillas, or anything else, at our opponents, or on the field?  

No other program in the country would condone this, and we haven’t condoned it in other sports, either, outside of the Jones.

Bottoms line is, I want to win! At this point, tortillas don’t make that easier.

Our heritage is defined by the Red and Black, not by a flour Tortilla.  Wreck ‘Em

[Luke Womble @LukeBWomble24]

You can’t watch this and say it wouldn’t get you jacked up.. LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!

[OLE GREGG @OleGregg806]

There has been a lot of debate about Tech’s entrance song. This is the only answer.

[OLE GREGG @OleGregg806]

There has been a lot of debate about Tech’s entrance song. This is the only answer.

[The Masters @TheMasters]

Worth the wait. #themasters

[Texas Tech Basketball @TexasTechMBB]

ELITE FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE 2018! 📈

[CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 @CBSSportsCBB]

As @TexasTechMBB advances to the Sweet 16 in San Francisco, Coach McCasland delivers a final message to his team, reminding them to stay focused amid the constant distractions that come with each new challenge on the road ahead.

[Khaya Dlanga @khayadlanga]

“It’s so much easier for someone to pull you down, than for you to pick them up.”

[Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference]

2024-25 #Big12MBB Player of the Year ⭐️

JT Toppin | @TexasTechMBB

[Luke Womble @LukeBWomble24]

The fist pump says it all

[Texas Tech Basketball @TexasTechMBB]

Chef McMilly 🤯

[Grant McCasland @CoachGrantMac]

Toughest Team Wins

[Texas Tech Basketball @TexasTechMBB]

Basketball, but make it art 🎨

[Texas Tech Basketball @TexasTechMBB]

D5 with the one-hand jam 🔥

[Texas Tech Football @TexasTechFB]

Football and sunsets.

That’s what West Texas does.

[Luke Womble @LukeBWomble24]

Money For Nothing as TTU’s run out song.. @JoeyMcGuireTTU how would you feel about that??

[Coach Beans @CoachBeansTTU]

Some cold and delicious Texas Tech koolaid for you on this Saturday.

[Joey McGuire 🌵 @JoeyMcGuireTTU]

The Womble Football Center is starting to take shape!!!! #WreckEm🌵