Grant Meek 🌪️🌽

Git er Dun

[Exposing Clay Travis @ExposingClay]

Clay Travis, who was watching the game at home, tells @Rachel__Nichols, who was IN THE BUILDING, that what she heard at MSG was not true.

Remarkable.

[Brandon Marcello @bmarcello]

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

[Iran Embassy in Indonesia @IraninIndonesia]

As the Persian proverb says: ‘A thief believes everybody steals.’
The worst World Cup host ever.

[Patrick Rynard @patrynard]

Where exactly is Zach Lahn? Guy won the GOP nomination a week ago, hasn't had public events since, not doing any message roll-outs, barely posting on social media. Did he just go home to Kansas?

[Iowan Leftist @CornfedLeftist]

Bro you can't lie your way out of this one.

[André Fran @andrefran]

Já é uma das imagens mais vergonhosas desta Copa. 🇸🇳

[Faizan Lakhani @faizanlakhani]

FIFA’s World Cup hosting documents require governments to provide guarantees on visas, immigration and entry procedures for tournament stakeholders.

After the Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the US, FIFA says it is "not involved" and that the host government ultimately decides who gets a visa.

So what exactly are those FIFA-required guarantees worth if accredited match officials can still be refused entry?

[Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani]

Maybe she owes Maine an answer for dating a married man whose wife had cancer, if Senate seats are now about someone’s dating history

[Nima Tavallaey Roodsari @NimaTavRood]

So far at the 2026 FIFA Epstein Cup before a ball kicked:
- Senegal & Uzbekistan squads treated like criminals upon arrival given full cavity searches;
- Africa’s best referee sent back to Somalia despite having a diplomatic passport;
- Iraq team photographer sent back despite valid visa;
- AIPS (international sport journalist association) calling on FIFA to sort out unacceptable visa issues of African & Iranian journalists;
- 90% of Moroccan fans with tickets denied entry
- 14 members of Iran backroom staff denied visas

Not a word from Gianni ”today I feel black/gay/disabled etc” Infantino.

[Mark Schipper - 5th Down CFB @5thDownCFB]

1. He bet on games in which he was a rostered member of the team and had insider knowledge of the program. It's less sinister than betting on games in which he was starting QB, but still a disqualifying decision—particularly after placing thousands of bets

2. Okay, he's not a Texas Tech alum or Lubbock guy, he's a Texas lifer. At any rate, clearly a friendly court for a CFB program in Texas

3. Texas Tech did nothing wrong!? Tech has known about Sorsby's gambling since April and had every intention of playing him. When the NCAA rightly suspended him, Tech backed the play to try to get a judge to overrule the NCAA
Tech can end its association with Sorsby at any time. Sorsby is not a victim, nor is Tech. They have full agency in everything they've done

[Wilson F. Ball @WillyFoosball]

We do have laws and Brenden Sorsby violated the Federal Wire Act by proxy betting across state lines multiple times.

So by your logic, he should be going to jail.

[SEC Numbers Guy @secnumbersguy]

There is really one simple solution:

The playoff committee must announce that Texas Tech won’t be eligible for the playoff if Sorsby plays.

If Tech sues, schedule the trial date for Feb. 8, 2027.

@CFBPlayoff

[Team Sand @Team_Sand]

if by “Iowa first tour” you mean his first tour around Iowa, then yes

[Zito @_Zeets]

FIFA has punished countries before for not granting visas but since Infantino is Trump’s pet, now they’re pretending to be powerless as this administration makes a mockery of the tournament

[LandonTengwall @LandonTengwall]

I feel like the majority of people haven’t talked about the fact Sorsby was betting Unders on his own team?

[FÚTBOL HUB @futbol_hubX]

🚨|🎙️ Ian Wright has slammed the situation unfolding ahead of the World Cup:

🗣️ “I'm really laughing… but this isn't funny. Tickets are exorbitant, travel costs are high, and visas are being rejected… Is this how a host behaves?” 👀🇺🇸

“We saw how Qatar was criticized… and now? I don't hear a thing!”

[Nana Sei Anyemedu @RedHatPentester]

This is my problem with FIFA.

If the USA denied Artan entry, Canada and Mexico are also co-hosting the FIFA World Cup.

Instead of removing him from the tournament altogether, FIFA could have assigned him to officiate matches in Canada or Mexico and have him depart from there.

That would have been a practical solution rather than dropping him entirely.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

Republicans might want to workshop this one.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Hey DOGE and NEWSMAX, can we get an update here?  

Turns out preventing a flesh-eating parasite from invading U.S. livestock wasn’t government waste…

[🇨🇮 @Raheem7ii]

Never thought we'd live in a timeline where Nazi Germany's Olympics were more welcoming than the current WC hosts but here we are