ALL of this "Texas Tech ban" self-righteousness
Fine, but the Brendan Sorsby issue is a pebble. Good luck with this, schools and conferences
Fantasy, NCAA Tournament pools, prediction markets, betting apps ... sports wagering is like ordering a sandwich for college kids
Seen a TON of misinformation regarding transfers for Texas and Texas Tech softball. The numbers floating around are incorrect for both teams. So this should help provide some accurate information and also some context to the discussion.
Texas Tech has eight new transfers on the roster in 2026. They have 15 total transfers.
Texas has four new transfers on the roster in 2026. They have five total transfers.
Texas Tech's eight new transfers this season:
Jackie Lis (Southern Illinois)
Mia Williams (Florida)
Lagi Quiroga (Cal)
Taylor Pannell (Tennessee)
Desi Spearman (New Mexico State)
Jazzy Burns (Ohio State)
Kaitlyn Terry (UCLA)
Nikolette Schmidt (Houston)
Texas' four new transfers this season:
Kaiah Altmeyer (Arizona)
Taylor Anderson (Oklahoma State)
Brenlee Gonzales (Texas Tech)
Sophia Bordi (Oklahoma)
Texas Tech's prior transfers:
Alana Johnson (Washington)
Nija Canady (Stanford)
Mihyia Davis (Louisiana)
Chloe Riasetto (Louisiana)
Vic Valdez (Louisiana)
Lauren Allred (Louisiana)
Makayla Garcia (UT-Tyler)
Texas' prior transfers:
Kaydee Bennett (Abilene Christian)
One other note of context: Gerry Glasco took over at Texas Tech prior to the 2025 season. Davis, Riassetto, Allred, and Valdez came with him from Louisiana (along with the now graduated Alexa Langeliers) to help build this new program that had only three returners from the 2024 team: Reagan Jennings, Logan Halleman, and Demi Elder.
They had three players left from the prior era. The portal (and their eight-player recruiting class for 2025) was necessary to mold a roster out of thin air.
So anyway, stop sharing that bogus graphic... and also stop acting like any team that is utilizing the transfer portal or NIL (Texas, Texas Tech or anyone else) is doing anything wrong.
@NathanGiese The unannounced strategy to deny Tech a super regional via strength of schedule came back to bite a top ranked team (Florida). They should have been playing a legitimate 11 seed rather than a true top 5 seed which Tech deserved and should have been hosting their own super.
This century, teams were 0-640 when trailing by 8+ runs in an NCAA softball tourney game.
It's now 1-640. Texas Tech was down 8 runs WITH ONLY ONE OUT LEFT and somehow became the first 🤯
"The current state of college football is not sustainable."
BS. Indiana had the same access to the players in the portal as everyone else. It's one thing to spend money -- Indiana did but not as much as you thought per Cignetti. It's another to coach it up, put it in the right place and call the right plays. Texas Tech was close. Ole Miss, a mid-major in the SEC, was too. Indiana weaponized the current land$cape. Try to catch up. There will be others. Turns out, the portal and NIL weren't separators. They leveled the playing field. For decades, what Indiana did was not possible. Now Cinderella is driving a Maserati. As messed up as things are off the field, the game has never been more accessible, enjoyable and fun.
The Sweetwater Baptist Association gearing up for a tent revival in Roscoe, Texas circa 1905. Such a great image from the John Miller Morris archive at SMU's Degolyer Library. Roscoe is just a few miles west of Sweetwater out there in Nolan County.
Something incredible I noticed at the end of the Peach Bowl.
An Oregon staffer found D’Angelo Ponds to give him the ball he scored the defensive touchdown with on the first play of the game.
Complete class act.
Can’t have kids because you can’t afford daycare.
Can’t afford daycare because most of the money is actually given to imaginary daycares, resulting in fewer spots and higher prices from the few real ones.
It doesn’t have to be this way.