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[Cody Campbell @CodyC64]

Statement regarding Brendan Sorsby.
Long Live the Matadors!

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Brendan Sorsby being granted an injunction will save college sports. #WreckEm

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@HOOVERS5N @parzival3719 I didn’t even realize your an IU fan but as a Tech fan I’m not complaining about him playing for us and I think any other school in the country put in the same situation would play there $4 million QB. But I think this is all a result of a flawed system

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Wow this is horrible for the integrity of the sport. Let’s ban them from college football!

[Pete Nakos @PeteNakos]

Clemson WR Tristan Smith was granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA on Friday, making him eligible for the 2026 college football season.

Posted 24 catches for 239 yards in 2025 for the Tigers.

https://t.co/RPrASDljJR

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@HOOVERS5N @parzival3719 If that’s the case shouldn’t this be the same punishment for Cincinnati at least you could make a point for Indiana but I believe that since they didn’t know about they shouldn’t be punished but what do I know

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@HOOVERS5N @parzival3719 I agree that he should not play college football but I do not believe that he shaved points since he bet for his team in games that he never played in I don’t think that applies to him. But what he did is completely wrong and I’d call the NCAA to fix the system and prevent this

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@parzival3719 @HOOVERS5N My honest opinion is that Sorsby should probably not be allowed to play. However I would say the NCAA’s flawed system gave Sorsby the opportunity to exploit these rules by going through the court system. Hopefully this can be fixed by the NCAA for future athletes

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@parzival3719 @HOOVERS5N I can see where you’re coming from but I would imagine that kicking Sorsby off the team at this point would result in a lawsuit from Sorsby’s camp due to a breach of contract. It seems like a very difficult process for both parties to navigate through.

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@HOOVERS5N @parzival3719 What did Texas Tech do wrong?

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@SSNCharlestonSo What has Texas Tech done wrong?

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@parzival3719

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@ALLIN4ClemsonX

[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.

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[Ohio’s Tate @OhioTate]

MIA WILLIAMS WALK-OFF HOME RUN!!!

WHITE CHOCOLATE IS GOING CRAZY!!!!

TEXAS TECH IS ONE WIN FROM THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

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I JUST GOT A TEXT ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!!

[Mister Wreck Em 🌵 @MisterWreckEm]

Best take in a while

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