Colton

TTU, Red Dirt Country

[Flatland Sports🌵 @flatland_sports]

After hearing every argument from every side this past week, I’ve come to a pretty simple conclusion:

Brendan Sorsby broke a rule.

He was suspended, appealed through the same legal channels available to every student-athlete, and had that suspension reduced to two games through an injunction. Whether people agree with the ruling or not, he is eligible to play.

Texas Tech still hasn’t even indicated whether he’ll start or see the field. That appears to depend entirely on his recovery and progress.

With that in mind. Your manufactured outrage at Texas Tech over this is embarrassing.

Sorsby placed bets on games he did not play in. He did not alter outcomes. He did not compromise competitive integrity. Yet people are treating this like some unforgivable scandal while routinely giving second chances to athletes accused or convicted of far worse.

That disconnect says more about modern sports outrage than it does about Brendan Sorsby and Texas Tech.

So yes — I hope he gets healthy.
I hope he succeeds.
I hope Texas Tech wins a lot of football games.
And I hope he has a great NFL career.

In short: Y'all can go to Hell.

Wreck ’em.

[Jody S. Laughter∴ @Lubbockist]

The Sorsby stuff has been "taked" to death but here is mine after sitting in it for a few days. Barring a change on the legal side, he will be a member of the team in the fall. That's not up to TTU. If he is on the team, he will likely (per contract) earn his full revenue share/NIL money. TTU has no choice in that matter either.

The only question then for Texas Tech, is if he plays or if he sits on the bench and earns a paycheck.

So what the rest of the country is asking Texas Tech to do, is to pay him to practice, to be on the team, and not play football. This, they say, will protect the integrity of the game.

But what did he do that supposedly compromised the integrity of the game in the first place? He placed bets...from the bench.

So what we're really talking about isn't protecting game integrity in 2026 at all. We're talking about punishment. Punishing Sorsby for 2022.

Punishing Sorsby by paying him $5 million to not play. That's not much of a punishment if you ask me.

When you tear away all the bluster and moralizing, what they are really asking is for Texas Tech - and Texas Tech alone - to be punished.

Not Sorsby, not Indiana where it happened, not Cincinnati who played him after. Texas Tech alone.

The rest of college football would love nothing more, and would be laughing the entire time.

Our program should evaluate his mental and physical fitness, and his compliance with the order put in place. We should make sure that, all else being equal, he is our best option before going out on that field. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't.

But we should not let bullying, threats, and emotion (from those who already wished us harm) to have any bearing on that decision whatsoever.

Strip it all away and they are really asking for Texas Tech to be the only party in this scandal to be punished. The only party who, by any objective measure, has done absolutely nothing wrong.

Do that, and the outrage from the peanut gallery will not turn to adulation, or even silence. It will turn to mockery.

[Toppin’s twists🌵 @KerwinsFro]

Wait… Wuuut?!?

[El Jefe @Jeff_Brunson]

Sorry Texas Tech fans.

Unfortunately, since a judge gave Sorsby an injunction we are all going to hell.

John 3:16 has now been superseded by

John Johnston III chapter 1 verses 1-10

[Lux 🌵 @LuxWade]

Unlike Cincinnati, Texas Tech does care.

Brother, I was on the Cross Country and Track Team at Tech. I watched that same athletic department get walk ons for Olympic sports help.

The only reason you know about this one is because it’s a $5 million QB on what should be a Top 10 ranked team.

Talk all your shit. But don’t cross that line that a university that has a 40+ year student recovery program that is the model of the entire country on how to help students overcome addiction.

[Air Force Dad @AirForceDad50]

This is Markus Renfro. He shot a pedo in the dick for trying to solicit his underage nieces for sex.

Now this is a man I would donate to his defense team.

Man Markus shot had a history with underage kids.

[Matt Wallace @MattWallace888]

Notice how, unlike the NBA, all of the Team USA soccer players have their hands over their hearts for the national anthem!

This isn’t about black or white.

This is about the NBA being full of ungrateful bitches who hate the country!

[The Broadway Shuffle Podcast @broadwayshuff]

Let’s be honest—if this were Arch Manning, Walmart Texas fans and half the national media would be demanding forgiveness with zero consequences.

[Trumps Nephew @ForgiatoBlow47]

Karmelo Anthony stabbed a kid to death and got sympathy

Kyle Rittenhouse defended his life from a violent mob and got prosecuted

Talk About A Double Standard

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 A Texas Parole Supervisor fucked around and said she doesn’t care about Austin Metcalf’s family and that it’s time for “these bigots” to start burying their own kids.

She was supposed to be neutral and professional… instead she posted pure hatred and got exposed instantly.

Well, no she's entering the find out phase: instantly fired by the Department of Criminal Justice.

Chef's kiss! Get that trash out of the system.

Source: Dallas News / Writers: Claudio, Oliver

[Flatland Sports🌵 @flatland_sports]

Incredible how College football survived,

Paying players
Gambling / point shaving
Steroids
Academic fraud
Recruiting violations
Booster slush funds
Cars and cash for recruits
Sexual assault coverups
Embezzlement
Fake classes
Ticket scalping
Sign stealing
Drug trafficking
Academic cheating
NIL tampering
Church money scandals
“Hostesses” recruiting scandals
Tattoo-for-memorabilia schemes
Bag men
literal FBI investigations

But Sorsby placing bets in games he had no impact in is what will kill it.

[Preston Ŧ Long @STXAmbassador]

Now it’s coming out Cinci Knew and the big 12 knew from prohibet , so the conference and Cinci were complicit in not letting the NCAA know .

[PFT Commenter @PFTCommenter]

Love this. Some things are bigger than sports.

[Jacob Harris @JacobHarrisSBI]

So here's what I'll say on this.

The caption is perfect, this video was for Texas Tech fans, it wasn't meant for the national media.

Of course, the national media and every burner alive will pick this apart.

It is important to note that Joey McGuire has not said he's going to suit up or play in Week 3 and the focus is on his health at this time (as it should be).

[Zach Bowman @handlewin]

I think Tech needs to broker a deal w the NCAA: we don’t play Sorsby and in exchange - you release to the public who and how you became aware of his betting (who tipped you off) followed by a FBI style investigation and if any prior school played him after becoming aware of his betting and/or purposely turned a blind eye knowing he broke NCAA betting rules so he cud play- they suffer equal punishment as Sorsby.

Then I give them what everyone on this platform is calling for. NCAA ban from all postseason. And make it for no less than 5 years. Bc I’ve read on Twitter that any school who plays him is just as guilty as the player and shud suffer the same punishment. Hell- we haven’t played him a down and you’d think we knew abt it and still played him w all the calls for Tech’s head by the SEC, B1G, Big 12, media and fans.

If the NCAA won’t take the deal- they give Sorsby a full pardon.

[Taylor Stockton @tStocktonTTU]

Texas Tech declared Brendan Sorsby immediately ineligible & got him into rehab when notified of his gambling.

What did Cincinnati do when they became aware of Brendan Sorsby’s gambling activity?

Cincinnati played Brendan Sorsby for two full seasons.

https://t.co/HTJ5t6qJ4S

[Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 @JasonJournoDC]

💥NEW: Stephen A. Smith: “I would give anything to be able to say something definitively in Karmelo Anthony’s defense. If there was a shred of innocence to the incident itself, I would say so. I don’t want to see another black young man going to jail.”

“But I don’t give a d*mn about what your race or ethnicity is. Just because you’re white and young doesn’t mean you deserve to be m*rdered. And just because you’re black and young … doesn’t give you a license to m*rder someone.”

“That’s what happened.”

[Taylor Stockton @tStocktonTTU]

What did the Oklahoma Attorney General say after Joe Mixon shattered a female OU student’s jaw on camera & continued to be a member of the OU football team for two more seasons?

Spoiler: Nothing

[Kelly Robinson 🌵 @KelRobin_5]

Someone please wake me up when/if Brendan Sorsby actually PLAYS in a game for Texas Tech. Dude has not as much as worn a game day uniform and for 4 days, all we've heard is "boycott Tech this" and "kick Tech out of the league that!" Meanwhile, Cincinnati played him for 2 years!

[Gamblin' Gauchos 🎙️ @GamblinGauchos]

We have officially crossed the rubicon. Texas Tech should REFUSE to play Clemson in any sport. And while we’re at it, the ACC should take immediate action against Clemson.