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[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.

[Jacob Harris @JacobHarrisSBI]

What wild 24 hours. Here are 3⃣ misconceptions/misinformation I'm seeing regarding the Brendan Sorsby case:

1. He bet on games he played in.

He did NOT bet on any games he suited up for.

While not great he bet on games while redshirting, he never bet on a game he suit up in.

2. The Judge in this case is from Lubbock.

Ken Curry is a retired Tarrant County (Fort Worth) judge that graduated from Houston and UT-Arlington. He is currently eligible to practice law and his practice is listed in Colleyville, TX (over 300 miles from Lubbock).

3. Texas Tech did something wrong.

He made all of his bets before taking a snap at Texas Tech. Cincinnati was alerted to his potential gambling activity (per ESPN).

Texas Tech declared him ineligible and will now follow the temporary injunction (like the rest of the NCAA).

[Holt Pierce @HoltPierce1]

@08901a @CajunSportsTalk L comment… but I wouldn’t expect anything less from a UTSA fan.

[Holt Pierce @HoltPierce1]

@TXARGUY @CajunSportsTalk Players who were there are saying the same thing.

[Holt Pierce @HoltPierce1]

@BoydLinhart @CajunSportsTalk He should have been. No doubt!

[Jack Settleman @jacksettleman]

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Wreck ‘em

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Jesus defeated death so you can live.

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[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

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[Colton McWilliams @ColtonBMc]

Back in 2022, pitcher Tristan Stivors flashed the Horns Down after the Bobcats defeated No. 1 Texas, creating one of the most iconic images in TXST baseball.

Tonight, pitcher Alex Valentin flashed the Thumbs Down in the Bobcats in the Bobcats win over No. 1 Texas A&M.

[NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseball]

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. @TxStateBaseball beats #1 Texas A&M‼️

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[Holt Pierce @HoltPierce1]

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[Amon-Rah @sungod07]

What’s the record for the most alcohol consumed at a football game?? Cause this might break it.

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[Kelley Ford @KFordRatings]

Texas State’s regular season win total projection is currently 7.2. That’s 3.5 more than I projected in the preseason - the largest positive differential in the nation!

Conversely, Baylor’s current win total projection of 3.4 is 3.9 fewer than projected

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[Texas State Bobcats @TxStateBobcats]

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@TXSTATEFOOTBALL takes down Baylor with a score of 42-31.

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[St. Cloud Rox @StCloudRox]

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[Holt Pierce @HoltPierce1]

@EricBaileyTW I wore the number 52 because I was a offensive lineman and a middle linebacker like @AldenMann52 was at Wimberley. @piermj