Jeff Behan

Love God, Love People - Matthew 22:37-40
Iowa State Alumnus, sports fan (Colts, Reds, Cyclones), & board game enthusiast

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

Maybe the foreigners have it right. Maybe the eagle and the flyover and the canyon and the kindness of a stranger with car keys really are worth crossing an ocean to see. Maybe, watching them fall in love with the place we take for granted, we could fall in love with it again ourselves and decide to be a little more charitable to the neighbor God told us to love, even when we cannot stand how he votes.

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[JRaider 🌵 @xjraider22]

I appreciate the willingness to talk about this and give an explanation for why these decisions were made. There are two themes I hear in this conversation: care and consequences.

A+ to Texas Tech for the care you're providing and the practical steps taken to help Brendan. I love hearing that there is a program at the school to help with addiction recovery. Well done—this issue of sports betting no doubt affects many other young people who need help. The genuine care for Sorsby that each of these men have is evident.

But there is also the issue of consequences in this case, and it's unclear what Texas Tech is going to do in that regard. This is the reason for so much criticism (not because people are just jealous of Tech's recent success or money). While things may need to evolve, there is precedent and a prevailing attitude in the sports world that gambling that close to your own team is a dealbreaker and must be punished. Texas Tech plays football as part of the NCAA, their governing body that represents and enforces these consequences. Things get questionable when that governing body is ignored and a lawsuit opens the door for those consequences to be bypassed.

Texas Tech could provide all the care for Brendan and say he isn't going to play. He will be part of the team, train, and hopefully go on to play professional football. But we realize that while we still care for him, the nature of his mistakes has caused the NCAA to deem him ineligible, and as part of the NCAA we will abide by that ruling.

Maybe Tech is going to do this and just can't say it that clearly. But I would love to see the same level of care without a loophole to avoid the NCAA's consequences.

Lastly, this is more complicated than just care because of how much money is at stake with NIL. It's hard to imagine that doesn't influence this in some way.

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

What's up in Omaha! @NCAABaseball

Players share their faith in Christ ahead of the 2026 College World Series!

#RoadToOmaha x #MCWS

[Jeff Behan @Jeff_Behan]

@RedsDaily4 Every time they move McClain up, he goes into the cooler 🥶

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@RedsDaily4 Finished off by 69 mph & 74 mph hits...

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@bryce_spalding Geno's wasn't far behind

[Jeff Behan @Jeff_Behan]

@bryce_spalding Ump probably would have called them all strikes anyway...

[Jeff Behan @Jeff_Behan]

@bryce_spalding Yeah, that was early season Marte there

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@RedsDaily4 Giving you outs and you can't take them

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@jefffcarr Another one!

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@bryce_spalding This positional split thing seems silly, but I'm almost beginning to wonder...

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@RedsDaily4 That inning should have resulted in more than one run

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@RedsInFour He saw that double pretty well too

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@marcusathari @Brett_McMurphy It's automatically appealed. As I understand it, the problem is that the season will be over by the time even an expedited appeal is heard. Crazy times.

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

D-Day commemoration, Omaha Beach, June 6 2024

Zelensky arrived, the crowd applauded. And then this happened:

🇺🇸 veteran: You’re a saviour of the people

Zelensky: No, no, you saved Europe

🇺🇸 veteran: My hero

Zelensky: No, you are our hero

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦

[Jeff Behan @Jeff_Behan]

@RedsDaily4 Geno doesn't feel like the answer at third. Especially how he's hitting right now. You need to keep rolling his bat out and hope he catches on, but Sal feels like a better answer at third right now.

[JON HEACOCK @Coach_Heacock]

Thankful and Grateful 🇺🇸

[Jeff Behan @Jeff_Behan]

@dotsonc Pete Rose

[Jeff Behan @Jeff_Behan]

@bryce_spalding How did the ump miss that check swing! This game almost feels rigged

[Magills @magills_]

Everyday for the Platner campaign