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Lights up my feelers every time I see it.

@pvillerr @RossDellenger @YahooSports We don’t have to play him either.

@RossDellenger @YahooSports Good. We are not a party of the Sorsby suit. If they try to use financial means to coerce action prohibited by the injunction, we should definitely sue them and we'll probably win.

As Big 12 presidents consider sanctions, Texas Tech reps notified the league that any penalty will be met with legal action, sources tell @YahooSports. Tech is exploring legal avenues with noted attorney Jeff Kessler, including seeking a second injunction bit.ly/4v1ghqC

@chris_kratovil @dwazagul Hey, I’m a Red Raider and I don’t want his ass anywhere a football field, but I don’t think it’s been verified one way or the other about their intentions with Sorsby.

@dwazagul Exactly. Tech has discretion to sit Sorsby. Or even to dismiss him from the team. But there’s no sign of anything like that.

Texas litigator here. Unless and until the Amarillo Court of Appeals or the Texas Supreme Court stays or dissolves the valid temporary injunction obtained by Brandon Sorsby, Texas Tech would be well within its right to take legal action against any entity—the Big XII Conference, the CFP, other universities—that attempts to “punish” Tech for complying with with the controversial-but-lawful TI. Sorsby has been reinstated by a lawful order from court of competent jurisdiction, and while Tech is not obligated to play Sorsby, it currently has the right to do so. And the NCAA’s interlocutory appeal of the TI order is unlikely to be resolved prior to the end of the college football season. Against this backdrop, any organization that attempts to step in for the NCAA to exclude Sorsby is inviting a lawsuit from Sorsby and/or Tech, with Tech taking the position that it is merely complying with the TI order and that it can’t be punished for doing so.

@kirbyhocutt @robbreauxshow Do you seriously think that we are not going to play him?

@kirbyhocutt @robbreauxshow Kirby, you’re in the wrong and you know it. I didn’t have you and Joey ruining the reputation of my University on my bingo card for 26 but here we are. Y’all have made us the laughing stock of college sports. I don’t think I can attend another event while the 2 of yall are here.

@tickets8168759 @jordan_topscott You’re a fucking idiot for taking this post serious.

@jordan_topscott You will fit in well at Tech as you’re a scumbag.

Humbled and proud to announce my commitment. #Betonyourself #Respectmydecision

@UT4x_champs Prove it or STFU!

Jeffrey Kessler, Brendan Sorsby’s lawyer, is one of the most expensive lawyers in the country. Do we really think Sorsby is coming out of pocket w/ NIL earnings to pay the lawyer? It’s very clear that TTU is paying Kessler, but they’ll hide behind “we didn’t file the lawsuit.”

@ConsHistReview @the1stNoeI STFU. Yoh don’t have a freaking iota of a clue.

@the1stNoeI I don't see how anyone can defend what just happened. That judge almost certainly got a big envelope of money from Cody Campbell. This is textbook 'small town' corruption shit like you would have seen on TV years.

I’ve not seen a single person outside of Lubbock, TX defend this. Very rare for the entirety of college football to agree on something, but here we are.

@dd09 @mrlongshore As pissed off as I am at Joey, I’m positive he would do the same.

I like your post and get it. But I wonder if they would be doing the same thing for a redshirt OG who is 4th on the depth chart as they are for a multi million dollar QB1. We will never know the answer. But not sure they would want all the heat if it really wasn’t about winning

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.

@RyanMcDowellFit @DanIsett As an addict, I get real tired of people who do questionable things claim they have an addiction to find a softer place to land. It’s total bullshit.

@RyanMcDowellFit @DanIsett Taking care of our kids is finding him treatment and supporting him throughout it. It’s not letting the kid who committed the egregious offense off the hook and letting him play ball as a reward.

I will say this, though: I'm deeply disappointed and frustrated by the lack of a disciplined, strategic communications campaign from Texas Tech itself, both the university and athletics. Either you tell your story, or it will be told for you. Right now, it's the latter.

@JoeyMcGuireTTU @kirbyhocutt I sincerely hope you’re proud of yourselves for ruining any credibility Tech has. I blame the two of you for eternally damaging the University I’ve loved for more than 40 years. You both lack morals and ethics. Disgusting! NO SORSBY!

@Jon__Reed I guarantee that nobody outside of Cedar Hill knows what Cedar Hill accomplished in football. I agree with everyone who says Sorsby should be gone. I don’t want him at Tech and I think his collegiate football career should be over. However this “judge has ties to Tech is bullshit

The judge's son in law is a Tech alum. His daughter lives in Lubbock. Also, he worked in Tarrant County, Texas… which is 30 mins away from Cedar Hill high school, where Tech’s coach Joey McGuire won 3 state championships and was a coaching legend. Pretending he isn't "local" because of where he went to law school 40 years ago is LAUGHABLE

@GetSpurgd @PeteThamel That added zero to the conversation, but thanks for participating. Newsflash, meth addiction is an epidemic that is prevalent in all areas of the country.

@PeteThamel Not taking a hard stance on this situation here, just sharing a funny story. A guy I used to work with years ago while he was on summer break went to tech and UNPROMPTED he said “yeah a lot of people smoke meth but it’s because it’s Lubbock there’s nothing else to do”

NEWS: Big Ten officials are expected to discuss in the upcoming days a league-wide mandate to not play Texas Tech in any sports, per three Big Ten sources. This is in the wake of Nebraska AD Troy Dannen informing his staff today that they aren't allowed to schedule Texas Tech.

@colebankertv Absolutely not!

#TexasTech fans: Is all of this worth it to let Brendan Sorsby play one season?

@kenPOPtweets @tStocktonTTU As a Tech alum, I’m just as disappointed in Tech as most of the country. However, you’re just making shit up. You’re no better than Tech.

@tStocktonTTU impartial judge with community ties to sorsbys family as they are 15-20 min down the road. stfu

The least surprising news of all time is that Texas Tech is vilified because of a judge’s ruling in the Sorsby case. The only issue is Texas Tech did not step one toe out of line in the entire process.

@sully7777 NIL is available to every school. Every school can do the same thing Tech is doing. Why are we the bad guy just because we have a few billionaire donors that like to spend their money on college sports? We didn’t make the rules sir, we’re just playing within them.

Texas Tech is an example of what's wrong with the system. They have proven that you can buy your way into the Softball final or the Football playoff. Both programs were historically average before NIL.

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.

1. Craig Snider resigned on June 9, 2024 2. Glasco was hired on June 20, 2024 3. Texas Tech had 3 girls on the roster when he arrived 4. He brought 4 girls from Louisiana with him who he recruited out of HS. 5. It was late June. HS recruiting was over So… what should Tech have done for the 2025 season? Not field a team and then go to HS recruiting so they could have a team for 2026 and everyone in the softball universe feels better? Fact is, he had to build a roster. We have invested donors and one was a member of our softball team in the early 2000’s. He used those resources to put a team together. Every team in every sport at every university uses the portal to put together the best team possible that they can assemble. He took a badass pitcher and a rag tag team who could small ball the hell out of you to the final game of the season. Maybe just maybe, he’s a good coach. I love how Coach Signetti is allowed to show up to the worst football program in college football history. Like 134 years and 13 bowl appearances. Flips an entire roster, makes the playoff, the next year wins the whole damn thing and he is absolutely praised for it. Gets $13 million a year for it. Has donors like Mark Freaking Cuban. But since they are Big 10, it’s allowed. But little ole Texas Tech needs to remember its place in this world and shouldn’t be doing this at all so the blue bloods feel good at the end of the day. Oh and not embracing it? 😂 we have put literal pump jacks on campus. Our GM for football tweets out “stay mad, buy gas”. Our students hold up signs saying “we love oil money” We know exactly who the hell we are. We were the school punched down on for years…. And now it’s not fun for everyone else when the rabbit has the gun.

@huskerfan25 Do you say the same crap about your football and basketball programs?

The players signed up for this when they took the money. Don't want to hear anyone of them bitch about anything when it comes to that program!

@huskerfan25 No one from his program is bitching. All of his current played and former players love the guy.