Pat Dennis

@flatland_sports Not morally corrupt. Just mega stupid for deploying this strategy and thinking people should be good with you guys spinning a bullshit rationalization. Not to mention fucking the other 104 kids on the team.

We didn't make that ruling, a judge did. There is not a single person at Texas Tech who wasn't surprised that the judge made that ruling and the way the ruling was worded is surprising as well. But the ruling was made and Sorsby is eligible after a two game suspension. Now everyone is attacking Texas Tech (who hasn't even indicted that Sorsby will be playing this season) like it's a huge moral dilemma that Sorsby is even allowed to walk free in Lubbock because supposedly he broke the "Cardinal Sin" But it's not a morality issue. Sorsby did not harm anyone. The NCAA even agreed that Sorsby’s bets did not impact the integrity of the games he bet on. To claim that Texas Tech is "morally corrupt" by keeping Sorsby on campus is asinine when you look around at how many schools were willing to look past players who actually committed felonies with victims who were actually harmed. It comes across as disingenuous mob mentality.

@TrutherTTU Hmmm..😳Arizona was a 5.5-point favorite against Cincy in 2025, and the over was 56.5. The teams combined for 54 points in a 30-24 Arizona win. Sorsby had two interceptions: one on the 1st play of the game at the Cincy 25, and in the 2nd qtr on the Cincy 30. These led to 10 pts.

Just watched Pardon the Interruption talk about Brendan Sorsbys gambling for 5 minutes then go to a commercial break… The first commercial was Draftkings.

@HtownIsWestTX @GrahamCoffeyDC 😂😂😂😂

@GrahamCoffeyDC Soresby was supported publicly and privately by Tech long before the outcome of his case was decided by the judge. But please feel free to submit your expert medical opinion to the NCAA for their appeal. They sure could've used your help in court last week.

Long post incoming, because I think it’s important that someone says this… I know and love a lot of addicts. I worked in the field at one point and I have family members who are clinicians currently working in addiction treatment. The weaponizing of Sorsby’s addiction by Texas Tech has been disgusting, and the passage below heavily implies that TTU’s support of his recovery is dependent on him being a football player. If TTU genuinely cared about Brendan Sorsby’s recovery they wouldn’t have waited until after a judge ruled he could play football to set these support systems up. And that’s before we even address what type of trigger a $5 million check could be for a gambling addict who supposedly gambles due to anxiety and will now feel the pressure of showing he was worth the money and backlash. If Sorsby’s gambling is truly the manifestation of a generalized anxiety disorder as they have claimed then the least productive thing for his recovery is to turn him into a national story and a focal point for a lot of people who are rightly worried about what this means for the competitive integrity of all college sporting events. There is a word for swooping in and fixing things for an addict so they don’t have to face the natural consequences of their actions— “ENABLING” A player being punished for being an addict is not the same thing as him facing the natural consequences of crossing boundaries that he a) knew existed and b) took measures to circumvent. I believe wholeheartedly in the disease model of addiction, and I have compassion for addicts who are trying to make a healthier lifestyle into a new habit. Texas Tech has created a false dichotomy that paints those supports as being dependent on Brendan’s football eligibility. Not playing football does not equate to him being expelled from the university. These supports should never have been dependent on his being part of the team. I don’t believe anybody at Texas Tech is actually making Brendan Sorsby’s addiction recovery the most important thing here. If they were, they never would have put him in this spot. They just want you to back off because they think it will help them win a few more games, and that part of this story feels way grosser to me than anything else.

@EdwardPBertram @CottonCC_FFSN Hmmm..😳Arizona was a 5.5-point favorite against Cincy in 2025, and the over was 56.5. The teams combined for 54 points in a 30-24 Arizona win. Sorsby had two interceptions: one on the 1st play of the game at the Cincy 25, and in the 2nd qtr on the Cincy 30. These led to 10 pts.

@ptd008 @CottonCC_FFSN You’re a time waste, be gone

There is an argument that somehow this damages Tech’s positioning in the future. Look at what the reaction has been to one damn year of Tech trying to invest like the SEC and Big 10 were. They hate you, you can’t win them over. So fuck em, lawyer up, and spot the ball.

@MarcSDunham @TomMarsLaw @jlkurtz

@TomMarsLaw @jlkurtz No, doesn’t need to. The Big12 loses just on the fact that they penalize an institution for following a court orders d having done nothing wrong. The case is over in 5 mins.

If the Texas AG is really serious about suing the Big 12 for violating the federal antitrust laws, he’s not going to be able to litigate that claim before a state court judge. As a matter of law, that case would have to be litigated in a federal district court.

@flatland_sports Wait till he bets the other team and the over while throwing 2 pic 6’s. Call me then.

My honest answer as a Texas Tech fan. At this point I would be defending the this player like I am Sorsby because the mob mentality is just stupid. I would be relentlessly making fun of them I would still believe that a 2-4 game suspension is fair and the crime does not warrant a full season ban. I would still advocate that the idea that placing a bet on your team to win a game that you did not play in should not be considered a worse crime than actual felonies.

@EdwardPBertram @CottonCC_FFSN Truth hurts my man.

@JacksonBig12 You can not teach stupid.

If we let an angry mob overrule a legal ruling then we no longer have a country

@EdwardPBertram @CottonCC_FFSN Good. You guys ate nuts. Enjoy the southland conference.

@ptd008 @CottonCC_FFSN Facts inconvenient? You made 2 responses throwing insults. I can’t engage in conversation with someone who behaves behind a keyboard in a way they wouldn’t dream of doing in person. So long.

@EdwardPBertram @CottonCC_FFSN Nope. You guys dropped 5m onna kid has not won a November game. You are screwed.

@ptd008 @CottonCC_FFSN When our staff makes a commitment to players they mean it & no matter how loud everyone wants to yell about it I don’t care. I’m proud that his mental health & recovery from addiction comes before any popularity contests. Doing the right thing means doing it even when it’s hard.

The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the state. Disagree if you wish, but the job of that office is to defend the legal interests of state entities like Texas Tech University.

@STXAmbassador @ia11stat Did not need to threaten them. They fired everybody involved, paid their fine and the school president and ad were taken to court. Why is this so hard for ttu. 🤦‍♂️

@ia11stat @ptd008 That’s great Where was the AD’s threatening to not schedule Penn state ?

Cody Campbell calls out those threatening to boycott playing Texas Tech because of integrity He said teams have players with DUIs, woman abusers “I mean, nobody boycotted to play Penn State a few years ago when that horrible situation happened there” foxnews.com/outkick-sports…

@davidfloyd1980 @TomMarsLaw Southland conference bound…

@TomMarsLaw Please god kick us out

A super majority of the Big 12 directors (schools) already have almost unlimited discretion to sanction Texas Tech. What’s more, they also have the authority to amend the Big 12 Bylaws at any time to specifically require the immediate suspension or dismissal of any school which knowingly plays an athlete who has admitted to placing bets on his own team.

@MarkLeita @TomMarsLaw Dang Mark. Put the kool aide down my man.

@TomMarsLaw Tom - has the young man played at all? Let’s kick dirt on the kid at the same time blame a program for not breaking a single rule & not doing what the court of public opinion wants.

@sweet_n_tweet @TomMarsLaw TTU going scorched earth will lose the war. Welcome to the Southland conference red raiders.

@TomMarsLaw TT is focused on winning the battle forgetting there’s a whole war after. The injunction will end at some point and the conference will still be standing.

@adamdangeross @TomMarsLaw Nope Adam.

@TomMarsLaw Tech is complying with a valid court order declaring Sorsby eligible (under NCAA rules, which Big 12 members must follow per their own bylaws). Sanctioning them for fielding a court-protected player amounts to retaliation or interference with a lawful judicial ruling.

@mortimoresays @AwvufanJohn @ErikRuby Sniff away dude.

@ptd008 @AwvufanJohn @ErikRuby Well, the lawyers disagree with you lol. But you know more than the attorneys words they have stated, and you know more about the law than the attorneys involved. Nice job! Should put your knowledge of the law to work and become a lawyer. Sounds like it’s your calling!

Just take him off the team and give him the support he needs for his addiction. Acting like you can only take care of him if he is on your roster is disingenuous and, frankly, gross.

@STXAmbassador Two words: Southland Conference. Thats where your headed with this scorched earth strategy. You can’t teach stupid.

If this whole deal happened two years ago the conversation would be from everyone “ all that to go 7-5 “ . It’s not that anymore . This why you seeing all this backlash .

@JoyBoyTheories @dannykanell

The fumble was the judge needed to explain his ruling because most do not understand how it came to be, immediately default to corruption. But at the end of the day Tech's mission is to provide students the best opportunity to succeed. The courts ruled Sorsby eligible, no precedent is set by playing him, and we'd sacrifice our integrity not doing whats best for him and the team 🤷‍♂️

I know Texas Tech is in a spot no school wants to be in but I'm genuinely surprised at how poorly they have handled this. With the money they have this might be the worst PR campaign we have seen