Jake Clodfelter

@Hummingbirder @dannykanell You clearly do not know what they’ve done to help. Stop turning a blind eye to the help they are offering the young man. His recovery is the most important statement Tech made. They never said he’s practicing and/or starting week 3.

@dannykanell Sorsby either has bipolar disorder or a gambling addiction. NO ONE blows through $90K that fast. It isn't about football to me. It's about a young man who needs help and isn't getting it. Shame on Texas Tech.

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

@dannykanell Can you elaborate? What should they have done in your opinion? Should they show all the student athletes they have recruited they don’t care about their well being? No one at Tech says he’s starting week 3. They are focused on his recovery. They made an excellent statement.

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.

@mahomes_arm @GetUpESPN @finebaum @IUHoosiers @GoBEARCATS I don’t think it’s idiotic. @GoBEARCATS knew of this from my understanding. Why wouldn’t it fall under lack of institutional control?

@JakeClodfelter @GetUpESPN @finebaum @IUHoosiers @GoBEARCATS Because the PLAYER bet on the games not the schools. I'm not all upset about the ruling because college sports have been in the dumpster for a while but this argument Indiana and Cincinnati should be punished is idiotic.

“College sports went to DEFCON 1 yesterday.” —@finebaum on Brendan Sorsby being granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA.

@BarstoolBigCat alright BigCat. I hear your integrity argument about Sorsby. Did you care about integrity when the entire SEC and other blue bloods paid players under the table to go there? The NCAA did nothing to protect players from their gambling sponsors either.

@texrraider Via sources 🙄. These girls constantly say how much they love playing for him. I highly doubt he said this.

Via my sources, Gerry said: In 15 minutes you’ll be fucking fine w this so I’ll sum it up fast as I can.That is the most humiliating game in the last fucking 10 years I’ve been involved with.What do you think you’re fucking with here? This isn’t some game THIS IS ABOUT OUR LIVES

@USMNT Defense is terrible

59' - Belgium convert a penalty. 🇺🇸 1 - 3 🇧🇪

@Brendan_Sorsby2 Welcome!!!

@joelklatt @JoelKlattShow @joelklatt and @gusjohnson were obviously favoring Utah the entire game. By the way, Klatt’s nat’l champ, Clemson, lost again.

Should be a great week of games…here are my previews and picks @JoelKlattShow - TT @ Utah - Mich @ Neb - Aub @ OU And more! m.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZG9M…

@RealCandaceO What happened to @RealCandaceO

Our foreign policy is dictated by Israel. Trump will continue to do as he is told by Netanyahu. If you want to know what America will do, spare yourself the fake White House press briefings and start listening to Bibi. We are a colony of Israel. Your politicians are bought and paid for.

@mcuban sold ownership of Mavs to an irresponsible, inexperienced group. In my mind, selling something you’ve built should go to someone who will keep the legacy intact for the people invested. Especially in the short term. This new ownership group has other interests in mind.

@TheDemocrats @AOC She’s speaking like she is qualified to be in Congress.

Rep. @AOC: Elon Musk is not a scientist. He is not an engineer. He is a billionaire con man with a lot of money 🔥

For narrative consistency I guess it should be said that Tennessee is proving it doesn't belong in the playoff and the SEC is overrated. Am I doing this right?

@KirkHerbstreit you mentioned Indiana and SMU didn’t belong, waiting until after they get blown out to say something. By that logic, I suppose Tennessee didn’t belong either.

@RealSkipBayless Why do they try to confuse the Cowboys with 3 players when they get told anyways? They instead confused the refs. Got too cute sorta speak.

Detroit got robbed AND I DONT CARE. twitter.com/undisputed/sta…

@JJWatt @espn continues to remind me why they suck

Need someone to update me on what happened at the end of Buford vs. Mill Creek. Cutting away from the game coverage with 20 seconds left on a game-winning drive for a preseason bball game was wild 😂 Anyone in Georgia got an update for me?

@POTUS And high interest rates. What happened to low interest rates and affordable goods and services at the same time?

This week's data showed continued progress in our fight against inflation with annual inflation at the lowest level since May 2021. We're seeing lower prices in gas, groceries, and electronics – and wages are up. That’s breathing room for hard-working Americans.