@LonghornLife512 @nelson_brands If you read the court case, it quite literally does not.
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Otto 🌵
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@Otto342 @nelson_brands Congrats, Texas tech just allowed players to bet on / against themselves. This will set a nice precedent.
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And three $5 bets on Iowa Football got me BANNED???
ESPN@espn
Breaking: A judge in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, has granted the injunction requested by Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby. He’s set to be eligible for the 2026 season. Sorsby cannot play in Texas Tech's first two games, which was the penalty his legal team suggested to the NCAA.
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@BYUSportsNation Sorsby isn't going to play. If TT plays him, then he loses in court, the NCAA will vacate anything they do this year anyway.
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QOTD - In your opinion what’s more likely: Brendan Sorsby does NOT play quarterback for Texas Tech this season OR teams ACTUALLY boycott playing Texas Tech?
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@utahfootballgm Utah's is .597 while also playing in a power conference for only 15 years? 😬
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Be Texas Tech football:
- Suck forever
- Have an all time winning percentage of .557 (utah's in .597)
- Become new money rich
- Buy every player you can
- Get your back blown out by Oregon's most pathetic team in decades in the CFP
- Rinse and repeat
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@BYUSportsNation Utah. Integrity of the game matters. I am so glad I am a fan of a school who would never consider allowing Sorsby to play.
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Our Poll Question of the Day is this: If Utah and Texas Tech played tomorrow in football and Brendan Sorsby started at QB for the Red Raiders, would you root for Utah or Texas Tech?
Message Board Geniuses@BoardGeniuses
#TexasTech has done the unthinkable and made a #BYU fan want to cheer for #Utah.
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Hear me out…..
OSU should sign Tyreek Hill, Chuba Hubbard & Tylan Wallace on their NFL bye week, let them play.
NCAA declares it illegal, but just find an Oklahoma judge to file an injunction.
Rules are just pesky suggestions now
Pete Thamel@PeteThamel
NEWS: A judge in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, has granted the injunction requested by Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby. He’s set to be eligible for the 2026 season.
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I think it's insane that a state judge can temporarily tell the NCAA they aren't allowed to enforce a rule that every student-athlete agreed to follow. I say temporarily because this is just an injunction, and I'd wager the NCAA would (will?) ultimately prevail at trial.
I also don't think betting pennies on your own team from the literal stands warrants losing out on a season 4 years later, when there's a 100% chance that the integrity of games was never compromised. It's a really harsh penalty.
It is difficult to rationalize those two thoughts. But it is possible to believe them at the same time.
Regardless, the notion that Tech Football should seppuku itself by not playing Sorsby is hilarious. After all, a conference opponent that knowingly played Sorsby lobbed this grenade into Tech's lap. And we're only a few years removed from conference realignment meaning Tech Football could be in the Mountain West or WAC. They tried (and are still trying) to kill us.
There is no honor to restore in college football.
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@burritofetus @Jon__Reed Amarillo. And she has degrees from A&M and Baylor.
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@Jon__Reed Let’s also not forget that it was the Lubbock administration judge that handpicked him
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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
Jarrett Ramirez@JarrettDRamirez
Judge Ken Curry, who ruled on Brendan Sorsby’s case, is a University of Houston law graduate, did his undergrad at UT-Arlington and last practiced in Fort Worth. The “local judge” talk after this Sorsby ruling is simply uneducated.
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@Jon__Reed Lmfao. This should get laughs from any fan of any Texas school.
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At this point, Texas Tech needs to part way with Sorsby. Even if it requires that you potentially have to eat $5 million in NIL money to make the situation go away. They seem to be willing to put the entire program in jeopardy over this.
If they cannot see that, then they deserve everything coming their way.
All of this over one player…
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No. Integrity is so threatened by Texas Tech.
Mister Wreck Em 🌵@MisterWreckEm
The SEC is so threatened by Texas Tech lol
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Those behaviors are abhorrent but they don’t call the legitimacy of the outcome of the game into question. That’s the difference.
Everett Corder 🌵@Evcorder
I’m on record against Sorsby getting to play, but the moral posturing by everyone today is insane. Joe Mixon punched his GF on camera. Georgia players are in the news every week for some felony. Bama had a guy playing for them while he was part of a murder investigation.
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@DD_KSU @CalvinWalshTTU @BenjaminGolan @DerekYoungKSO The NCAA said the integrity of the game was never in question of the games he bet at Indiana. Hope that alleviates your fears.
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@Otto342 @CalvinWalshTTU @BenjaminGolan @DerekYoungKSO Heaven forbid people don’t want the integrity of the game thrown in the trash can
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A non-statement statement from Yormark who was probably forced to toe the line as much as possible. But administrators from other schools, and admittedly myself, probably wish he was a little more critical of Texas Tech and the decision by the judge.
Pete Thamel@PeteThamel
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark to ESPN on Brendan Sorsby ruling: “The ramifications of today’s ruling are significant and could have broad impacts across college athletics, creating great concern amongst our membership. I’ve been consulting with our key stakeholders and have scheduled meetings with our Conference ADs and Executive Board this week. We are also in touch with Charlie Baker and anticipate the NCAA to appeal the order in the next 24-48 hours. We will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation.”
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@TylersTakes This would be incorrect as well. He's a retired judge from Tarrant County. And the process after the first judge recused himself was that he was assigned the case by a A&M undergrad/Baylor Law graduate.
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-Texas Tech pays $5 million dollars for an in-conference transfer QB
-QB gets caught betting on his former team while he was on the roster
-Texas Tech finds alumni judge
-QB remains eligible.
College Football in 2026.
The sicko in me kinda likes it. Not really, but kinda.
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@Carson_OKC It’s how you play the judicial system. The NCAA could put Tech on probation this season if they play Sorsby and then fight it out in court.
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"A judge in district court in Lubbock County, Texas..."
What are we doing?
ESPN@espn
Sorsby had been ruled ineligible by the NCAA earlier this year after he acknowledged gambling on sports, including on his own team while at Indiana. More: espn.com/college-footba…
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@GaryParrishCBS @Juz_10 What...what are you accusing us of? There's been no pressure on this guy for the past 3 weeks he's been assigned the case.
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@Juz_10 Like I said, the judge's address would've been on a Texas Tech message board hours ago if he'd ruled a different way. It's much easier for his life to just rule the way he ruled. Suggesting otherwise is obviously dumb/gullible/stupid.
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I usually like it when the NCAA loses in court.
But today felt different.
We all decided a long time ago that gambling on the sport you play should be a career-ender. But Brendan Sorsby, some great lawyers and a judge facing community pressure just said otherwise. Not great.
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@GaryParrishCBS That judge wasn't feeling any community pressure. He's a retired judge 300 miles away in Tarrant County. Selected by a Baylor and A&M Law grad after the Lubbock County judge recused himself.
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Phil Steele's Big 12 season forecast:
1. Texas Tech
2. BYU
3. Utah
4. Houston
5. Arizona
6. TCU
T-7. UCF
T-7. Kansas State
T-7. Arizona State
T-7. West Virginia
T-7. Cincinnati
T-12. Baylor
T-12. Kansas
T-12. Oklahoma State
15. Colorado
16. Iowa State
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@ChadAlexander2 @Okla_OAG To be clear, this was your initial comment:
"if players can bet on games they play In"
Sorsby never bet on any games he played in.
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I'm outraged at a court's decision to unilaterally reinstate a star player for the Texas Tech football program and set a horrific precedent in a case involving serial betting on his own team. Rules exist for a reason, and this player clearly violated reasonable standards instituted by the NCAA. sports.yahoo.com/college-footba…
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@ChadAlexander2 @Okla_OAG I agree. They should pass the bill currently in the Senate.
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As with many around the country, I am disheartened by the injunction issued today in the Brendan Sorsby matter, which will allow him to compete this fall despite clear violations of NCAA policies and ethical guidelines.
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