{"id":330338,"date":"2026-06-10T07:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/330338\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:45:21","slug":"the-college-football-world-is-rallying-against-texas-tech-and-brendan-sorsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/330338\/","title":{"rendered":"The College Football World is Rallying Against Texas Tech and Brendan Sorsby"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NCAA can\u2019t enforce its rules. Some schools are taking matters into their own hands. Will it work? You never know what to expect. After all, I don\u2019t think many anticipated that Brendan Sorsby<\/a> would ever play college football again, yet here we are <\/p>\n

Friendly local judges have replaced bag-men is a college football program\u2019s best friend. Texas Tech had an ace in the hole deliver an injunction to allow Brendan Sorsby to suit up for Texas Tech this fall after serving only a two-game suspension for obscene sports gambling behavior. He wagered nearly $100,000 on sports during his time as a college athlete, including wagers on his own team at Indiana. <\/p>\n

Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from baseball for betting on the Reds. Sorsby is getting a two-game, slap on the wrist. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s rare that you ever see the sports world unify in such a way that this decision has brought folks together. The college sports world is unanimously piling on Texas Tech for pushing to make this happen. It\u2019s not just people made on Twitter. Many schools are now threatening to take Texas Tech off their schedules. <\/p>\n

Schools Speak Out, Threaten to Boycott Texas Tech<\/p>\n

Kansas State: \u201cIt\u2019s f***ing bulls***,\u201d K-State AD Gene Taylor told Ross Dellenger<\/a>. \u201cI know the kid has a problem. Well, get well and focus on your problem. It is absolutely devastating for him to be able to play when every other sport, no matter the level, deems an athlete ineligible or they are punished severely for betting on their team.\u201d<\/p>\n

TCU: \u201cHow is anyone ever going to trust the outcome of a game again?\u201d It\u2019s a fair question posed by Sonny Dykes to ESPN<\/a>, who is scheduled to play Texas Tech in the 2026 season finale. Dykes is also a Texas Tech graduate. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou would hope that there would be someone at some point that says, \u2018Hey look, this is not a good thing for the game and I care enough about the game to not let this happen,’\u201d Dykes said. \u201cI think it\u2019s sad that these adults and people who are supposed to guide college football aren\u2019t guiding it. I think it\u2019s a shame. Everyone is looking out for their self-interests. No one is looking out for what\u2019s right in college football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgia: AD Josh Brooks sent a memo to his coaches forbidding them from scheduling games against Texas Tech. \u201cAll FBS schools should only take the field against programs operating under a uniform, trustworthy standard of fairness. We\u2019ve officially reached the point of no return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nebraska: Athletic director Troy Dannen informed his staff that the Huskers would not be scheduling Texas Tech in any sporting events. It\u2019s inspired the Big Ten to discuss a league-wide boycott of Texas Tech. <\/p>\n

Big 12 Could Punish Texas Tech<\/p>\n

Michigan used finesse to get away from NCAA punishment for the sign-stealing scandal. The Big Ten stepped in, responding to criticism from around the league, and handed Jim Harbaugh a three-game suspension. <\/p>\n

The Big 12 could do something similar. If athlete directors are willing to dog-cuss Texas Tech on the record, Lord only know what they will be saying when they meet today to discuss how to move forward. The league has the authority to penalize conference members for \u201cactions detrimental to the conference.\u201d Athletic directors will have conversations today, with a formal executive board meeting on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Texas Tech can survive without regular-season contests against Big Ten and SEC foes. Will the Big 12 actually respond by penalizing its biggest spender in the sport, who could make the CFP? Anything goes in the current landscape of college athletics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NCAA can\u2019t enforce its rules. Some schools are taking matters into their own hands. Will it work?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-330338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}