[Ross Dellenger] Big 12 ADs tell @YahooSports they’ve had “serious” talks on not playing Texas Tech. One SEC AD says there should be conversations about not playing Tech “in any sports.”

[u/Thomallister1291]

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/2064052433639129108

[u/CUBuffs1992]

Do it. Force Tech’s hand.

[u/1peatfor7 → u/CUBuffs1992]

This is literally the only way. Texas Tech is trying to die on this hill for absolutely no logical reason. This isn't Tim Tebow or Joe Burrow we're talking about here.

[u/amedema → u/1peatfor7]

It shouldn’t matter if it was a superstar or not. There’s no place for this in a legitimate competition of any sort.

[u/pumpkinspruce → u/amedema]

One of the greatest hitters of all time in baseball was banned from his sport for this very same reason! And Brendan fucking Sorsby is worth it for Texas Tech? College football just got a new villain, and it isn’t Michigan, or Alabama, or whoever else we’re hating this week.

[u/jp1066 → u/pumpkinspruce]

I’m keeping my hatred for Kiffin but Tech is climbing the ladder.

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/pumpkinspruce]

Okay but it's still Michigan too, right?

[u/MMAjunkie504 → u/Donny_Do_Nothing]

Actual hatred never stops, we know this

[u/7even- → u/Donny_Do_Nothing]

Always brother

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/amedema]

The ironic part is that this guy is incredibly mid and somehow lucked his way into millions of dollars and still managed to fuck that all up.

It’s like the “beni-fucking-hana?!” scene of wolf of wall street. Brandon fucking Sorsby?! That’s the guy who takes me down?

[u/LargeGermanRock → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Thank you. It’s been so funny this whole time. He’s 1-13 in November. He’s not clutch. He’s just ok. Good for him that he fooled a team into staking their entire reputation on him.

[u/92fordtaurus → u/LargeGermanRock]

He couldn’t even clutch it out against the least clutch program of the last 10 years. Although I now have suspicions about that last throw.

[u/dannynascar → u/92fordtaurus]

Yeah that last throw he threw for the pick was a questionable decision in the moment, now it just looks exceptionally fishy.!

[u/1peatfor7 → u/amedema]

Oh I agree, but form the TT perspective it would be at least a little different if Sorsby was a generational QB instead of a G6 skill mid level QB.

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds → u/1peatfor7]

Ok Sorsby isnt a G6 skill mid level QB lol

Hes being paid like a top 10 QB, got rated like a top 10 QB, but hes probably somewhere in the top 20-30 range

Definitely not worth going scorched earth over

[u/bretticus733 → u/1peatfor7]

They're doing it because they burned $5 million on a mediocre QB with that has both a gambling problem and an accountability problem (which TT also seems to have).

[u/herdit44 → u/1peatfor7]

The logical reason is keeping Cody Campbell's money flowing in...until he's ready to cut him loose, they are going to ride this out.

[u/Total-Region2859 → u/herdit44]

IMHO, Campbell is a HUGE source of the problem here.... I'm not a Tech fan, but I hate to see what is heading their direction... They misplayed this badly... and now, they look like exactly what they are - a school that will do anything to win... rules, ethics values be damned... don't get me wrong, it's not like they are alone in that category... my alma mater is certainly guilty of more than it's share of $1000 handshakes and the like....

But, the gambling angle with lawyers paid for by the school.. and the constant drumbeat of "we don't think he should be penalized" is a new level. Tech is not penalizing him at all! 2 silly games agains the Little Sisiters of the Poor is not a penalty.

[u/dscreations → u/Total-Region2859]

It's crazy that Campbell is also the Chairman of the Board of Regents. Being a massive donor and directly involved in NIL deals and overall program direction should eliminate him from being involved with the university at that level.

[u/macfergus → u/CUBuffs1992]

If they're really serious about this, they should vote to expel Tech from the conference.

[u/PerspectiveNo1610 → u/macfergus]

The CFB playoff is independent of the NCAA. They can ban Texas Tech from being selected no matter what their record.

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/macfergus]

They don’t need to go that far

The other 15 can just vote to suspend Tech’s football team for the conference season

[u/an_actual_lawyer → u/DillyDillySzn]

Is that truly in the bylaws? Honest question, because that would be awesome.

[u/Fluid_Personality529 → u/macfergus]

As an Oregon State student, I humbly welcome Texas Tech as our 9th football playing school.

The Texas State and Texas Tech rivalry will be legendary.

[u/g2lv → u/macfergus]

Forcing Texas Tech to join Texas State in the PAC-12 would be the most hilarious outcome.

[u/No_Angle_8106 → u/CUBuffs1992]

I’d be pretty furious if Sorsby is playing in the ASU game and we show up in Lubbock. I’m pretty far from a “lock them up” person but he’s committed a shit ton of felonies while destroying his integrity on the field, at the minimum his playing career should be done

[u/Duckpoke → u/No_Angle_8106]

This is what I don’t get. How is this even a discussion when he has felonies?

[u/dinanm3atl → u/CUBuffs1992]

This. Just cancel all the games. They will play no one.

[u/Dirty-Ears-Bill → u/CUBuffs1992]

Honestly I’d love if they do this too. This season won’t count for shit if Sorsby plays, and he’s done nothing but bring bad shit to our school. Cut ties with this dude, he wouldn’t be worth it even if he was Tom Brady but the fact that he’s a mid tier plug in for a year makes it worse

[u/Tough-Advice2910 → u/CUBuffs1992]

How can we, or at least you fans/donors of the other teams in this conference best support this? Should people e-mail or call the respective ADs? What would help at all?

[u/Express_Dinner7918 → u/CUBuffs1992]

I want us to do this. I could care less if doing so negatively affects our chances at a meaningful post season for any sport, the long term health of the game is more important.

[u/jchall3]

“They ain’t played nobody” about to take on a whole new meaning

[u/EWall100 → u/jchall3]

Texas Tech University 165- Lubbock Adult High School 2

[u/MotorSevere4899 → u/EWall100]

I’m an enormous fan of the implication that a high school somehow managed to put up a safety against Texas Tech.

[u/EWall100 → u/MotorSevere4899]

Fumbled through the back of the end zone cause the spread was 164.5 and Sorsby bet the under

[u/MotorSevere4899 → u/EWall100]

It’s not often that a comment genuinely makes me laugh out loud, but this one definitely did.

[u/WagTheKat → u/EWall100]

LMAO. JFC!!

[u/royalbluehen]

There are 2 common languages across the college sports landscape, money and pettiness. Hopefully pettiness wins out.

[u/Warm_Shoulder3606 → u/royalbluehen]

Lane Kiffin is bilingual

[u/Remote-Annual-49 → u/Warm_Shoulder3606]

Hey man we took Leavitt not Sorsby. Thank FUCK for that.

[u/StreetReporter → u/Remote-Annual-49]

But imagine the press conferences Lane would’ve given if Soresby was his coach

[u/Remote-Annual-49 → u/StreetReporter]

Maybe we don’t actually live in the absolute worst timeline after all

[u/GladWarthog1045 → u/Remote-Annual-49]

Oh great, you summoned it

[u/CopperTone45 → u/StreetReporter]

Would have been absolute cinema.

[u/Right-Pirate-7084 → u/Remote-Annual-49]

Didn’t he follow a girlfriend to tech? If that’s the case, thank god for that woman.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/royalbluehen]

In this case its not like TTU makes anyone else all that much money either.

[u/sbballc11 → u/royalbluehen]

I don’t like to donate to my college besides for the local alumni club (scholarships for local kids). But if we were scheduled to play TT and backed out, I’d open my wallet so fast.

[u/TheChildrenNeedMe]

Damn we’re gonna go from “playing nobody” to playing nobody

[u/BabyHercules → u/TheChildrenNeedMe]

The tortillas flew too close to the sun

[u/Dirt_Sailor_5 → u/BabyHercules]

"our tortillas will blot out the sun!"

"Then we will fight in the shade..."

[u/EWall100 → u/BabyHercules]

The Masked Icarus is about to replace the Masked Raider

[u/Chuck_Phuckzalot → u/TheChildrenNeedMe]

At least you'll be undefeated. Surefire playoff birth.

[u/AnonThrowAway072023 → u/Chuck_Phuckzalot]

12-0 with 12 straight 2-0 wins would be fuckin legendary

[u/Not_So_Bad_Andy → u/AnonThrowAway072023]

A team going 12-0 with 12 2-0 wins and it's not Iowa?

[u/AppropriateCompany9 → u/Not_So_Bad_Andy]

Iowa’s culture will be Tech’s costume.

[u/Excellent-Gur-8547 → u/AnonThrowAway072023]

This is literally how a certain, uh, ideologically unaligned middle eastern nation wound up winning a continental championship and qualifying for the World Cup before they were kicked out of the Asian confederation and forced to play in Europe.

[u/girafb0i]

Looks like C-USA just found a ready-made replacement for UTEP.

[u/glzzgbblr → u/girafb0i]

C-USA would rather take UC Davis then a future 12-0 team with 0 points scored

[u/DingerSinger2016 → u/glzzgbblr]

*24 points scored.

It would be a 2-0 forfeit for each game.

[u/glzzgbblr → u/DingerSinger2016]

The BCS system would think Tech had really good defense.

[u/dukemetoo → u/glzzgbblr]

Whose to say the current committee wouldn't see that and rank them #3 (behind the obligatory SEC and Big 10 schools)

[u/bags-of-sand]

Is the Big 12 not able to enforce the expulsion either?

[u/lurk4ever1970 → u/bags-of-sand]

Possibly, if they choose to. The Big XII is a Delaware corporation, which likely saves it from homer Texas judges issuing injunctions.

[u/Tough-Advice2910 → u/lurk4ever1970]

True. Totally up to their courts.

[u/bamachine → u/bags-of-sand]

If the Big 12 boots TT out completely, I become the biggest fan of the Big 12 teams, pulling for them to win the next 10 titles.

[u/HueyLongest]

Tech could garner a lot of good will from the rest of the sport if they just cut him. It's the right thing to do at this point

[u/fskier1 → u/HueyLongest]

He’ll sue them and say it caused him “irreparable harm”

[u/The_Mystery_Knight → u/fskier1]

Yeah what’s to say the judge doesn’t force him onto Tech’s team? Why the fuck not at this point?

[u/raccoonsonbicycles → u/The_Mystery_Knight]

New order issued in a few days:

"Playing time is to be determined fully at Mr. Sorsby's discretion"

[u/WagTheKat → u/raccoonsonbicycles]

Now I am imagining the judge, in black robes, hovering around Sorsby and Tech's coaches on the sidelines.

It would make marvelous TV.

Hell, let the judge join the huddle.

We could even have a live Judge Cam.

Endless possibilities!

[u/dfphd → u/fskier1]

You can't sue them for benching you for character issues. They can just cut him and let him transfer wherever he wants - he does not have an employment contract, so at worst Tech would be out the NIL money they said they would pay him.

[u/ReasonableCup604 → u/HueyLongest]

Exactly.  Tech is at a crossroads.  If they cut ties with the lying degenerate gambler they will be loved and appreciated for saving CFB.

If they play him the program and the school will be universally despised for years, maybe forever.

[u/Tough-Advice2910 → u/ReasonableCup604]

Move over, Liberty. There’s a new piece of shit in town.

[u/ngerb_5 → u/Tough-Advice2910]

Don’t worry, Liberty prefers to just watch in the corner

[u/Shellshock1122 → u/ngerb_5]

is Texas Tech the pool boy or the wife in this scenario?

[u/ngerb_5 → u/Shellshock1122]

If Texas Tech is the new piece of shit that means they are replacing Liberty so the pool boy? And the NCAA is the wife? Or maybe we’re the wife?

[u/Phileepay → u/Tough-Advice2910]

Well they both have the embarrassing loss to Oregon in the postseason. The similarities keep coming.

[u/Peter_Panarchy → u/Phileepay]

I don't think that applies to Liberty, they're incapable of feeling shame.

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/Tough-Advice2910]

Tech also been banning books and shit recently lol (although my school has zero room to talk in that pathetic department)

[u/MastodonSwimming2681 → u/DanFlashesC0up0n]

That's really just a state of Texas issue as a whole sort of thing

[u/kevinkevin32 → u/ReasonableCup604]

Nobody is going to like them at this point after how far they’ve supported him

[u/_Football_Cream_ → u/kevinkevin32]

Even if they cut him, give Cody Campbell 15 minutes and he'll do something else to remind everyone why Tech is annoying

[u/WagTheKat → u/_Football_Cream_]

Is that what this is Really About?

Another Billionaire wants to flex and has chosen this time and place?

Initially I thought Tech was appealing so they could say, "Well we tried" when they lost, to placate some of the fanbase.

But they are actually serious.

[u/cooterdick → u/ReasonableCup604]

It’s made all the more humorous by their most notable booster being the biggest promoter of “save college sports”

[u/LemonHarangue → u/ReasonableCup604]

Mizzou should get the death penalty for this.

[u/jamnewton22 → u/HueyLongest]

Feels like if talks like this get heated up enough and continue long enough tech may feel the pressure just to cut him loose, no?

[u/n33fols → u/jamnewton22]

Honestly, if they've gone this far to keep him on the team, feels like they're going down with the ship on this one. I can't see Tech folding after all this effort.

[u/Tarmacked → u/n33fols]

I'm just finding it hard to believe that the rest of the conference / Broader Power 4 aren't going to make a strong push on slapping that option out of Tech's hands.

This is the shit you do not need when you're trying to push a bill through

[u/ihatedthatride → u/n33fols]

That’s my worry. Wish they would but they’ve already dug a huge hole for themselves. Hope the fans enjoyed the 1 good season nil gave us.

[u/headshotscott → u/ihatedthatride]

I'm confused too. He's not a generational player or anything. Probably their best quarterback, but is he really enough of a difference maker to warrant this?

[u/Dirty-Ears-Bill → u/headshotscott]

Dude that’s not even the brunt of it. He’s the safety school option for us unfortunately. If Hammond never gets hurt we’re not even in the portal for a QB this year and this is someone else’s issue. We’re doing all of this for a second choice

I hate it, and I know a lot of other fans do too. We need to cut ties with Sorsby or this season will be a suckfest

[u/R_Raider86 → u/Dirty-Ears-Bill]

It's going to be a suckfest

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/ihatedthatride]

And its crazy to me as well that Tech's biggest donor is pushing for "the good of the sport" but this happens for his biggest spend on the team

[u/bretticus733 → u/n33fols]

I feel like Tech could lose out on a lot more than $5 million if that's the path they choose. That's how much Sorsby cost, and I feel like there's a lot of revenue lost for Tech if nobody is going to play them.

[u/BrotherPancake → u/jamnewton22]

Fat chance. This is the school that invoked sovereign immunity to weasel out of a contractual obligation. They have zero integrity.

[u/jamnewton22 → u/BrotherPancake]

Fair point. Almost forgot about that

[u/EntertainerTop2077 → u/BrotherPancake]

Holy crap, idk how I missed this.

[u/Mugwumpjizzum1 → u/BrotherPancake]

Initially read that as sovereign citizen

[u/TheTedsaretheworst → u/jamnewton22]

There’s no chance they cut him. They fought way too hard to keep him in the roster to turn back now.

[u/Tarmacked → u/jamnewton22]

I just cannot imagine being Yormark and saying the difference between Hammond and Sorsby is worth the risk of him betting again.

Talk about torpedoing your goodwill in Congress. It would be an utter shitstorm.

[u/Corgi_Koala → u/jamnewton22]

It has never been popular publicly or in the media to let him play, they got the win they wanted in court there is absolutely no way they back out unilaterally.

[u/NDCIves → u/HueyLongest]

Would be so funny if they did and then had to walk back all of their "irreperable damage" claims.

[u/UT07 → u/HueyLongest]

The opportunity to do the right thing came and went a month ago. They decided to dig in and hunker down. If they let him go now it'll be because their hand was forced

[u/6BlitzBurgh → u/HueyLongest]

Who do you think is footing the bill for the lawyer, they don’t give a damn.

[u/ymi17]

This is gonna be really hilarious when Sorsby is mid and Tech fans want him gone for completely on field reasons.

[u/catalinaicon → u/ymi17]

The most predictable outcome lol

I wanted Leavitt from the jump, idk why we went for Sorsby

[u/mjrballer20 → u/catalinaicon]

Bro I thought Leavitt would be drama lol

[u/catalinaicon → u/mjrballer20]

He literally has the double T in his name

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/ymi17]

Also anytime he screws up he’s invited accusations that he’s throwing the game. It’ll happen immediately

[u/dfphd → u/ymi17]

I mean, especially since you now have to factor that if he gets to play, he will a) be the most hated player in all of college football by the fans, and b) you know there are going to be some kids out there who make it a personal goal to injure him.

That's a lot of mental weight to put on a position that requires a lot of mental stuff.

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

Would suck for the TTU fans not named Cody Campbell, but it would be pretty fucking funny if after all the tens of millions hes spent on NIL, TV ads, lobbying etc the end result was getting his team blackballed from the sport

[u/toocleverbyhalf → u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

It’s funny how their terrible administration (remember they wriggled out of paying Coach Mike Leach ~$2.5 million by hiding behind sovereign immunity) has now argued successfully in court that not letting Sorsby play will cause him irreparable harm. If they are forced to cut him, the subsequent lawsuit would be pretty clear that is their stance. He’ll have a great case, if they don’t try to hide again. Paying him (and Leach) anyway would be a truly epic billionaire move that would actually change my opinion of TT and CC. $7.5 million wouldn’t be that much, TBH.

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/toocleverbyhalf]

The students and fans protested over Leach being fired. They're still not happy with the current administration to this day over academic bureaucracy.

[u/toocleverbyhalf → u/Young-Viiperr]

Trust me, all public universities in Texas are facing the same issues.

I count many TT fans among my friends and acquaintances. Most of them are sane people who agree this is crazy.

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/toocleverbyhalf]

The administration and Cody Campbell never do what the students/alumni actually want, for years. No one was asking for Sorsby after the news broke, yet CC can't put his ego down as a BoR member.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/Young-Viiperr]

The good ol boys system has existed for years, and had a hand in the Mike Leach drama

[u/throwawaynyc113]

Really curious to see what the non-con contracts look like. You'd be surprised at the random shit that contains morals clauses.

[u/smurf-vett → u/throwawaynyc113]

Or just get some judge in Mississippi to make one up for you and force TTech to pay damages to your track team or whatever other Olympic sport you wanna force them to fund

[u/TheNastyCasty → u/throwawaynyc113]

They’re playing 2 buy games and Oregon State. ACU and Sam Houston State aren’t going to pass up the payday and Oregon State really can’t pass up any P4 matchups with the current state of the PAC 12. It’d be more interesting if they played anyone decent.

[u/dankenascend]

It's almost like all of these universities should form an organization, and it should be voluntarily joined by all of them. Then, the member institutions should all agree to the rules and parameters that should be followed.

[u/Duckpoke → u/dankenascend]

Sounds like something everyone would bitch for eternity about

[u/KansasEF5Tornado]

Just nullify all their games they play sorsby in.

[u/Grahamophone → u/KansasEF5Tornado]

It would become college football's Nullification Crisis, though the sides are flipped. Texas Tech and Sorsby would be the John C. Calhoun character. The rest of the sport needs to find its Andrew Jackson character -- someone who is undoubtedly a jackass but at least on the right side of history in this one particular situation.

[u/SEAtoPAR → u/Grahamophone]

This guy histories

[u/Remote-Annual-49 → u/Grahamophone]

The NCAA has made their decision. Now let them enforce it - Andrew Jackson Cody Campbell

[u/LtDrunkFace → u/Grahamophone]

By GAWD that’s Notre Dame’s music!

[u/sbballc11 → u/KansasEF5Tornado]

Now the question would be would that matter to the committee?

When the Michigan cheating scandal first came out, this question was posed what if the big10 vacated all their wins. The committee said it wouldn’t matter because they saw what they needed to determine they were in the top 4.

However, I believe the committee will find a way to punish them regardless. And deservedly so.

[u/BLRNerd]

ISU just went through this themselves and suspended the players involved

I know NCAA has nothing to do with this but fuck this shit if Tech cheats the system

[u/jamnewton22]

Hahahaha yeassss inject this shit straight into my veins. Every school on their schedule should boycott. Fuck tech

[u/Wooden-Dinner-8955 → u/jamnewton22]

Never thought I'd wholeheartedly agree with an A*burn fan

[u/ShitSandwich16 → u/Wooden-Dinner-8955]

What about side by side with a friend?

[u/Alkibiades415 → u/ShitSandwich16]

God damn, this sub went from sleepy off season to top form so fast. 🤝

[u/mdurso12 → u/ShitSandwich16]

Aye, I could do that

[u/Ok-Mud8839 → u/jamnewton22]

Abeliene Christian can't afford to stand on principle

[u/Sprawler13 → u/Ok-Mud8839]

I’d give them a pass. Make that Tech’s only game all year

[u/Bu5hdid9l1]

Another Texas team gets the death penalty

[u/Significant_Push_856]

It sounds like an amazing thing to say on paper in early June but when the rubber meets the road who will actually have the balls to follow through?

[u/Andjhostet → u/Significant_Push_856]

I feel like it has to be an all or nothing kind of thing. As soon as one team folds, they all will.

[u/PeanutButterOtter]

Everyone said the SEC would destroy college football. Turns out it was Texas Tech.

[u/udubdavid → u/PeanutButterOtter]

And gambling. Gambling destroys sports. I hate gambling so much.

[u/Andjhostet → u/udubdavid]

Forget sports. Gambling is about to destroy society. We're already seeing politicians gamble on world events they have a hand in creating.

[u/ShevanelWozzeck → u/Andjhostet]

You can see it in children's toys. Kids are literally spending dozens of dollars on blind boxes in the hopes that they will get what they want. I personally think that these gambling mechanics should be illegal with kid's toys, but that would also create a problem with trading cards. I almost don't care if trading cards are a casualty of new laws at this point if it stops the child gambling epidemic. We are fucked.

[u/Tough-Advice2910 → u/PeanutButterOtter]

Did not see that coming, I’ll admit.

[u/Dizconekt]

Schools should file temporary injunctions saying that playing TTU will cause irreparable harm.

[u/Artvandelay29]

I’m new to Big 12 fandom … so, hell yeah

[u/EbdanianTennis]

Texas Tech is completely ruining their brand over a guy who is going to be like an 82 overall in the new NCAA game lol

[u/kirkismyhinrich]

I hope schools follow through with this threat. I have no respect for Texas Tech after today. Just a complete lack of integrity.

[u/Holierthanthouface]

This is all so stupid. Please let's just cut him from the team already and move on

[u/Camino3224]

Does the CFP have a minimum on games played? Lol

[u/srs_house → u/Camino3224]

"Why is Texas Tech not ranked?"

"Their SOR is too low because they haven't played any P4 opponents."

[u/SnooOpinions9048 → u/Camino3224]

CFP is an invitational, and the committee can send whoever they want.

[u/Redditor_exe]

I know the chances of this happening are low, but SOMETHING has to happen. This is the one time I’ve seen almost the entire CFB world united on something. It doesn’t matter if you didn’t bet a lot or you didn’t play, betting on your own team is the one line you cannot cross, even ignoring all the other stuff.

I mean, what would’ve happened if in one of the games he bet on, all the other QBs went down and he had to play in an emergency. Even if he didn’t play, you inherently have insider knowledge and information, which is another can of worms in and of itself.

[u/Thomallister1291]

I really don't wanna know if Texas Tech will leave the Big 12 as a result of this nonsense.

[u/Fancy-Pie-2565 → u/Thomallister1291]

And who would take them?

[u/ElChefPirata → u/Fancy-Pie-2565]

Somehow, the big east has returned

[u/glzzgbblr → u/ElChefPirata]

Big East, western edition. OSU/WSU are on the phone

[u/udubdavid → u/Fancy-Pie-2565]

Pac-12 would take them in a heatbeat.

[u/cougfan12345 → u/udubdavid]

Come on over Texas Tech. We already have Texas State, join the party.

[u/BabyHercules → u/Fancy-Pie-2565]

Oh yea, we can start our own league, with blackjack and hookers. In fact forget the league- Cody Campbell probably

[u/k_dubious → u/BabyHercules]

Brendan Sorsby - “Sweet, you guys already had me at blackjack”

[u/EnTyme53 → u/k_dubious]

Sorsby's the kinda motherfucker to split 10s

[u/Chuck_Phuckzalot → u/Fancy-Pie-2565]

Get ready to learn Tuesday night MACtion buddy.

[u/Groots-Cousin → u/Fancy-Pie-2565]

Sun Belt just lost a Texas school. Who says no?

[u/SaltyTurdLicker → u/Thomallister1291]

And go where? B1G and SEC don’t want them. If they did they’d already be there. ACC might take them to ensure conference survival in the future but at that point is it really worth doing all this shit over Brendan SORSBY?

[u/StreetReporter → u/SaltyTurdLicker]

People debate if Clemson and FSU are worth adding to those conferences, no way in hell Texas Tech could get in

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/StreetReporter]

That’s my thought as well. The original ACC teams are already apparently pretty pissed about the travel to SMU/Cal/Stanford; SMU at least has the benefit of being in a major metro with at least a couple thousand alumni of pretty much every school in America.

Lubbock’s not exactly the kind of place you find a lot of UNC/Duke alumni chomping at the bit to move to. It’s basically just Tech alumni out there, with a smattering of folks from the other Texan schools.

[u/MisterBrotatoHead → u/Thomallister1291]

Nobody wants them, and they ain't Notre Dame.

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/MisterBrotatoHead]

Yeah they may be known in the CFB due to their recent success but they are not a big brand

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/Always_Chubb-y]

Their recent success is winning a down Big 12 by outspending everybody and then getting humiliated in a playoff game.

[u/Diggler8]

I think college football finally has been completely destroyed. It’s unrecognizable from when things started shifting in 2010

[u/Remote-Annual-49 → u/Diggler8]

I mean this is absolutely the inflection point. There is no more ambiguity, if TT and Sorsby are not punished sufficiently it really might destroy the sport. If this galvanizes a reaction and gets the senate bill passed right, it could be the darkest part before the sun comes back up. I will remain optimistic out of principle (certainly not based on precedent)

[u/discofrislanders → u/Remote-Annual-49]

If Sorsby is allowed to play, that's essentially an endorsement of match fixing

[u/JLR-]

As per ESPN:  

"If this is the precedent, then I owe it to my players to bring in people from Las Vegas to teach us how to gamble," an aghast Big 12 coach told ESPN on Monday. "Then collectively, we need to decide which games we will play hard in [to cover the spread] and which ones we won't.

[u/boeing2014]

That's my AD with the incredible quotes. Would be unprecedented, but completely justified. There is no world where this kid should be allowed to even set foot in a football stadium. Force their hand.

[u/HtownSamson]

Tech sports can join the embarrassment along with all of the academic censorship. Everything top to bottom is now an embarrassment.

[u/EWall100]

Can we be the only TTU now? At least recognized as the real TTU?

[u/Blaine8628 → u/EWall100]

You are in my heart

[u/bullseye717 → u/EWall100]

🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

[u/CPTBenjaminWillard]

No school that refuses to play Tech should have it counted against them. In fact, give the boycotting school a win. If the law won’t hold them accountable then the conference should.

[u/CountTakesh1]

Good. I hope every single team refuses to play.

[u/Aidanj927]

If we don’t lose a game does that mean we’re national champions?

Sorsby bringing us to the promised land

[u/rowKseat25 → u/Aidanj927]

I wouldn’t bet on it.

Sorsby might tho.

[u/Bansheesdie]

Good on our ADs.

I'd definitely love to hear Graham Rossini's position on this.

[u/Cliffinati]

Until sorbsy is removed from the team nobody should play them, they have a player gambling on his own team that's clearly an ineligible player.

[u/steliofuckingkontos]

We’re first on the schedule. Please set the trend

[u/BallGarglerTheThird]

I mean I emailed our Athletic Department and explained how I wasn’t going to any or watching any games this year as long as they are in a league that (effectively) allows match fixing. Will they read it I don’t know but that’s all I can do

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds → u/BallGarglerTheThird]

If you click the article, there is a direct quote from your AD saying "its fucking bullshit" as well as saying KSU is reconsidering playing them in the 2027 season since they dont play them this year

[u/BallGarglerTheThird → u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

I found the article and yeah our AD is based hell yeah 

[u/boeing2014 → u/BallGarglerTheThird]

Yep. ADGT is definitely with us all on this, and actually saying what we're all thinking.

[u/chrissb1e → u/boeing2014]

Just hot boy Gene things

[u/RUSpicyPickle → u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

KSU AD: "I received an email from BallGargler iii stating he will not watch any games if TTech is allowed to play with a gambler, we must boycott the game immediately."

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

Dang, I didn’t realize the KSU AD was based as hell.

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds → u/JohnPaulDavyJones]

I was unfamiliar with his game, but A+ first impression

[u/ATLfinra]

This is a terrible decision that reeks of corruption, Cody Campbell flexing and is downright FOUL.

Texas Tech should be wholly embarrassed by this, the kid BET ON HIS OWN TEAM. He should be done at a power 5 school or in college period. Can he play in the NFL sure if a team would have him but no way should he get another chance in college

[u/PointBlankCoffee → u/ATLfinra]

He bet the under!!!

[u/immoralsupport_]

The day before Sorsby’s suspension is set to end, the CFP committee (which importantly, the CFP is a separate entity from the NCAA) should announce that if Sorsby plays a single snap, Texas Tech will be permanently ineligible for the CFP. Not just in 2026, they will never make the CFP ever again if he plays.

Also worth noting that teams are already refusing to play Texas Tech in softball because of how blatantly they tamper with every star player. Though that’s more refusing to schedule them, not actually forfeiting games

[u/ArbitraryOrder]

The possibility of Texas Tech getting kicked out of the conference because they can't get rid of their gambling quarterback

[u/djconno]

Ah, so this is what being Icarus feels like

[u/Podoboo322]

All of this for Brenden Sorsby lmfao