Texas Tech made itself not just the villain of the Big 12, but of the entire nation when quarterback Brendan Sorsby dodged the NCAA's ruling in favor of a court injunction that allowed the transfer to play in the 2026 season, despite being in blatant violation of the organization's gambling laws.
BYU joined with every Big 12 AD in stating that Brendan Sorsby should not play for the reigning Big 12 champions in 2026 -- he shouldn't play at all.
According to Brandon Marcello, every Big 12 AD communicated their feelings on this issue on a call (this brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "conference call", doesn't it), and the view was unanimous: cut Sorsby loose.
Every Big 12 AD but Texas Tech's Kirby Hocutt believes Brendan Sorsby shouldn't play. That was communicated today on the call
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) June 9, 2026
There are plenty of ideas to convince/pressure Tech to cut Sorsby loose, but Ads believe it's common sense: He bet on his sport; Tech shouldn't play him
Georgia and Nebraska have already halted any scheduling with Texas Tech in any sport, understanding that the thoughtlessness of allowing Sorsby to compete for your team goes all the way to the top.
Georgia and Nebraska have told their coaches not to schedule Texas Tech in any sport, per memos obtained by @TheAthletichttps://t.co/S76ZdN6Mns
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) June 8, 2026
There are some lines that no sports league should allow their players to cross, and gambling on your own sport is one of those lines. From the moment a league gives a little leeway on this issue, the floodgates will open. Brendan Sorsby gambled on college football as a participant, and has gambled far, far more than others who have seen their eligibility snuffed in relation to gambling.
Sorsby broke the rules. He knew it when he first gambled, and he knows it now more than ever. But if Texas Tech wants to indicate that they are a program of integrity, they should cut Sorsby. The health of college sports is hanging on a thread in the whirlwind of change it finds itself within today.
Players are earning multi-million dollar NIL packages for their play, and are free to leave through the transfer portal without hesitation at the sign of a better deal. Conferences are expanding, and the biggest fish are beginning to eat the smaller ones, gradually making them entirely irrelevant at the national scale -- and threatening to break off into their own super league, completely separate from a disconnected governing body.
These are things that you can no longer control as the NCAA, and you just have to hope the scales find a way to balance themselves out eventually. But here's one thing that Texas Tech, a major player in the landscape of college football, can do: that's punish their star quarterback for violating one of the most fundamental rules of being an athlete.
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