The Big 12 Conference is collectively suing Texas Tech over QB Brendan Sorsby

The Big 12 vs Texas Tech saga is reaching the point of no return, as it's been reported that the conference is officially filing for legal action against the Red Raiders for their handling of the Brendan Sorsby gambling scandal and subsequent injunction.

BYU joined the rest of their non-Texas Tech peers in voicing their disapproval of the program's insistence that Sorsby should retain his eligibility despite willingly and repeatedly breaking one of sports' cardinal rules. You don't gamble on your sport. Period.

Sorsby has admitted to gambling on not just college football during his time as a quarterback, but gambling on his own team multiple times. In direct violation of the NCAA's laws, Sorsby was stripped of his eligibility by the governing body and turned to the courts for an injunction -- which was irritatingly granted.

Tech has transformed from a scrappy underdog to the villains of the college sports world overnight, with programs like Georgia and Nebraska telling their coaches to cancel any scheduled competitions against Texas Tech in any sport and several Big 12 teams threatening not to play against the Red Raiders should they continue to play Sorsby.

Despite every voice in the nation pleading with Texas Tech to see reason, the university is doubling down and has threatened legal action if the league's members took action.

Undeterred, the conference has decided to sue Texas Tech.

The league is taking action that could sanction Tech for monetary considerations or an outright ban from the league's conference championship game. As a member of the Big 12 Conference, Texas Tech has agreed to abide by certain standards, and the league believes the university's recent streak of acting out has provided adequate grounds to sue.

Three separate attorney generals have sent a letter to the Big 12 Conference in support of the league's actions against Texas Tech, and criticizing the instigating threats from Texas's attorney general. The attorney general from Utah, host of two Big 12 programs, BYU and Utah, stated that "the harm from Texas Tech's proposed course of action is not merely legal -- it is structural.

When Texas Tech can't find a single ally outside of their own state government -- not even from its neighboring Texan universities -- it becomes very clear what direction this story is heading toward. Unless Texas Tech apologizes and makes this situation right, their athletic department may face the wrath of the nation.

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