Texas Tech Megabooster takes a swing, and misses (the point)
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It’s the college sports beef you never saw coming.
Yesterday news broke that a Texas judge has issued an injunction preventing the NCAA from barring Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby from playing college football. The NCAA is seeking to do that because Sorsby has admitted to betting on college football. A lot.
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Sorsby admitted to placing over 9,000 sports wagers valued at over $90,000 in total. That included bets on the University of Indiana while he was playing for the Hoosiers. For the vast majority of the history of college sports that would have been completely disqualifying, and no one would have dared to argue it shouldn’t be. It wasn’t that long ago, you may recall, that Rick Neuheisel was forced to resign from his coaching job because he’d taken part in America’s totemic sports betting enterprise: a March Madness pool.
Again, Sorsby’s conduct would have been completely unacceptable even five years ago. It’s probably still unacceptable to most college football fans, journalists, and administrators. Just not to the folks at Texas Tech.
Among the folks who still find Sorsby’s conduct unacceptable, and the rootin’, tootin’ west Texas ruling that shrugged it off just as bad was UGA athletic director Josh Brooks. Brooks hasn’t been a shrinking violet as college football goes through generational upheaval. On the contrary, he’s gone to bat to advocate for Georgia and the SEC. His response to the Sorsby ruling was no different.
True integrity means holding your program accountable when things go wrong, not buying custom legislation or running to a local courtroom to bypass the rules.
— Josh Brooks (@Brooks_UGA) June 9, 2026
Word also came out yesterday that a memo went around the UGA athletic department clarifying that no Georgia athletic squad will be allowed to schedule Texas Tech. Some have described this as a “leak.” I don’t think that’s an accurate characterization.
I can’t remember the last time news like this made it out of Butts-Mehre unintentionally. I think it was calculated to clarify where Brooks and Georgia’s administration and compliance staff land on this issue. I believe Brooks has decided to step forward as one of the national leaders on issues like this because he’s the athletic director of one of the nation’s top five athletic programs in one of the premier conferences. If not him, who? If not now, when?
Brooks’ statement apparently rankled Texas Tech booster and energy executive Cody Campbell, who fired back on Twitter:
@grok, how many @GeorgiaFootball players have been arrested in the last year?https://t.co/WFPehoVhgN
— Cody Campbell (@CodyC64) June 8, 2026
I think one can make an argument that Brooks’ post was begging for a response. It was a strong, categorical statement of principle and there was no mistaking at whom it was aimed. And Georgia is a ripe target for allegations of hypocrisy. Admittedly the Bulldogs are no strangers to the police blotter. That’s a whole different discussion which we’ve had on this site for almost two decades.
But here’s the thing. Zachariah Branch standing on a sidewalk smirking lawlessly or Jordan Love misspelling his middle name or any number of Bulldogs driving 87 in a 25 mile per hour zone does not, in any way at all, affect the integrity of the game of college football. It doesn’t call the veracity of the outcomes into question.
Having a compulsive gambler, who has admitted to a voracious gambling habit, on the field directly influencing the outcome of games does. And saying that’s okay opens the door for countless other such players to likewise influence every single game. Or not. We’ll likely never know. And that’s why it’s a major problem.
You may believe that emerging from an alley on a scooter is abhorrent, anti-social behavior. But it doesn’t call the legitimacy of the outcome of the game into question.
That’s the distinction Cody Campbell isn’t making. The one he can’t make. Because admitting that it’s a problem lays bare the fact that he and his fellow power brokers in Lubbock are willing to destroy the integrity of college football in pursuit of a national title they feel they desperately deserve, and which the traditional powers of college football are trying to shut them out of.
I’m not sure why a man with all the things Campbell has still feels such a phenomenal level of grievance. But his swing at Brooks missed the point like a hitter looking for the curve and trying to catch up to a 99 mile an hour fastball. What he and Texas Tech are arguing that the NCAA has to accept would call the outcome of every NCAA sporting event into question. While the folks at the NCAA may not have a lot of integrity generally, they care about at least the appearance of integrity in the games. If you’re a fan of college sports you should too. And that’s why you should side with Josh Brooks in this middle school beef between grown men.
Go ‘Dawgs!!!