This one is odd. But, for Joey McGuire and the Texas Tech Red Raiders, this season just got very, very interesting. If people outside of Lubbock were unhappy with Texas Tech prior to this eligibility decision, I imagine they’re really going to be displeased with the Red Raiders right now.
Because a Texas judge just granted Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction allowing him eligibility to play for the Red Raiders this season. Sorsby was previously deemed to be ineligible to play because of sports gambling.Â
He’s now set to see the field for the Red Raiders this season.Â
Lubbock County District Court Judge Ken Curry has paved the way for Sorsby to be good to go for Texas Tech after the NCAA chose to deem him ineligible after he was gambling on a number of teams, including his own when he was a freshman for the Indiana Hoosiers.Â
Which is a huge deal. That’s a massive problem. But Sorsby was redshirting at the time and wasn’t on the field for the Hoosiers. The NCAA still wasn’t a fan of that and has twice denied Texas Tech’s attempts to get Sorsby eligible.
And Judge Curry chose a different path for this whole saga.
Brendan Sorsby’s legal win over the NCAA is a season-altering decision for Joey McGuire and Texas Tech
For Joey McGuire and the Red Raider football team, this is huge. In theory, this will give Texas Tech exactly what it needs to compete at the highest level this season. Sorsby was a monumental part of Texas Tech’s transfer portal haul and provided the Red Raiders a pretty significant upgrade at quarterback.
Plus, now this really allows the Red Raiders to really focus on focused recovery for Will Hammond Jr., who is working to come back from a season-ending knee injury last year. Texas Tech won’t need to rush him back onto the field. Hammond and the Red Raiders can take that one day at a time.
And that added quarterback depth is huge for this team.Â
The NCAA could still pursue a path of appeals here with another judge in Texas. This may not be over just yet. But, for the moment, the Red Raiders have a win over the NCAA. And that’s significant. It’s going to be controversial and scandalous, and it comes with stipulations that Sorsby continue to seek treatment.Â
That’s something that Texas Tech has already publicly committed to. So, we’ll see where it goes from here. At the minimum, Sorsby will be out for Texas Tech’s first two games of the season. And that might be just it.
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