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Texas Tech: The Faces of Desperation

It's sad that it has come to this. But it has.

Texas Tech is doing anything to be relevant. They're desperate, so desperate in fact that it's embarrassing to watch grown men grovel.

Cody Campbell and Joey McGuire are the faces of desperation.

So butthurt are the Red Raiders about getting left in the Big 12 that their administration at every level, from the board of regents, to the president's office, even to the football coach's office, they're all willing to do anything to get anyone to listen to them and regard them as more relevant than they are.

In a flash of showmanship and false bravado, their football coach today asked for Texas to move its game with Texas State from Austin on Sept. 5, and schedule Texas Tech in Dallas instead.

Yet just minutes later, that very same coach tried to convince reporters that his quarterback who gambled on his own team should not incur significant penalties. "Maybe he should get a few games but not a whole year [I am paraphrasing here]," McGuire told reporters.

A sane man's response to such words? Joey McGuire will say anything to anybody if it helps him win a football game. He's a man who knows no bounds.

McGuire is only following the lead of his president at Texas Tech, who days earlier penned a letter to all students and alumni asking for the same thing.

The whole thing is preposterous.

They know it. You know it. We all know it.

If you gamble on your team, you're toast.

As for Campbell, his thumbprints are all over the latest senate legislation. And that legislation attempts to box in Texas and the SEC. Why is Campbell so worried about what's going on in Austin? Does he feel threatened?

Again, it's the move of desperate people. And McGuire and Campbell are the faces of desperation.

Texas Tech is embarrassing itself over and over again.

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TexTheHorn24

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TexTheHorn24

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Just utterly unfathomable that a State institution in Texas is going out on a limb to defend someone who so blatantly, knowingly and heavily bet on his own team which throws everything he did on the field at IU when he played into question 

Alex Butler

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2 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

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The sad truth is that if Tech had removed him from the team for this, supported his recovery efforts, and encouraged him to continue his education they would be a bright spot if college sports and have credibility to move into an even better position nationally as a program. They would also have (and still do but a lot messier now) a great argument to recoup their money from Cincinnati and IU for lack of oversight and potentially liability for failing to report gambling activity and protect a student athlete’s well being. I’m not a lawyer (obviously) but seems like a much better play than what they’re currently doing. 

tommym

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I just cant believe that Tech did not do due diligence in doing a background check on Sorsby. Bobby, Gerry and Coach Shipley brought up good points, a win at all cost. I mean if Tech would be quiet they would be able to sit a the adult table. But, nope they think they have leverage. I wonder if you uncover more info, how bad is really as far as them winning at all cost. Two things in two years will hurt them Sorsby and signing OJO. All that money to the wind.

Little Carmine

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It’s honestly absurd they’re having this debate. Does a pyromaniac not go to jail (suffer the consequences) from arson or should that person be absolved because it’s “compulsive addictive” behavior? Do kleptomaniacs stay out of prison or not get in trouble because they’re addicted to stealing? What an absolute joke. Prosecute this jackass under any portion or stretch of the law that you can, ban him for life from everything. 

Neil Leininger

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6 hours ago, Jester101 said:

According to ESPN, Sorsby placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football as Hoosiers QB. He’s a perfect fit for the Tech program.

Yeah, there is no judge that is going to allow him eligibility.

Nathan B

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"Sorsby said he was unaware of an October 2022 bet on the under for Indiana's quarterback passing yards, nor a September 2023 bet on the under for the first half of a Hoosiers football game."

He was just doing this to motivate the guys! Also, a Sep 2023 would have been the season he played a lot.

Alex Butler

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I have spent a good amount of time in west Texas and around west Texas folks, Tech grads mostly, and they are generally really good hard working honest folks. I really hope the judges in Lubbock look at this kid, the coaches and administrators, agents, and the circus and tell them that regardless of how this may impact a football season they will not ever support an injunction like this. If you bet on your team you’re done, period. Morality from a judge and court, what a novel concept lol. 

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