Will Cincinnati face him for the Homecoming battle?
Texas Tech football player Brendan Sorsby reacts to a play during a Big 12 Conference men's basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in United Supermarkets Arena.
| Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Imageslawsuit against the NCAA to play for Texas Tech this coming season. Sorsby's injunction has been granted, and he will now look to continue his college career at Texas Techthe judge stated Sorsby would "suffer a probable, imminent and irreparable injury" if he weren't allowed to play. It was Sorsby's last-ditch effort to play on a multi-million dollar deal for the Red Raiders during his final season of eligibility.
Alas, his gambling infractions weren't too much for the judge to realistically think he would win a case against the NCAA in open court to keep his playing eligibility. That benefit of the doubt was founded in the judge's eyes, and Sorsby will now play this season while the NCAA goes through another court battle.
"I began placing small bets on the Indiana football team, typically in amounts between $5 and $50,” he wrote in a statement last month. “All of these bets were in support of Indiana. In other words, I placed bets on Indiana to win a game or score more than a certain number of points or for the quarterback to throw for more than a certain number of touchdowns or yards.
”Nov 29, 2025; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brendan Sorsby throws the ball during the game between the Horned Frogs and the Bearcats at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Sorsby's filing, made in district court in Lubbock County, Texas, dialed into the NCAA's "deeply hypocritical" position on gambling and a "wholesale abandonment of its obligations and duties to promote the well-being" of Sorsby.
He hired big-name attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Scott Tompsett as part of his legal team, stating he would be "irreparably harmed" if the injunction isn't granted.can play while this is all finalized in court. It marks the first time in the history of American college sports that a player is allowed to keep playing after admitting to betting on their own team.
"The Association's sports betting rules are clear, as are the reinstatement conditions," an NCAA statement noted last month. "When it comes to betting on one's own team, these rules must be enforced in every case for the simple reason that the integrity of the game is at risk. Every sports league has these protections in place, and the NCAA will continue to apply them equally because every student-athlete competing deserves to know they're playing a fair game.
" Sorsby was Cincinnati's best player this past season and is now trying to make another statement against them in a Homecoming battle at UC in late October. He ranked 11th nationally in ESPN QBR this past season after posting 36 total scores and 3,380 total yards.for the latest news, breakdowns, and so much more. Be sure to check out our YouTube page as well, starting with the video below.
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