For the most part, the Texas Longhorns and head coach Steve Sarkisian have remained quiet amid the controversy unfolding in Lubbock as Texas Tech's expected starting quarterback, Brendan Sorsby, admitted to struggling with a gambling addiction and betting on college football, including his own teams.
Despite Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire focusing a lot of his public comments on a self-created challenge with the Longhorns, Sarkisian has stayed in his own lane until now.
While on Kay Adams' Up & Adams show, which covers sports across the board, Sarkisian seemingly couldn't resist getting a dig in at the Red Raiders and the undeniable mess that continues to unfold for Texas Tech.
"[With] the way these injunctions are going, Pat Mahomes might be playing quarterback for Texas Tech again before Joey's done," Sarkisian said as he ended his segment on the show.
Steve Sarkisian signed off his @UpAndAdamsShow appearance with a zinger: "(With) the way these injunctions are going, Pat Mahomes might be playing quarterback for Texas Tech again before Joey's done." #HookEm
— Danny Davis (@_dannydavis) June 15, 2026
Of course, three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Patrick Mahomes played college football for the Red Raiders... a decade ago. He, just like every other former college player who declares for the NFL Draft, relinquished the remainder of his collegiate eligibility before being selected 10th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016.
Patrick Mahomes has as much eligibility as Brendan Sorsby, according to NCAA rules
So, when it comes down to it, Mahomes can't play college football anymore, but technically speaking, neither can Sorsby, receiving a ruling from the NCAA that his eligiblity had been voided due to his sports gambling going directly against the governing body's rules on the matter.
Between injunctions filed by Sorsby's legal team, the Texas Tech Red Raiders backing their quarterback, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defending the Red Raiders, and the Big 12 filing a legal complaint against Texas Tech, a member of its own conference, the drama has been unending for the team in the panhandle.
The NCAA even denied Texas Tech's appeal for reinstatement in May. Yet, the Red Raiders, McGuire, Paxton, and Chairman of the Board of Regents Cody Campbell have refused to back down from the fight that they seemingly created themselves, ignoring the NCAA ruling.
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Of course, the injunction that the quarterback's legal team filed was granted by a Texas court of appeals, and it gave Sorsby a minimal two-game suspension for the upcoming season.
However, with Big 12 teams threatening to forfeit their games against the Red Raiders, and the conference itself threatening to withhold revenue shares and ban Texas Tech from postseason participation, things might not be as easy as the injunction initially made it seem.
The biggest theme that has risen out of the Sorsby saga has been people questioning the point of the NCAA having its own rules if it can't, or won't, put its foot down and actually enforce them. Maybe, hopefully, the Big 12's complaint will force the NCAA's hand, and the collegiate sports governing body will actually have to lay down the law.
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