The athletic departments for both Georgia and Nebraska have now instructed their coaches not to schedule games against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in any sport, an effort to boycott the school after a stunning ruling in court.
Texas Tech might be the most controversial team in college football at the moment, thanks to a recent ruling on the eligibility case regarding transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby.
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A Texas judge granted Sorsby a temporary inunction to play in 2026, despite being ruled ineligible by the NCAA after admitting to placing roughly 9,000 sports bets totaling roughly $90,000 throughout his college career.
Many of these bets were on his own team while he played for the Indiana Hoosiers. The court determined that barring Sorsby from playing would cause him “probable, imminent and irreparable injury.”
Now, several schools have already opted to boycott Texas Tech across all sports.
“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,” Georgia AD Josh Brooks wrote Monday night.
Additionally, Texas Tech may struggle to schedule games against entire conferences. The Big Ten is planning to discuss a conference-wide boycott of the Red Raiders, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
The Big 12 has already had a conversation among athletic directors to determine the best course of action.
This case has become more than a problem of Texas Tech’s competitive integrity, it now calls into question the amount of power that the NCAA has to combat athletes that blatantly violate one of the most universal rules in sports.
“I’m stunned that there would be a question at the court level that this is acceptable,” Florida AD Scott Stricklin told ESPN. “That’s not a judgment on the young man. It’s just that was a pretty fundamental tenet of American sports, that if you’re going to participate, you can’t gamble, especially on your own team.”
James Parker is a sports writer for Ball Exclusives, follow him on X @TheJames_Parker
