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The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

The latest on Brendan Sorsby, and where Texas Tech goes from here

The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

The Athletic

Sec, News, Sports News, Football, College Football, Cfb, Big Ten, Sports

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The dust on the Brendan Sorsby gambling scandal isn't going to settle any time soon, even if Texas Tech realistically needs to start planning for a 2026 season without it's greatest get in the transfer portal. On this episode of The Audible, senior writer Justin Williams joins Bruce Feldman and Ralph Russo to bring us up-to-the-minute on where things stand with Sorsby. Then, Bruce and Ralph consider how Sorsby and Texas Tech might turn the page. After that, the guys discuss the latest on the 5-in-5 proposal and open up the mailbag.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the latest edition of The Audible, presented by Trader Joe's.

0:07.3

I am Bruce Feldman, joined, as always, by my colleagues from the athletic.

0:11.6

Ralph Rousseau, this is not Stu Mandel, but it's actually Ralph's favorite colleague from Cincinnati.

0:17.6

And it ain't Stu.

0:18.2

This is Justin Williams.

0:20.1

Justin is more plugged in on the Brendan

0:23.1

Sorsby case than anybody we got. We're going to get into that in a minute. A little later,

0:28.8

we're going to get into the mailbag, some good questions this week. Ralph, before we taped on Monday,

0:35.2

the Texas Tech story exploded with Brendan Sorsby. And we touched on it a little bit.

0:42.4

We're going to get into a lot more detail. Justin's written some really, really good stuff coming

0:47.0

off it. Justin, thanks for joining us on the audibles today. I appreciate you having me.

0:51.7

I appreciate filling in for the Cincinnati contingent.

0:55.0

Yeah, Justin, so like I think... Little shoes to fill.

0:57.8

I think the easiest way to do this is basically just like tee up on like, where do things stand with the Brendan Sorsby case after we found out on Monday that he was basically checking in to rehab for gambling addiction.

1:13.5

And the NCAA was investigating that for possible violations that could really cost him and

1:20.0

Texas Tech their quarterback for the season.

1:22.9

Yeah, I think what we know is that things are not necessarily looking great for Brendan Sorsby or Texas

1:29.7

Tech as they stand, but we don't have any kind of definitive answers or outcomes on a lot of topics.

1:36.1

You know, as far as the NCAA investigation, you know, Ralph, you were part of this as well,

1:40.1

but the athletics reported, other outlets have reported that the NCAA is investigating Soresby for his gambling.

1:46.1

I think the interesting question there is how will him going into a treatment facility, a residential treatment program, impact the investigation?

1:54.7

Generally, the NCA would want to speak with Brendan Sorsby before making a final ruling on the matter.

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