Kentucky fans rejoice with all of college football as Brendan Sorsby and Texas Tech split

In the NIL era, college athletics across the board have begun catering to contracts and big-money deals. Programs have, in many cases, become pawns for agents to move around on a board that their signed athletes may or may not be entirely caught up on. To say it's a confusing time would hardly cover it.

But even as money gets involved to a ludicrous degree, players cannot - and will never be able to, if I may - bet on their own games. That's an intrusion that, historically and mentally, is impossible to reverse.

That's why Brendan Sorsby planning to play for Texas Tech, in spite of his massive gambling bust, infuriated the college football world. After a while, though, the pressure got overwhelming. And now,per On3 and Pete Nakos, Sorsby and Texas Tech are parting ways. The controversial quarterback will not play college football in the 2026-27 season.

Kentucky fans, despite having nothing to do with Texas Tech or the Big 12, should join the party in celebrating the ultimate defeat of this game-changing story. College football just got a big win.

This news comes just days after it was reported (per ESPN) that coaches and athletic directors were 'disgusted' and 'stunned' with the ruling that initially rendered Sorsby eligible for the incoming season.

Perhaps the Red Raiders didn't expect the national full-court press that would follow Sorsby being legally cleared; of course, that couldn't have been more wrong. It's hard to sweep 9,000 bets totaling at least $90,000 dollars under the rug. Who knew?

Kentucky Fans' Experience

The Big Blue Nation knows well enough what it looks like when a quarterback is taken with money to an alarming degree. Just this past season, transfer signal caller Zach Calzada was in hot water on social media for fanning his cash and bragging to an audience of fans that simply wanted him to play ball.

Calzada was permanently replaced by Cutter Boley under center shortly thereafter, but that's beside the point. With Will Stein now leading the way, Kentucky Football has much bigger fish to fry than disguntled, underperforming quarterbacks.

On this topic specifically, Cats fans have every reason to celebrate the Sorsby conclusion as much as anyone else. It's maybe one of the only times the Kentucky faithful can join together with Louisville, Tennessee, and others in applauding the way this thing went down.

Even if it took far too long and had hit a ridiculous point already, this is a crucial turning point in the long history of college football. We'll keep a pin in the Sorsby/Tech drama one for a long, long time as our beloved sport continues to evolve.

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