Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond urged the Big 12 to suspend Brendan Sorsby as pressure grows on Texas Tech over its quarterback controversy.
The Brendan Sorsby controversy just turned into a full-blown Big 12 power fight.
Texas Tech’s transfer quarterback is already at the center of one of the messiest college football stories of the offseason, and now Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing the conference to step in.
In a letter to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and board chairman Douglas Girod, Drummond called for the league to suspend Sorsby and sanction Texas Tech.
Drummond ripped Texas Tech’s handling of the situation, arguing the school has damaged the Big 12 and the broader integrity of college football by backing Sorsby after the NCAA declared him permanently ineligible.
Sorsby’s case involves thousands of impermissible wagers on college and professional sports over four years, including bets tied to games involving his own team.
Texas Tech has defended its support of Sorsby, pointing to his gambling addiction diagnosis, treatment plan and a Texas court ruling that granted him a temporary injunction.
That injunction allows Sorsby to practice and play this fall after serving a two-game suspension while the NCAA appeals.
But Drummond says the court order doesn’t handcuff the Big 12 because the conference wasn’t part of that legal proceeding.
His argument is simple ... the NCAA may be blocked for now, but the Big 12 can still enforce its own bylaws.
“If Texas Tech will not do the right thing, the Big 12 should,” Drummond wrote.
That line lands hard because this fight is no longer just about one quarterback. It’s about who controls discipline in modern college sports - courts, conferences, schools or the NCAA.
The Big 12 has already been discussing its options.
The league’s executive board met Thursday, and Yormark is expected to meet with Big 12 presidents and chancellors Monday.
The other 15 Big 12 schools have reportedly opposed Texas Tech playing Sorsby this season.
Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has warned the conference against punishing Texas Tech, arguing that sanctions could create legal exposure for the league.
Drummond dismissed that stance, calling the threat weak and arguing the Big 12 has the contractual authority to police its own membership.
That sets up a nasty legal and political collision.
Texas Tech says it’s standing by a student-athlete in recovery. Critics say the school is trying to win with a quarterback the NCAA already banned.
Either way, the Sorsby story isn’t fading. It’s getting louder.
