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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Who had the best and worst offseasons in college football? Segment: Texas Tech podcast segment **Team-Specific Podcast Notes** - I think that might be something that Texas Tech and Jeffrey Lee Kesler are trying to get done because I also think the NCAA and a lot of people that support the NCA and I would say a lot of conference commissioners, I do think they kind of want to make an example out of Brendan S - but you know, as as Texas Tech has learned, just because the spring portal or the portal's closed and it feels like you've had spring practice and it's just now it's let's cruise until the season begins, the off seasonason still can change. - **Episode:** I think that might be something that Texas Tech and Jeffrey Lee Kesler are trying to get done because I also think the NCAA and a lot of people that support the NCA and I would say a lot of conference commissioners, I do think they kind of want to make an example out of Brendan S - **Episode:** but you know, as as Texas Tech has learned, just because the spring portal or the portal's closed and it feels like you've had spring practice and it's just now it's let's cruise until the season begins, the off seasonason still can change. Transcript excerpt: I mean, the guy is the biggest name in sort of this space when you're talking about athletes eligibility, whether it's NFL, whether it's college football, and he has had a ton of wins against the NCAA. I thought it was interesting. Albert Brerier uh brought something up said this is a a potential plan to try to get a settlement with the NCAA as far as it pertains to eligibility like hey do you really want us to fight this you know and try to take this to the next level or you know as opposed to giving a full year or six games how about you just throw them three games you know just be like send a message give them three games and we'll call it a wash and we'll all move on. I think that might be something that Texas Tech and Jeffrey Lee Kesler are trying to get done because I also think the NCAA and a lot of people that support the NCA and I would say a lot of conference commissioners, I do think they kind of want to make an example out of Brendan Sorsby. So, we don't see this a recurring theme, right? And the N and the NFL when they suspended I think it was Calvin Ridley, they suspended entire season and there were 10 players that was in 2023. It's kind of quieted down from the NFL standpoint of the issues that had cropped up of gambling in the locker rooms. You're not allowed to do at the facility. I do think that and I I don't want to see anybody, you know, careers dashed, but I do wonder if that's what the NCA is looking to use, say, look, this is this is our example. You guys cannot mess around with gambling. You definitely can't mess around and bet on a team that you're on. That's what I'm wondering what the NCAA would even think if they went a little bit lighter on Sorsby and said, "All right, three games or half a season." If they feel like that sends enough of a message. I I I don't know like do they have to, right? Like I I don't know how much leverage he he actually has here. Clearly, he would want that because it would allow him to keep some of the money from Texas Tech, >> right? You know, my my guess is like Texas Tech is smart enough to have some pretty good clawbacks in there if if he's found, you know, for something that's clearly against the rules to be like ineligible by his own doing. You know, I think Texas Tech has been very supportive of him. I think this is Cody Campbell and Texas Tech saying we've invested this much. And it's not just Sorsby. Like again, another season. They have a roster that is pretty expensive and they were close last year. And I I also wonder if there was if there was a spring portal, would they be as aggressive or would they just go shop and get another quarterback? But that's not an option now. So they're really backs against the wall. They've got to do anything they can to try to stay competitive, which is with Brendan Sorsby, you know, as an option at quarterback. that there's also like if you took a six week suspension here, I mean six week suspension, they're very likely to be five and0 or four four in one or five and0. I mean their first five games are Abene, Oregon State, Houston, which is you know potential loss, >> Sam Houston and Colorado. >> Like they're going to roll out there with either Will Hammond assuming he comes back healthy from the ACL or the third string kid from Tulsa, um Francis. and they're they're going to roll the ball out and and and win four of those five easy like no shot of an upset there in in four of those five. Houston obviously in in Levik uh or well AT&T Stadium, excuse me. Uh is is the interesting one. Um like their schedule's very backloaded. So like if you're Texas Tech, like shoot cool. >> I just mention we'll take it. >> I just don't know how much wiggle room they have though. Like >> right >> because this is not like an eligibility case. It's not some kind of like labor law thing where there's, you know, you can just really hammer them over the head with that kind of crap as they have done for years. This is like a pretty cut and dry. Hey, if this is part of the deal, if you're going to play, you can't gamble on your team or the other teams or any of this. And they have a whole lot of receipts with apparently thousands upon thousands of bets that show some of them he was gambling on his team and he's not really trying to hide it. I I feel like they could try to get a shorter suspension, but I also wonder if they even have a realistic shot at it. I think >> I don't know what leverage they have. Like if I'm Texas Tech, I'm probably more worried about just protecting myself and getting some of that money back, but I don't I don't blame them for supporting them because they have put money in them. Um, speaking of money and people getting a lot of it, another story from over the weekend, the Big 10 distributed a record 1.37 billion dollars to its 18 schools. I'm going to repeat that again. That is uh that is a jump from last year which was 883 million. So from that aspect, if you're wondering why the Big 10 added Oregon, Washington, USC, and UCLA, there you go. Of the schools, it's important to remember that not everybody's getting a full share. And based on like television ratings and all that kind of stuff, bonuses, Ohio State, you'll be shocked to learn, got the most because they definitely need it. They got 91.6 million. Penn State got 89 million and pretty much everybody else was between 76 and 80 million except for Oregon and Washington. Oregon got 48.4, Washington got 46.7, and so did you. >> CBS Sports HQ, streaming free 24/7. >> All right, welcome back everybody. Uh, as I mentioned earlier, we are still 117 days away from the very first game of the season. But but you know, as as Texas Tech has learned, just because the spring portal or the portal's closed and it feels like you've had spring practice and it's just now it's let's cruise until the season begins, the off seasonason still can change. But for the most part, I think the turnover has finished. So, we're going to rank who's had the best a