We’re hearing an awful lot of talk the past several days concerning the behavior of both athletes and the fans who claim to be supporters of those athletes.

The New York Knicks (with the help of a top notch choke job by San Antonio) came from 29 points behind in the second half Wednesday night to beat the Spurs 107-106.  It was a mesmerizing comeback for the Knicks with an “out of nowhere” tip-in sealing the win with 1.2 seconds remaining.

The Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.

New York hasn’t won an NBA title since 1973.  They now have a 3-1 lead over San Antonio in this best-of-seven series.  The Spurs will host Game 5 on Saturday night at 7:30PM on ABC.

That’s the good news.

Taylor Swift, Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld and a host of celebrities partied inside Madison Square Garden.  Meanwhile, thousands of loco locals took to the streets of New York City to cheer and, sadly, cause significant property damage following the game.

Remember – this was just Game 4.

The Knicks haven’t won anything yet.

San Antonio center Victor Wembanyama had eggs thrown at him while walking into the team’s hotel following the game.

He said, “I mean, we can’t forget it’s a game.  And I’m all for passion, but to the respect of each other.  It’s unacceptable”.

There were 56 arrests in New York related to outdoor crowd antics following Wednesday night’s NBA Finals game.

You have to believe that the crazies are just warming up.

One way or the other, New York fans are likely to tear-up Manhattan whether the Knicks win OR lose this series

The city of New York hasn’t won a major sports title in 15 years since the NFL’s New York Giants won the 2011 Super Bowl.  Sports fans in America’s largest city are enthralled by the playoff run of the New York Knicks basketball team.

A combination of youthful enthusiasm, excessive alcoholic refreshments, and a faction of seasoned troublemakers could, quite literally, set New York on fire in the next week.

Jubilant fans will likely turn cars upside down and do massive property damage in Manhattan if the Knicks should close out this series in Game 5 Saturday night in San Antonio.

Can you imagine the property damage the Knicks Knuckleheads might do if their NBA team should somehow blow a 3-1 series and lose in San Antonio in Game 7 next Friday night?

If this series should go to seven games, building owners in downtown Manhattan should board-up their windows prior to next Friday (if they aren’t already doing so today).

Meanwhile, in Lubbock, Texas…

The legal and moral issues surrounding Texas Tech’s $5 million transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby boiled over this week.

In a nutshell, the former University of Cincinnati QB has admitted that he bet more than $90,000 on college football games (and on most every other sport) during his first four years in college.

He even bet on his own team at the time (Indiana) to win on more than one occasion while riding the bench as a back-up quarterback for the Hoosiers.

The NCAA recently ruled Brendan Sorsby ineligible to play college football this fall due to violating a number of collegiate rules concerning gambling.

The young man voluntarily entered and has completed a gambling addiction treatment program in recent months.

After the NCAA made him ineligible to play college football this fall, Sorsby sued the NCAA in an effort to regain his final year of eligibility (and the $5 million NIL money).

In a surprising ruling earlier this week, a Texas judge granted Brendan Sorsby an injunction which will allow the transfer quarterback to suit-up for the Texas Tech Red Raiders this fall.

Even more ironic, the 99th District Court in Lubbock County, Texas (where every judge is a graduate of Texas Tech Law School) scheduled the actual trial to hear Sorsby’s case on February 8, 2027.  That would be a few weeks following the upcoming season’s college football championship game.

As NBC Saturday Night Live’s legendary Church Lady might say, “How conveeeeenient?”

Most rational sports fans expected that Brendan Sorsby would lose this week’s legal skirmish.  As a consolation prize, the quarterback is still eligible to enter the NFL after playing last season for the University of Cincinnati.

The NFL will hold its annual Supplemental draft in August.

Sorsby must declare his intention to enter that Supplemental draft by June 22.  The talented college quarterback is likely to find a pro football team willing to take a chance on him this fall.

While many in the Texas panhandle celebrated this week’s legal outcomes, the majority of other major college sports programs are angry and/or in a state of shock.

Athletic directors at major universities such as Georgia and Ohio State have advised their departments to not schedule any future games (in any sport) against Texas Tech.

The board of directors for the Big 12 Conference (home of Texas Tech) will hold a conference call on this subject this coming Monday, June 15.  Big 12 members such as TCU and Kansas State have voiced the possibility that their schools might decline playing football against Texas Tech this fall if Sorsby participates.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (who is running for the US Senate in November) decided to weigh in on the Brendan Sorsby matter Thursday.

He warned Big 12 Conference leaders from taking any legal action against Texas Tech or be sued by the state of Texas (reminder – Texas Tech is a public university).

Not be outdone, the state of Oklahoma’s Attorney General called-out Texas AG Ken Paxton on Friday.  The Oklahoma AG wants the Big 12 Conference to immediately and permanently suspend Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby for gambling violations.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said that the Big 12 Conference was not a party to the Sorsby vs. NCAA proceedings.  The league should send a message to college sports by suspending Sorsby for the upcoming season.

“It’s leadership (Texas Tech) has prioritized winning over sport, over honor and integrity. If Texas Tech will not do the right thing, the Big 12 should,” said Drummond.

Meanwhile, Fort Worth energy billionaire Cody Campbell (a Texas Tech alumnus) is fully supporting the legal position of Sorsby and his alma mater.

Campbell gives millions to the university and its athletic programs annually.  The school’s athletics department can pay for the best lawyers money can buy.

SwampSwami believes that Brendan Sorsby should consider moving on to the NFL for a different (but very good) reason

Texas Tech’s transfer quarterback will become the biggest target of every defensive football player in college football this fall.  Every school which plays football against the Red Raiders in 2026 will focus on ending Sorsby’s season on the field.

Bounties are not legal or ethical.  That said, the player who ends Brendan Sorsby’s college football career will be long remembered.

The Sorsby Circus is bringing the worst type of spotlight to Texas Tech University’s football program along with the entire athletics department at the school.

Like it or not, Texas Tech is now wearing a villain’s (red and) black hat due to the school’s vigorous defense of an expensive transfer quarterback who admittedly violated NCAA rules on gambling.

Don’t forget.  There is one person who can quickly put an end to this mess

Brendan Sorsby made many mistakes over the past several years.  He has admitted to having a serious gambling addiction.  He entered and completed a treatment program and is hopefully on the right track.

As the public focuses on Sorsby, there are countless other college athletes in the same boat.  We just haven’t heard their names yet.

This young man accepted an NIL offer of $5 million to transfer to Texas Tech to utilize his final year of college eligibility.  That large sum of money is much higher than Sorsby would have earned as a middle-round draft pick in April’s NFL draft.

Texas Tech made it into the College Football Playoffs last year for the first time in school history.  The West Texas school is excited about its chances to make it that far again this year, too.

Did you know that there are five other quarterbacks on the Texas Tech football roster today?  Brendan Sorsby is the most experienced, but the Red Raiders do have a number of other options available at their quarterback position.

The June 22 deadline to enter the NFL’s Supplemental draft is a little more than one week away.

Brendan Sorsby could announce that he is moving into the NFL.  That would end all of the bickering surrounding his college playing status this fall.

There is also a chance that Texas Tech – without Sorsby – still might have an outstanding year with one of those five other quarterbacks emerging to lead the Red Raiders football team this season.

Now, wouldn’t that be interesting?

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