Gets me fired up in this dead period? Everyone handing the Big 12 to Texas Tech because of this Sorsby mess. I remember the 1994 Southwest Conference days when we had to earn every single snap against Houston and Rice and nobody handeed us a thing. This whole boycott situation with Georgia and Nebraska refusing to play them just shows how broken the system has gotten. A court injunction restoring eligibility and now the whole sport is in chaos. Back in the 80s we settled things on the field, not in a courtroom. The Big 12 is sitting there letting the SEC and Big Ten dictate terms while we are stuck in the middle of this nonsense.
And do not get me started on how this affects us. We have to face a Texas Tech team that might have their star quarterback or might not, nobody knows until some judge decides. The transfer portal already wrecked the continuity of this sport and now we have legal battles determining eligibility. Coach Fran would have told these guys to strap it up and play ball regardless. This whole thing reminds me of the 1998 Sun Bowl season when we just lined up and played football without all this legal maneuvering.
I miss the days when a rivalry game meant something because the players on both sides had been there three or four years. Now we do not even know who will be on the field when we face North Carolina this fall. The sport I grew up watching is gone and this Sorsby situation is just another nail in the coffin.