Oklahoma AG calls on Big 12 to suspend Texas Tech QB Sorsby - ESPN

As the Big 12 continues to consider actions against Texas Tech and quarterback Brendan Sorsby, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is calling on the conference to suspend Sorsby.

In a letter sent to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and board chairman Douglas Girod on Friday, Drummond supported the conference's ability to sanction Texas Tech and Sorsby and recommended the Big 12 take action, rejecting recent threats from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that the conference cannot do so as «meritless» and «facially absurd.»

"[Texas Tech's] actions in obtaining eligibility for Brendan Sorsby — an athlete the NCAA declared permanently ineligible for extensive wagering on college sports, including games involving his own team — have constituted a shameful chapter in the story of college football," Drummond wrote. «Texas Tech has acted in a manner adverse to the Big 12 and the integrity of college football as a whole.»

Drummond argued that the preliminary injunction Sorsby obtained in Lubbock district court Monday applies only to the NCAA and should not impede the Big 12 from suspending the quarterback, noting that the conference was not a party to that proceeding and can enforce its own bylaws.

"[Texas Tech] has shirked responsibility by running with a bogus claim to a friendly court," Drummond wrote. «Its leadership has prioritized winning over sport, over honor and over integrity. If Texas Tech will not do the right thing, the Big 12 should. Texas Tech should be sanctioned.»

The Big 12's executive board met Thursday to continue discussions about responding to Sorsby being cleared by a judge to play for Texas Tech this season despite placing thousands of impermissible bets on college and professional sports over the