Kirk Herbstreit Is 'Sickened' By What's Happening To College Football

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Kirk Herbstreit isn't a fan of what he's seeing in college football today.

The ESPN college football analyst, who also covers the NFL for Amazon Prime, is sounding off on the current state of the sport. In particular, Herbstreit can't believe what's happening at Texas Tech with quarterback Brendan Sorsby.

Sorsby allegedly made several bets on the college football teams he was playing on before transferring to Texas Tech, where he's reportedly being paid $5 million. Sorsby has since been declared eligible for the 2026 season, receiving an injunction from a judge, that will allow him to play after serving a two-game suspension.

Herbstreit, arguably the top voice in all of college football, is sounding off on the situation. He made it clear that he does not agree with this.

During an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show on Friday, Herbstreit made it clear that he is "sickened" by what's happening to the sport he loves.

Herbstreit sounds off on state of college football

Herbstreit didn't hold back.

“It’s sickening that if you don’t hear what you like, you can just go to your local judge and find the answer that you want,” he said. “I just don’t know where this ends. If this is where we are right now, pretty much you can do whatever the hell you want to do in this sport, and if anybody says anything, just find a local judge to tell you the answer you want to get.”

Herbstreit thinks there could be serious bias.

“I think the biggest thing for me, and I think for all of us that follow college football, is who’s the governing body over the sport, and what power does that governing body have, if any?” Herbstreit explained. “The NCAA, when they found out about this, they ruled him ineligible. And like we’ve seen in many other cases, when somebody finds out that the NCAA didn’t give them the answer they want, they go, ‘OK, no problem. We’re just going to go to our local jurisdiction, local judge, and finds out if we can make this happen.'”

He thinks the kids are hurt, too.

“We’re not preparing these kids for real life,” he said. “I think we’re all OK with them making money, but I think the concern is where this is heading five years from now, ten years from now, with, I think, there’s going to be a lot of issues with these guys when that bag doesn’t keep coming, and they have to go get a job. And what do you do now?”

This story was originally published by The Spun on Jun 14, 2026, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

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