{"id":658447,"date":"2026-03-15T23:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/658447\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:43:12","slug":"texas-tech-says-no-to-light-weights-yes-to-torn-rotator-cuffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/658447\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Says No to Light Weights, Yes to Torn Rotator Cuffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sorry about your shoulder exploding, Brendan Sorsby. But we had to teach you to be tough somehow!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>March 15, 2026 4:45 PM EDT\u2022<strong>Updated<\/strong>March 15, 2026 4:45 PM EDT<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"fb\">Facebook<\/li>\n<li class=\"tw\">Twitter<\/li>\n<li class=\"email\">Email<\/li>\n<li class=\"link\">Copy Link<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Those of you that are familiar with my work since joining OutKick last spring are well aware of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/texas-tech-red-raiders-big-12-title-rise-college-football-playoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">how I feel about the Texas Tech Red Raiders<\/a>&#8216; football program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">In my opinion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/next-sleeping-giant-nil-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">they are the next big thing in college football<\/a>, turning a combination of analytics-based roster building and a bottomless pit of money into a perennial CFP juggernaut for the next decade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Or, at least, that&#8217;s what I would be saying if I wasn&#8217;t made aware of a recent development taking place within the strength and conditioning staff in Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">You see, for as analytics-driven as they seem to be at Texas Tech, their S&amp;C department is filled with a bunch of meatheads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;d normally be cool with my strength coaches being a bunch of meatheads (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/your-strength-coach-even-qualified-he-isnt-bleeding-from-his-head\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">they already are<\/a>), but you have to learn where to draw the line, and that line has been trampled over by the Red Raiders this offseason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sweepstakes?cmpid=org=ok::ag=owned::mc=editorial::src=ok_content::cmp=cbb_sweeps::add=cbb_Sweeps_Promotion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Learn More About The Ultimate College Hoops Experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;m not a big fan of places like Planet Fitness being the equivalent of a bunch of weightlifting communists and putting a cap on how heavy their dumbbells are, but the inverse is just as bad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Anyone worth their salt when it comes to weightlifting knows that if you&#8217;re doing lateral raises properly that you can&#8217;t go much heavier than 30lbs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If you start seeing skill players popping up on injury reports next season with torn rotator cuffs, you&#8217;ll know who the culprit is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/betting\/never-too-soon-looking-ahead-8-cfp-title-favorites-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">READ: <strong>Never Too Soon: Looking Ahead To 8 CFP Title Favorites In 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">&#8220;Sorry about your shoulder exploding, Brendan Sorsby. But we had to teach you to be tough somehow!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The commenters on X are letting Texas Tech have it for their weight room omission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Listen, if Joey Swoll, a former D1 quarterback in Malik Zaire, and JJ Freaking Watt are calling you out for your ego lifting practices, it&#8217;s probably a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;m hoping for the sake of every non-defensive lineman&#8217;s shoulders that this is just a social media stunt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If not, then you should probably bet the under on passing yards every game next season until cooler heads prevail in Texas Tech&#8217;s weight room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Nothing like trying to rip an 18-yard comeback off the far hash with a grade three rotator cuff tear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sorry about your shoulder exploding, Brendan Sorsby. 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