A documentary crew for Paramount followed the Texas Tech football team the past nine months, and now Red Raider fans can see what they got out of it."The Program" officially launched on Paramount+ on Friday, Sept. 4, a four-part docuseries taking you inside the whirlwind offseason for the Red Raiders. There's plenty to digest, some of which may be difficult for Texas Tech fans to relive so close to the start of the 2026 season.Here are some of the most notable things that appear in the series, and whether or not this was a good idea in the long run for Texas Tech.Synopsis of Texas Tech football documentary on Paramount+Dennis Quaid narrates the series, and the intro has very strong "Friday Night Lights" inspiration.The first episode sets up the narrative, recapping Tech's ascent to its current position and introducing us to some of the central figures, such as Ben Roberts, Terrance Carter Jr. and, of course, Brendan Sorsby. It ends with a teaser about Sorsby being sued by Cincinnati for $1 million. with KAMC journalist David Collier sharing the news on television.The midway point takes us through Texas Tech's spring game, the second episode ending with Joey McGuire informing the team of Sorsby being investigated for gambling. We also see the defensive linemen getting their first cowboy outfits and hitting the rodeo.We get a shift in tone as the Sorsby situation unfolds in Episode 3, seeing Will Hammond work out with personal trainer Jeff Christensen as he rehabs from his ACL tear while Ben Roberts copes with being a captain in a difficult time for the program. Sorsby gets granted his injunction to close it.The finale (which I viewed an unfinalized copy of) is quick to move past Sorsby. The first 10 minutes or so take us very, very briefly through the backlash Texas Tech faced before it and Sorsby decided to cut ties. The final 30 minutes are about picking up the pieces, leaning into Hammond and getting ready for the season. We do see Sorsby make an appearance at Tech's practice late in fall camp.Brendan Sorsby speaks on gambling addictionSorsby is featured throughout the documentary, obviously, but the part everyone is looking for comes at the start of Episode 4, where the director (off camera) asks Sorsby to detail his relationship with gambling. Sorsby's sporting a haircut, talking about his past and what led to everything.Part of the argument Texas Tech and Sorsby initially made was that Sorsby hadn't done any betting when he got to Lubbock. Sorsby himself has proven that wrong, saying he did it anyway, even though he made more money than he ever has.Sorsby did acknowledge putting his now-former teammates in a negative light with the entire situation. Sorsby said he and McGuire shared tears in the coach's office when the decision was made to leave the team, after the Big 12 Conference sued Texas Tech to enforce punishments for potentially playing Sorsby.Other random observations from the Texas Tech football documentaryAside from Brendan Sorsby, the first Texas Tech player to be shown in an interview is freshman running back Ashton Rowden. Did not expect that.Most of the reporting around Sorsby's NIL deal with Texas Tech said it was worth $5 million. Our intrepid narrator Mr. Quaid said $4 million. So were those reports wrong? Nah, that's impossible.Julien Laventure is Django now. He said it, so it's facts.Shoutout to Zane Perry for getting some screen time as well.Terrance Carter is a man who loves a good mani-pedi.Was this documentary a good idea for Texas Tech football?There probably isn't one answer that's going to cover it all. When Paramount started filming this thing in January, it seemed like a run-of-the-mill "here's a look inside this team" sort of thing. Then the Sorsby saga unfolded, which had to have the Paramount execs salivating because, quite frankly, it would've been pretty boring without it.I'm a sucker for a good documentary that's done well and tells a full story. The issues, to me, come when it's clearly made with direct input from the subject, the quid pro quo of "I'll do it if this isn't included" and the like. "The Last Dance" was made because Michael Jordan allowed it to be made. "Swamp Kings" seemed to leave out the whole Aaron Hernandez thing. This doc does similarly by leaving out a ton of the minutiae which came with the Sorsby saga, especially in the eight-day period from when he received the injunction to when he left the team for good. I get there's only so much time, but it really does not paint an adequate picture of just how toxic things got in that timeframe.This isn't to say Texas Tech told the doc makers what to include and what to leave out. I'm not making that accusation. But the major driving point of the doc is missing some key chunks that would've actually added more to Cody Campbell's line about retribution to the rest of the country.In the long run, I think this is more of a net-netural. Texas Tech suddenly isn't going to become a fan favorite, and those who already don't like Texas Tech aren't getting more ammunition from what came out.This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Brendan Sorsby speaks, other takeaways from Texas Tech football documentary