Oct 16, 2025
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The Big 12 fined Kansas and Texas Tech $25,000 each Wednesday for the controversy's impact on fan behavior during Saturday's game.
The Big 12 fined Kansas and Texas Tech $25,000 each on Wednesday for a 42-17 loss in Lubbock on Saturday.
Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold also apologized for his comments after Wednesday's game.
Texas tech has been criticized twice for fans throwing balls onto the field during games, an old practice that the Big 12 prohibits before the season.
John T. Leipold and Raiders coach Jay McGuire made a postgame Hall of Fame appearance at Stadium City.In a postgame video, McGuire asked Leipold, "Coach, there's nothing I can do about this. Do you want me to do something about this?"
In response, Lepipod complained that the staff should do better, but said that the song was forced to go and get the flag.He also said the film was a hit with Kansas workers.
"A pocketknife was thrown and one of our staff was hit," Leipold said after the game. "It's ridiculous. It's supposed to be for safety and things like that, and it's a culture that's accepted and hasn't changed. Eventually, unfortunately, somebody's going to get seriously hurt."
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The video clip from the Texas Tech raises questions about whether the initial pocket fumes were from someone on the edge of Kansas.The video shows a Kansas player arriving to pick up a closed pocket on the field near the 38 yards line and give it to a member of the offensive staff.
The employee handed the pocket knife to Leibold, who took it to game officials.Texas Tech was penalized 15 yards for throwing objects on the field.
"We believe this video clearly shows where the pocket knife came from, disproving any claims that it could have been thrown from the stands and certainly makes it clear that it did not hit any KU personnel on the sideline," Hocutt wrote.
The Big 12 said Tech was fined for throwing objects on the playing surface, while Kansas was fined for offensive comments about the conference and an inaccurate statement about head coach Lance Lippold's pocket knife.
"Following an official review, Texas Tech did not take sufficient steps to prevent repeated throws on the field and in the team's bench areas," Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yarmark said.
Kansas issued a statement expressing regret for Leipold's "reactionary response.
"I appreciate the Big 12 Conference's thorough review of the events that occurred in our game last Saturday at Texas Tech. I accept their findings and final decision," Leipold said in a statement.
Jayhawks athletic director Travis Goff said Leipold should have handled the situation differently.
"Coach Lippold should not have addressed this issue publicly," he said.
The 12 major league managers who vote in August to strengthen the League's debt by throwing things on the field.Teams were symbolic of the first two violations, followed by 15-court penalties.Texby hotect's kict hocut was making the votes 15-1;Red fans have lost metal from the stands of the 1990s.
However, Tech coach Joey McGwire is frustrated that fans continue to cause problems for his team.Tech is trying to start a new tradition of only tossing tortillas on kickoff.
"We've got a new rule in this league, and we know the law is complete, and we didn't follow it and we got a penalty Saturday night for the spot Lepat wrote."He was disappointed on that side, and we have to get better. We have to do our best, and we will."
He encouraged Red Raiders fans to play by the rules and questioned how they could want to pay their team penalty yards.
"If you come to the game and you love this team and you're passionate about this team, but you're going to throw another tortilla?"McGuire said."And you know that's against the rules?"
's Max Olson contributed to this report.
