{"id":6307,"date":"2025-10-16T07:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6307\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:13:40","slug":"big-12-fines-kansas-for-inaccurate-statement-made-by-coach-lance-leipold-about-a-pocketknife-being-thrown-from-the-texas-tech-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6307\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 fines Kansas for ‘inaccurate statement’ made by coach Lance Leipold about a pocketknife being thrown from the Texas Tech stands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big 12 said Kansas coach Lance Leipold made an \u201cinaccurate statement\u201d when he claimed a staffer was hit by a pocketknife<\/a> thrown from the stands during Texas Tech\u2019s home win over KU.<\/p>\n

The conference said it had fined both Texas Tech and Kansas $25,000 following the Red Raiders\u2019 42-17 home victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cTech\u2019s fine is for repeated instances of objects being thrown onto the playing surface, while Kansas has been fined for disparaging comments about the conference and a member institution, and an inaccurate statement regarding a pocketknife by head coach Lance Leipold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leipold said after the game that a staffer had been hit, though he declined to say if the person was injured or not. TV station KCBD in Lubbock<\/a> confirmed that a closed pocketknife had been found on the field during Saturday’s game and that video reviewed from the stadium had been turned into the Big 12.<\/p>\n

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According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, which obtained the review that Tech sent to the Big 12, video footage showed the knife was picked up off the field by a KU player and handed to a staffer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be for safety and things like that, and it\u2019s a culture that\u2019s been accepted to a point and hasn\u2019t changed,\u201d Leipold said about the Big 12\u2019s rule against fans throwing objects on the field and Tech fans\u2019 tradition of throwing tortillas Saturday night. \u201cEventually somebody\u2019s going to be seriously hurt, unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday afternoon, Leipold said he accepted the Big 12’s ruling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI appreciate the Big 12 Conference\u2019s thorough review of events that took place during our game last Saturday at Texas Tech,\u201d Leipold said in a statement. \u201cI accept their findings and ultimate ruling. I had an emotional reaction in the aftermath of the game and acknowledge that I need to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the game, The Lawrence Journal-World<\/a>, citing a KU spokesperson, said that Tech\u2019s second penalty of the game for fans throwing objects onto the field \u201cwas a direct result of the thrown pocketknife\u201d and that the spokesperson said it was a Swiss Army-style knife.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a formal review, Texas Tech did not take sufficient steps to prevent and deter the repeated throwing of objects onto the field and team bench areas,\u201d Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said in a statement. \u201cCoach Leipold\u2019s comments questioned the integrity and professionalism of both the conference and a member institution. Both actions warranted a financial penalty. The Big 12 Conference prioritizes integrity and will have no further comment on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday’s game was the first time Tech had gotten a penalty for fans throwing objects onto the field. With Big 12 rules stipulating that fans get a warning on the first offense, Tech has tried to tell fans to refrain from throwing tortillas after the opening kickoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Big 12 said Kansas coach Lance Leipold made an \u201cinaccurate statement\u201d when he claimed a staffer was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[315,6415,4461,6414,27,29,28,1769],"class_list":["post-6307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-big-12","tag-don-williams","tag-lance-leipold","tag-pocketknife","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}