The pocketknife controversy stemming from Texas Tech\u2019s game against Kansas on Saturday has a ruling \u2014 and it involves the Jayhawks getting fined, too.<\/p>\n
Kansas was docked $25,000 by the Big 12 after video submitted by the Red Raiders appeared to show a Jayhawks player picking up the pocketknife off the sideline and handing it to a staffer, seemingly squashing the allegation made by Kansas head coach Lance Leipold that a fan threw the knife during the third quarter.<\/p>\n
A pocketknife appeared to be dropped on the Kansas sideline during the Jayhawks\u2019 Oct. 11 game against Texas Tech. KCBD<\/p>\n
The pocketknife is pictured on the Kansas sideline during the Jayhawks\u2019 game against Texas Tech on Oct. 11. KCBD<\/p>\n
Texas Tech director of athletics Kirby Hocutt wrote in a letter to the conference that the Kansas sideline didn\u2019t react as if a pocketknife was thrown, according to KCBD<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Jayhawks, according to a Big 12 statement<\/a>, received the fine due to \u201cdisparaging comments about the Conference and a member institution, and an inaccurate statement regarding a pocketknife by head coach Lance Leipold.\u201d<\/p>\n Here is the video of the knife incident during the Kansas \u2013 Texas Tech game. <\/p>\n Someone on Kansas\u2019 staff intentionally drops a knife. Then another staff member picks it up seconds later. <\/p>\n Kansas got off easy with a $25,000 fine. This is defamation towards Texas Tech and the Big\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Yg7A2Jd2as<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MA\u0166ADOR KINGDOM (@MatadorKingdom) October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Texas Tech was also fined $25,000 for \u201crepeated instances of objects being thrown onto the playing surface,\u201d with tortillas \u2014 a tradition at the university dating back to the 1990s \u2014 being hurled toward the field multiple times, according to The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Kansas player appeared to pick up the pocketknife on the sideline during its Oct. 11 game against Texas Tech. KCBD<\/p>\n A player appeared to pick up the pocketknife on the sideline during Kansas\u2019 Oct. 11 game against Texas Tech. KCBD<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Leipold\u2019s comments questioned the integrity and professionalism of both the Conference and a member institution,\u201d Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said in the statement. \u201cBoth actions warranted a financial penalty. The Big 12 Conference prioritizes integrity and will have no further comment on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n In the immediate aftermath of Texas Tech\u2019s 42-17 home win in Lubbock, Leipold blasted the alleged incident as \u201cridiculous\u201d and the \u201cculture that\u2019s been accepted to a point.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt hasn\u2019t changed,\u201d Leipold said during his press conference, \u201cand eventually someone is going to be seriously hurt unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n A pocketknife appeared to be dropped on the Kansas sideline during the Jayhawks\u2019 Oct. 11 game. KCBD<\/p>\n Leipold said in a statement Wednesday that \u201cI had an emotional reaction in the aftermath of the game and acknowledge that I need to be better,\u201d while Jayhawks director of athletics and vice chancellor Travis Goff acknowledged the incident should have been handled privately instead of Leipold commenting publicly.<\/p>\n Lance Leipold and Joey McGuire talk on the sideline after the Oct. 11 game between Kansas and Texas Tech. AP<\/p>\n Texas Tech received two penalties during the game for objects being thrown onto the field.<\/p>\n The Red Raiders moved to 6-0 with the victory and now sit No. 7 in the AP Top 25 entering its game against Arizona State on Saturday, while Kansas \u2014 which dropped to 4-3 after the loss \u2014 hosts Kansas State.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t