Overview

• Texas Tech was fined for repeated instances of objects thrown onto the field, while Kansas was fined for disparaging comments and an inaccurate pocketknife claim by coach Lance Leipold.
• Game officials assessed two 15-yard penalties to Texas Tech during the Oct. 11 contest under the league’s tightened enforcement policy.
• Texas Tech reported a closed pocketknife found on the Kansas sideline, turned it over to campus police, and provided game video to the Big 12.
• League-reviewed footage did not support the allegation that a knife was thrown from the stands or hit staff, showing instead a KU athlete picking up the knife and handing it to a staffer.
• Leipold apologized and accepted the ruling, and the conference characterized the fines as sportsmanship enforcement with no further comment planned.