Kansas players explain handshake snub, late hits on Mayfield

If college football fans were wondering what in the world was going on between Baker Mayfield and his Kansas opponents Saturday, it seems we now have some clarification.

Things got testy between Mayfield and the Jayhawks before the game even began, with Kansas' Joe Dineen apparently snubbing a handshake at the opening coin toss. The junior linebacker explained after the game that his decision was premeditated, according to Jesse Newell of The Kansas City Star.

"Obviously, it wasn't meant to be super disrespectful to them," Dineen said. "It was really just us trying to get our guys motivated and let Oklahoma know that we were there to play.

"He's a talker, and we knew that going in. Our goal was just to try to get him rattled a little bit, get him maybe out of his comfort zone."

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Mayfield was also involved in a pregame helmet-to-helmet exchange with Kansas defensive end Dorance Armstrong, and received multiple late hits throughout the contest. Jayhawks cornerback Hasan Defense, a perpetrator of one of the hits, insisted it was simply a "bonehead play by me," but Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley wasn't exactly convinced.

"(Baker) definitely had a target on him in this game," Riley said. "There was a lot of late stuff with him that they were trying to get accomplished."