Kansas Players Explain Why They Refused To Shake Baker Mayfield’s Hand Before Game

Over the weekend, things got pretty heated between Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield and the Kansas Jayhawks after Kansas’s captains decided not to shake Mayfield’s hand before the game.

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This led to Mayfield talking trash to the entire Jayhawks team throughout game.

Mayfield’s escalated when hey made an obscene gesture directed at the Jayhawks bench.

Kansas linebacker Joe Dineen explained exactly why his team decided not to shake hands with Mayfield before the game.

Via KansasCity.com

Dineen explained it this way: His teammates talked about it just before the game. They thought it would inspire teammates. They believed it would be a sign of KU standing its ground.

“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.”

There was something else to it, though. KU players knew Mayfield’s short-fuse reputation, which also was a factor.
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“He’s a talker, and we knew that going in,” Dineen said. “Our goal was just to try to get him rattled a little bit, get him maybe out of his comfort zone.”

While the Jayhawks may have gotten under Mayfield’s skin with their handshake snub that didn’t stop the Heisman front runner from absolutely crushing the Jayhawks when he finished the game with 257 yards on 20-of-30 passing in a dominant 41-3.

Mayfield was however forced to apologize for grabbing his crotch and has now been suspended for the first snap of Oklahoma’s upcoming game.