Kansas football coach Lance Leipold reacts to targeting call vs OSU

LAWRENCE — On Saturday, at first, it looked like Kansas football’s defense forced a turnover on an Oklahoma State drive late in the fourth quar ter.

Jayhawks cornerback Syeed Gibbs sacked OSU quarterback Banks Bowen and forced a fumble. Defensive lineman Gage Keys recovered it. At that point, all KU would need to do is send out its offense and try to run out what was left of the clock.

But then came a review of the play to assess whether Gibbs had committed targeting while delivering a punishing hit on Bowen. Then came the call that Gibbs, in fact, committed a targeting penalty. And not only was Gibbs disqualified for the rest of the game, but the Cowboys were able to continue their drive and ultimately score another touchdown.

The score itself didn’t significantly impact the outc