Lebby — Baylor’s passing game coordinator, running backs coach and offensive recruiting coordinator — stood on Tulsa’s sideline for at least one quarter of the Sooners’ 52-38 win Saturday on Owen Field. The OU graduate and former OU student assistant coach was in town for a wedding and stopped by the game with his wife to visit friends.

Whatever you want to call it, Baylor assistant coach Jeff Lebby’s presence on the Tulsa sideline at Saturday’s game is a clear violation of NCAA bylaw 11.6.1, which prohibits “off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents.”

First-year Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery was previously Baylor’s offensive coordinator. The Bears were idle last week, and host the Sooners in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 14.

Montgomery issued a statement Monday afternoon admitting that he left credentials for Lebby and his wife, calling that decision “a mistake” and “a poor decision.”

“There was no malicious intent on my part,” Montgomery said in the statement. “I’ve known Jeff since he was in the sixth grade. I called Coach Stoops today and apologized for this situation.”

Stoops said earlier Monday he didn’t know Lebby was at the game until it was over.