OU quarterback Baker Mayfield is tackled by Kansas linebacker Joe Dineen Jr., after the pregame handshake snub that ignited all kinds of fireworks during the Sooners' 41-3 victory last November. [PHOTO BY IAN MAULE, TULSA WORLD]

Joe Dineen Jr.'s mother was a Kansas volleyball player in the 1980s. His brother is a fellow KU linebacker. Dineen's grandfather was a Jayhawk running back in the Gale Sayers days. Dineen's great-grandfather played basketball at Kansas under Phog Allen himself.

Dineen has lived in Lawrence, Kansas, his entire life. Twenty-two years. Bleeds Kansas blue. Cares about the Jayhawks in ways that most could never experience.

“I'm a Jayhawk through and through and always will be,” Dineen said.

Which makes the events of last Nov. 18 even more disillusioning for all involved. That's the day Dineen and the Kansas captains refused to shake hands with Baker Mayfield at the pregame coin toss. Mayfield was incensed enough that during OU's 41-3 rout of the Jayhawks, he grabbed his crotch and yelled obscenities toward the KU bench. The incident became a national story.