Baker Mayfield Rips Kliff Kingsbury, You Treated Me Like Trash
Baker Mayfield Rips Kliff Kingsbury You Treated Me Like Trash
Baker Mayfield opened up about why he hates his former Texas Tech coach, Kliff Kingsbury, so much -- essentially saying the guy kicked him to the curb when he got injured during a game.
The QB pulled no punches in his new FOX Sports docu-series, 'All The Way Up' -- saying Kliff treated him like a god when he stepped in and won 5 games as a freshman walk-on back in 2013.
But, when Baker sprained his MCL against Kansas -- Mayfield says everything changed.
"It went from being 'the guy' for Coach Kingsbury ... and then when I got hurt, it just changed a little bit ... not a little bit, a lot."
"All the sudden it was as if I hadn't played for him, hadn't done anything for him. It was just different after I got hurt."
Baker's father says the coach "completely withdrew his contact" with the QB after the injury -- "He didn't talk to Baker. He didn't include Baker in the meetings."
But, Mayfield says what REALLY pissed him off was when Texas Tech officials told him they didn't have a scholarship for him after that season ... despite the fact he was 5-0 as a starter.
"I've invested a lot into this and now you're telling me you don't have a scholarship for a guy who won 5 games after choosing to come here? That was the final straw for me."
Baker transferred to Oklahoma the next season -- and the rest is history.