{"id":14569,"date":"2025-10-21T21:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/14569\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:42:30","slug":"will-texas-tech-fans-keep-tossing-tortillas-at-home-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/14569\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Texas Tech Fans Keep Tossing Tortillas At Home Games?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"122\">Texas Tech will be trying to put toothpaste back in a tube this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"416\">Talk about poor timing. The Red Raiders return home to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfmx.com\/tags\/lubbock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock <\/a>after a devastating loss, and just when they need their crowd the most, they\u2019re banning one of the most recognizable hometown traditions \u2014 the kickoff tortilla toss.<\/p>\n<p>A Texas Tech Tradition in Trouble<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"756\">Tech officials claim they voted against the Big 12\u2019s enforcement of the rule, calling it \u201cour tradition.\u201d Unfortunately, that comment may have backfired. Fans are now more confused than ever, unsure whether the university truly wants them to stop or is just trying to avoid fines and penalties. Either way, it\u2019s a public relations mess.<\/p>\n<p>From Lids to Tortillas<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"1111\">The tradition\u2019s origin isn\u2019t as nefarious as some think. It actually began with drink lids being thrown during games before morphing into the now-iconic tortilla toss. Some have argued it\u2019s insensitive or problematic, but its roots were never racial \u2014 it was simply about finding something cheap and aerodynamic to launch.<\/p>\n<p>A Bad Habit That Won\u2019t Quit At Texas Tech<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1408\">Still, throwing things at large events has always been a problem. As someone who\u2019s seen concerts nearly canceled over flying objects, I can say it\u2019s reckless behavior from overzealous fans. The tortilla toss, fun as it looks, became too mainstream to control.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/fall-in-lubbock\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What Makes Fall Special In Lubbock, Texas?<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1572\">When kickoff rolls around, expect to see tortillas flying anyway. This toothpaste isn\u2019t going back in the tube \u2014 it\u2019s a mess Tech will be cleaning up for years.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech&#8217;s Tortilla Throwing Tradition<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Topher Covarrubio<\/p>\n<p>Tumbleweed Botanicals Is Lubbock&#8217;s Most Magical Shopping Experience<\/p>\n<p>Take a peek at the magical shopping experience that is Lubbock&#8217;s new location of Tumbleweed Botanicals, located at 2319 34th St. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech will be trying to put toothpaste back in a tube this Saturday. Talk about poor timing.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-14569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}