Tracking Tech’s Tortilla-Throwing Tradition

By Abby Aldrich and Preston Derrick

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Texas Tech students consider tortillas to be more than just food.

In a game-day tradition, tortillas are launched onto the Jones AT&T Stadium field at kickoff to support the Red Raiders. When Tech faced Texas Christian University on Sept. 26, the referee stopped the game to clarify the difference between a tortilla and a penalty flag.

But how did this tradition start? Listen to find out!

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