Overview
- Athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced the university will no longer encourage or permit tortilla throws, effective with Saturday’s Oct. 25 home game against Oklahoma State.
- Texas Tech was flagged twice during the Oct. 11 win over Kansas and fined $25,000, prompting the move to avoid further yardage and financial penalties.
- Enforcement will include gate messaging to discard tortillas, staff collection inside the stadium, monitoring with security cameras, and revoking ticket privileges for the rest of the academic year for offenders.
- In August, Big 12 athletic directors voted 15–1 to penalize objects thrown into the playing enclosure, and the league later tightened enforcement to one warning before a 15-yard penalty and possible $100,000 fine; Hocutt was the lone dissenter but reversed course.
- Hocutt and coach Joey McGuire cited competitive goals for the 6–1, No. 14 Red Raiders, saying the stakes are too high to risk further penalties as they chase the Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff berth.