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Big XII tells Texas Tech "No Mas" with its tortilla tossing tradition

Well, it's bad enough that Texas Tech fell from the unbeaten ranks this past weekend, but now the Big XII is trying to take all the fun away.

u200bRed Raiders athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced that the university will no longer allow fans to throw tortillas during the opening kickoff of home games. It's a tradition that's been part of Red Raider football since the late 1980s.

For over 30 years, Texas Tech fans have thrown tortillas on the field.

Now, the Red Raiders are asking them to stop after the Big 12 upped potential fines for repeat incidents of tortillas being thrown to $100,000.