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Texas Tech head coach pleads with tortilla-throwing fans after team penalized 30 yards

Texas Tech head coach pleads with tortilla-throwing fans after team penalized 30 yards

Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire pleaded with fans to stop throwing tortillas onto the field on Saturday night after the tradition cost his team 30 yards in penalties.


Big 12 athletic directors voted 15-1 during the offseason in favor of a policy which disciplines home teams when spectators throw debris onto the gridiron. Saturday was the first time the Red Raiders have faced sanctions for the decades-old practice.

“I’m frustrated,” McGuire told reporters after the game, in which No. 9 Texas Tech defeated Kansas 42-17. “We’ve got a new rule in this league. We know the rule and we didn’t follow it and we got penalized tonight.”

“You made it about you,” he added….

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