Texas Tech will no longer endorse one of the most unique traditions in college football . Beginning this week in its game against Oklahoma State , the university will not "encourage nor permit" fans to throw tortillas during the opening kickoff. Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt made the announcement Monday after the Big 12 threatened in-game penalties and $100,000 fines if fans continued to throw tortillas onto the playing surface.

The future of the tortilla throwing tradition has been in peril since the No. 14 Red Raiders' win over Kansas on Oct. 11. The team drew two 15-yard penalties in that contest, and the university later faced a $25,000 fine for repeated instances of objects being thrown onto the playing enclosure.

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