Texas Tech football fans continued their tradition of throwing tortillas on the field at Jones-Casey Stadium Saturday — even after a 41-27 loss to No. 21 Colorado.
But on Saturday, Colorado coach Deion Sanders and his players noticed that a few more items were launched onto the field, including trash, water bottles and a vape, according to USA Today.
Travis Hunter, who has been among the Heisman Trophy frontrunners all season, stuffed one of the fallen tortillas into his pants.
Hunter’s teammate, star Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, signed another tortilla following their 14-point win.
‘They were throwing everything but my mama at me,” Deion Sanders said of the incident after the game. “But when they start throwing the water bottles and those other objects, that’s when you’ve got to alarm the officials and say, ‘OK now, tortillas are one thing, but water bottles are another thing. That’s getting a little crazy.”
Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire did manage to address the home crowd in the fourth quarter of their eventual defeat and asked the fans to refrain from throwing non-tortilla items onto the field.
“I got a vape brought over to me. I got a water bottle brought over to me. I got a beer bottle brought over to me,” McGuire said. “It’s great with tortillas and everything like that, but we got really lucky that we didn’t get a 15-yard penalty.”
McGuire notably coached Deion Sanders Jr., Coach Prime’s son, in high school.
The win moved Colorado to 7-2 on the year.
The Buffaloes were led again by Shedeur under center, who completed 30-of-43 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for another.
Hunter caught nine passes for 99 yards and a TD.
The Buffaloes host Utah next weekend.
