If you don’t remember the recent Tortilla tradition gone wrong at Texas Tech, then you need to up your college football game knowledge. A jolly-spirited tradition nearly turned fatal when one of Lance Leipold’s staff members was nearly hit with a knife, as the Jayhawks HC claimed. A heated exchange between Lance and McGuire followed. “You want me to do something (expletive) about it?” McGuire yelled at the Kansas HC.

But underneath the heated exchange, there burned a concern for safety and roster penalties. Red Raider fans’ defiance to follow the latest policy, which did not permit throwing tortillas after the kickoff ceremony. But Lance’s criticism of the conference and the Red Raiders’ blatant disregard for the rule proved costly. Both programs have been fined $25,000.

“Tech’s fine is

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