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Shedeur Sanders signs a tortilla thrown onto the field by Texas Tech fans
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Shedeur Sanders signs a tortilla thrown onto the field by Texas Tech fans

The Colorado Buffaloes had the last laugh Saturday in Lubbock when it came to Texas Tech fans’ unique tortilla-tossing tradition.

Red Raiders fans for years have thrown tortillas onto the field at kickoff.

On Saturday, CU quarterback Shedeur Sanders autographed one of the tortillas. The team’s official .

Early in the game, Colorado’s two-way star went viral for appearing to grab one of the field’s tortillas and put it away.

The origins of Tech fans’ tortilla throwing are unclear, although it is a tradition that dates back decades. It is widely suspected to date back to a television announcer who said that Lubbock, a West Texas college town, has nothing but Texas Tech football and a tortilla factory.

Later in Saturday’s game, as CU built up a double-digit lead, Red Raider fans began throwing other debris onto the field, prompting Tech head coach Joey Maguire to grab a microphone during the game and urge students to stop throwing things into the field.

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders was asked about it after the game.

“I’ve had everything thrown at me except my mom,” said Sanders, who spoke of fans throwing objects on the field during his football and baseball games during his professional career. “Thank God, a tortilla (…) is soft.”