October 15, 2025 • 6 mins
"How do you tell 50,000 fans to stop throwing tortillas they've been hurling for 50 years?
"In this laugh-packed episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into the bizarre, hilarious, and slightly dangerous world of college football traditions gone rogue.The spotlight is on Texas Tech’s infamous tortilla toss, a decades-old kickoff ritual that’s now causing chaos on the field—and drawing penalties. KT breaks down the escalating madness, including two personal fouls, a stolen pocket knife, and a Kansas coach getting decked by flying carbs. It’s part sports, part sociology, and all comedy.
"In this laugh-packed episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into the bizarre, hilarious, and slightly dangerous world of college football traditions gone rogue.The spotlight is on Texas Tech’s infamous tortilla toss, a decades-old kickoff ritual that’s now causing chaos on the field—and drawing penalties. KT breaks down the escalating madness, including two personal fouls, a stolen pocket knife, and a Kansas coach getting decked by flying carbs. It’s part sports, part sociology, and all comedy.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:43):
And as we day?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Featuring veteran news anchor kt FU tweets.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Okay, So Saturday Texas Tech number ten ranked Texas Tech No.
Number seven ranked Texas Tech.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
They have played Kansas out in Lubbock, Okay. And Texas
Tech has the tradition where they have tortillas and they
throw them at the opening kickoff, and before this year
they kind of threw it like all game right, kind
of still want to That team scores whenever there's a kickoff,
(01:22):
and it's kind of a mess. So the Big Twelve
put in a rule this year, opening kickoff only. We're
not trying to kill your tradition here, opening kickoff only.
That's all now. I was at a game last year,
the Colorado game, where there were multiple warnings and basically
head coach of Lubbock, Joey Maguire, who sounds like a
(01:45):
guy you would meet at a local dive bar, who
had just got done doing some ranching. He had to
get on the mic and say, stop throwing things on
the sideline. We're better than this, blah blah blah. Well,
the Kansas game last week got crazy because the Tortillas
were just getting on the field and they got flagged twice,
(02:05):
two personal fouls, one when the game wasn't that close,
but one when the game was still kind of close.
So they've been warned all year to stop, and it
continues to happen and it hasn't really been handled. So
here is after the game, about ten seconds of Joey
Maguire and the Kansas coach talking about the situation. Because
(02:26):
Kansas's sideline is just getting decked with tortillas.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yeah, I know, so I can't do anything about You
want me to do.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Something about it? I know it, all right, So you
got upset Kansas coaches. They just got wiped out. You know,
he's mad, and Joe macguarre is like, I'm sorry, but
also I can't do anything about it, and then he
says I'll do something about it.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Now.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
It's a proba problematic thing though, because it's not just
a harmless tortilla. We find out. Here's the Kansas coach
after the game, say what it is?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
I mean a pocket knife was stalling out and hit
one of our one of our staff members.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
So, I mean, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
It's a it's a culture that's that's been accepted to
a point in and hasn't changed, and eventually somebody's going
to be seriously hurt.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Unfortunate figure pocket knife.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Wow, people are idiots, man. I just think those tortilla
sales have got a skyrocket on game day. You know
you're in that market, they're probably through the roof.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I think you got to get rid of the whole
thing because if you start penalizing one of the teams. Like,
let's say that I was going to watch my favorite
team play Texas Tech. I would have everybody I'm with
bringing tortillas, yes, and throw them so it would be
a penalty on Tech.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Yeah, you know what I'm saying, Like why and what?
How are you our fans supposed to regulate that in
the stands now?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
And so here's the problem, And this is what coach
maguire is worried about right now because they have like
maybe the toughest place, one of the toughest places to
play in college football, and they've never experienced anything like
this before. And how do we do that without like
making the fans upset and it hurting us. Here's his
post because he handled this pretty good.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I thought it's frustrating. You know, I'm frustrated. I know
he was frustrated. You know. We we've got a new
rule in this league, and we know the rule and
we didn't follow it and we got penalized tonight, uh
you know, to fifteen yard penalties, you know, And he
was frustrated on that side, you know, And it's we
got to be better. We've got to do a better job.
We got to find a way to do a better
(04:30):
job as a whole, you know, all of us, and
and we will. I mean, we've got two weeks to
have a better plan and get the point across of
you know what the rule is, because it's gonna it's
gonna catch up with us.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
I mean, he knows that they're this is gonna hurt
them in a close game there. He doesn't want to
ruin the good vibes and the fun times we're having.
How do you tell fifty thousand people to not throw
your tortillas that they're gonna bring to the game, and
it's been there for fifty years.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
You have to install tortilla detectors at the front gate.
That's the only way that you go.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
That's a waste of Texas tax paying money right there.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I'm man, you gotta do tortilla detectors otherwise you got
a problem you can't solve. Yeah, when we had to
put gun detectors in at schools, right And what.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
A weird tradition. I mean, it reminds me of like
the hat trick, throwing an octopus or squid out on
the ice.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Like, how did this happen? What is throwing a tortilla.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Du did y'all see him? I know we got a
hustle here, but did y'all see the Oklahoma State game
last week? No one's at the game because mcgundy's fired.
They're horrible. It was a King of the Hill episode.
One guy is in a section, no one's at the game.
One guy is wearing shorts, and he takes off his
T shirt and he's waving it. Okay, One guy in
a section by himself. Then another guy comes up beside him,
(05:49):
takes his shirt off and starts swinging his shirt around
his head. Then here comes five other guys, and then
before you know it, the whole section is filled up
like lower bowl filled up in a section it was
empty because no one's at the game, and everyone's get
their shirt off. The little white just swinging their shirt
around their head.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
It was Soaking of the Hill, all right. Coming up next,
it's the Audio Bubble Bat. Don't miss September news bloopers
coming your way next on the Eagle
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle.
Let's give away those tickets to see see There and
Daughtry November the eleventh at the Pavilion. We have them.
The first person to use the iHeart app talkback feature,
leave your name, your phone number, your email address and
answered this question which local sports coach just got an
extension last night? We were just talking about it about
(00:21):
an hour ago. If you're listening, you know first one
that could tell us which local sports professional sports coach
got an extension last night? Leave that on the iHeart
App and you will win those tickets to see Ceether
and Daughtry. We love when we have the September bloopers.
We'll be rolling with that at the bottom of the hour.
But right now it's time for this. Are you excited?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And as we day?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Featuring veteran news anchor kt FU tweets.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Okay, So Saturday Texas Tech number ten ranked Texas Tech No.
Number seven ranked Texas Tech.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
They have played Kansas out in Lubbock, Okay. And Texas
Tech has the tradition where they have tortillas and they
throw them at the opening kickoff, and before this year
they kind of threw it like all game right, kind
of still want to That team scores whenever there's a kickoff,
(01:22):
and it's kind of a mess. So the Big Twelve
put in a rule this year, opening kickoff only. We're
not trying to kill your tradition here, opening kickoff only.
That's all now. I was at a game last year,
the Colorado game, where there were multiple warnings and basically
head coach of Lubbock, Joey Maguire, who sounds like a
(01:45):
guy you would meet at a local dive bar, who
had just got done doing some ranching. He had to
get on the mic and say, stop throwing things on
the sideline. We're better than this, blah blah blah. Well,
the Kansas game last week got crazy because the Tortillas
were just getting on the field and they got flagged twice,
(02:05):
two personal fouls, one when the game wasn't that close,
but one when the game was still kind of close.
So they've been warned all year to stop, and it
continues to happen and it hasn't really been handled. So
here is after the game, about ten seconds of Joey
Maguire and the Kansas coach talking about the situation. Because
(02:26):
Kansas's sideline is just getting decked with tortillas.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yeah, I know, so I can't do anything about You
want me to do.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Something about it? I know it, all right, So you
got upset Kansas coaches. They just got wiped out. You know,
he's mad, and Joe macguarre is like, I'm sorry, but
also I can't do anything about it, and then he
says I'll do something about it.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Now.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
It's a proba problematic thing though, because it's not just
a harmless tortilla. We find out. Here's the Kansas coach
after the game, say what it is?
Speaker 3 (03:01):
I mean a pocket knife was stalling out and hit
one of our one of our staff members.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
So, I mean, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
It's a it's a culture that's that's been accepted to
a point in and hasn't changed, and eventually somebody's going
to be seriously hurt.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Unfortunate figure pocket knife.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Wow, people are idiots, man. I just think those tortilla
sales have got a skyrocket on game day. You know
you're in that market, they're probably through the roof.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
I think you got to get rid of the whole
thing because if you start penalizing one of the teams. Like,
let's say that I was going to watch my favorite
team play Texas Tech. I would have everybody I'm with
bringing tortillas, yes, and throw them so it would be
a penalty on Tech.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Yeah, you know what I'm saying, Like why and what?
How are you our fans supposed to regulate that in
the stands now?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
And so here's the problem, And this is what coach
maguire is worried about right now because they have like
maybe the toughest place, one of the toughest places to
play in college football, and they've never experienced anything like
this before. And how do we do that without like
making the fans upset and it hurting us. Here's his
post because he handled this pretty good.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
I thought it's frustrating. You know, I'm frustrated. I know
he was frustrated. You know. We we've got a new
rule in this league, and we know the rule and
we didn't follow it and we got penalized tonight, uh
you know, to fifteen yard penalties, you know, And he
was frustrated on that side, you know, And it's we
got to be better. We've got to do a better job.
We got to find a way to do a better
(04:30):
job as a whole, you know, all of us, and
and we will. I mean, we've got two weeks to
have a better plan and get the point across of
you know what the rule is, because it's gonna it's
gonna catch up with us.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
I mean, he knows that they're this is gonna hurt
them in a close game there. He doesn't want to
ruin the good vibes and the fun times we're having.
How do you tell fifty thousand people to not throw
your tortillas that they're gonna bring to the game, and
it's been there for fifty years.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
You have to install tortilla detectors at the front gate.
That's the only way that you go.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
That's a waste of Texas tax paying money right there.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I'm man, you gotta do tortilla detectors otherwise you got
a problem you can't solve. Yeah, when we had to
put gun detectors in at schools, right And what.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
A weird tradition. I mean, it reminds me of like
the hat trick, throwing an octopus or squid out on
the ice.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Like, how did this happen? What is throwing a tortilla.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Du did y'all see him? I know we got a
hustle here, but did y'all see the Oklahoma State game
last week? No one's at the game because mcgundy's fired.
They're horrible. It was a King of the Hill episode.
One guy is in a section, no one's at the game.
One guy is wearing shorts, and he takes off his
T shirt and he's waving it. Okay, One guy in
a section by himself. Then another guy comes up beside him,
(05:49):
takes his shirt off and starts swinging his shirt around
his head. Then here comes five other guys, and then
before you know it, the whole section is filled up
like lower bowl filled up in a section it was
empty because no one's at the game, and everyone's get
their shirt off. The little white just swinging their shirt
around their head.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
It was Soaking of the Hill, all right. Coming up next,
it's the Audio Bubble Bat. Don't miss September news bloopers
coming your way next on the Eagle
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