The national championship game between Texas Tech and Virginia was briefly interrupted Monday night when the referee had to suspend play to remove a tortilla that had been thrown to the floor.

People at home may have asked: Wait, tortilla?

It wasn’t just a spur of the moment idea of a Red Raiders fan, either, but actually a Texas Tech tradition.

Yes, it’s a tradition in Texas Tech football games to give out flatbreads on the field.

Where did he come from? Good question.

According to the Viva the Matadors website, the tradition originated when fans threw plastic tops on soda on the field. Once removed, the tortillas seemed like an easy transition, as they were “cheap and pretty easy to hide on your person.”

There’s another version of the story, too:

From the site:

A more dramatic version of the story says that when the top 10 ranked Texas

So, in a bit of cheeky fun, tortillas were thrown before the game. The red raiders went on to upset the Aggies and we just kind of kept doing it until the game after that.

Whatever the Genesis, it’s definitely a thing, and a good thing at the national championship.

Don’t throw anything on the court, fans. Tortillas or otherwise.

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A brief explainer of why a Texas Tech fan threw a tortilla on the court in an NCAA championship game.