Dear Editor,
I am writing to beg the current BYU student community to cease this tortilla-throwing at football games. I have been following BYU football since the stadium was expanded, and only missed one home game during my seven years at BYU and the six years prior to that time. It was usually mid-season before I could return from a home game and not be hoarse.
As I have watched the last two BYU games on the Dish, I am absolutely embarrassed by this tortilla throwing. It looks dumb, it doesn't look artistic or funny or useful in any way. It just looks dumb. Then I read Wendy Weiler's article and I can't believe BYU would allow two such morons to remain on campus. 'John & Joe' may have the best of intentions, but they need a little Prozac. Joe was near tears watching all the tortillas flying around (he is exaggerating of course), but he also thinks that flinging those things is exciting? Joe, get a life. Then a senior named Ryan Jensen feels that the tortillas helped win the game? Ryan, you are a senior now. If you are going to really hold such ridiculous opinions, you should have learned by now to keep them to yourself. 'Better to be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.'
Seriously, BYU-fan, this tortilla throwing looks dumb, it makes a lot of the alums feel dumb when we have invited friends over to watch a game and they see this kind of behaviour (I usually point at that their home games half the stadium is drunk and doesn't know what is happening), it is wasteful, it is inconsiderate of others, and frankly it has the potential to be very damaging to an individual and costly to the university. A more useful (for the team itself) and obnoxious way to show support would be to bring in cowbells or some other noise maker. If you feel like you absolutely have to throw something, try confetti.
Eric Jewell
BYU class of 1990
BYU class of 1993