Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks has released a statement regarding the controversial decision to overturn a pass interference call on Saturday night in the Georgia-Texas game.

The call was reversed after Texas fans threw debris onto the field in protest of the original call. The SEC released a statement on Saturday night claiming that the head official reported that he “erred” in making the call.

Brooks wrote on social media that he will be challenging the SEC office on process by which the call was overturned.

Here’s the full statement from Brooks:

It is my privilege and duty to serve the University of Georgia and part of that responsibility is to stand up for my coaches, student-athletes, staff, and all of Dawg Nation.

As proud as I am of the resolve our team had, I am also equally disappointed and frustrated in some of the circumstances of our game Saturday night.

I don’t find it productive to publicly demean or embarrass officials or the conference office via social media. That would be no better than the physical action of throwing objects on the field.

However, I will challenge the conference office on what happened and how it happened in the manner it did. Thankfully this did not cost our young men a hard fought win.

Disagreeing with a singular call is natural and will happen several times in every football game. I can accept that. What I cannot accept is the manner in which this specific call was reversed. The official claimed he erred in the call. My question is when did he realize the error?

If it was before the delay that occurred due to fans throwing objects on the field, what stopped him before the head official made the announcement and spotted the ball?

I have faith we, as a conference, will learn from this and get better. We must, because in the SEC it just means more.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart also addressed the decision to overturn the call in his postgame comments. He pointed out the precedent has now been set that fans might be able to get a call overturned by throwing things on the field.

Georgia ultimately won the game 30-15. The Bulldogs will be idle in Week 9 before taking on Florida on Nov. 2.