WATCH: Georgia fan throws stuffed animal on court, costs team chance at victory
The Georgia Bulldogs fell to 1-12 in SEC play with a 68-67 loss to Mississippi State in Athens on Wednesday night, but the Dawgs continue to show some fight under first-year coach Tom Crean.
Sadly, one particular Georgia fan cost the team a chance to win this time around. After tying the game at 67 all, a questionable foul was called, sending MSU G Quinndary Weatherspoon to the line for two free throws with .5 seconds left.
Weatherspoon missed the first free throw, but wait! A Georgia fan threw a stuffed animal onto the court, earning a technical foul in the process. You can see the object coming into the frame behind Weatherspoon below:
https://twitter.com/CoachDixon4/status/1098396033753772032
Mississippi State beat Georgia thanks to a late-game technical assessed to UGA for a fan throwing a stuffed animal on the court pic.twitter.com/cmCnOaP9g1
— Highlights on Loop (@LoopedReplay) February 21, 2019
The object likely didn’t impact Weatherspoon’s shot at all. Yes, he still would have had another shot left even without the technical, but giving him two more tries allowed him to make the technical shot and then intentionally miss the second free throw to run out the clock.
Hopefully that fan is identified and banned from future Georgia games, as there’s no place in college sports for that sort of fan behavior.
Unfortunate for who? Not us.
It’s unfortunate that the game ended that way for all parties. MSU was still in a good spot to get the win but the stuffed animal killed any last chance UGA would have. You hate to see a fan and the refs take it out of the players hands from both teams after that game.
Refs did their job. They didn’t take the game away from uga.
There’s a bit of controversy there though, it’s unusual to see a tech called with no warning whatsoever.
Even if you see it as the refs “doing their job” it’s unfortunate for both sides that a game had to end that way.
SEC football schedulers were doing their job too but Auburn’s whining and crying got them to change. Maybe UGA is trying to learn from you?
MattyJ – whether it is the first play of the game of last play of the game, you call it the same. Sucks for uga but blame the fan. Btw I do think it’s a dumb rule regardless
UGARMYRet – let it go. Uga clearly didn’t have a problem with it. It wasn’t auburn whining and crying. Your president and AD only would’ve agreed to it had it beneficial for uga and they apparently thought it did. Decisions are made based on two parties or more..
They were also doing their job when they made uga come to auburn back to back years but y’all are still crying over that.
Godd@mn liberals.
If you were going for humor, I fear you missed.
Satire can be funny depending on your point of view.
please, do explain the satire.
Don’t expect anything other than toxicity from a UGA fan. and dont waste any sleep on this matty he doesnt get it
1. Most SEC fans are Southern.
2. Most Southerners are conservative.
3. It would be a funny, sarcastic remark to “blame the liberals” for something totally unrelated to politics, so he did so, basing it off the general SEC fan stereotype.
You really tried to explain the stupidity of his post and your reply?…. Dumba$$
Harvey Updkye,AKA Bamatime, I see you are still trying not to get along with anyone on this site. Doing a great job of it too.
Why would I want to “get along” with fans that constantly post personal shots at other fans?… You haven’t noticed that no other fans beside UGA fans care for your posts UGAArmyret? SC, UT, Missouri, Florida. Auburn etc… all call you and numerous other UGA fans out for your nonsense but you’re worried about someone else “getting along”.. LMAO
You poor child, you didn’t understand the explanation at all.
It’s not about what you said but the fact you tried to explain it… Dumba$$.
I’m sorry answering someone’s request irritated you.
BamaTime is a known conservative, beta cuck dumba$$. The only way he’s going to “get along” with you, is if you’re in bed with his wife, and he’s holding the camcorder.
You’re disgusting.
It didn’t take long for a UGA fan to validate my point…
At least he didn’t yell the n word when he threw it. I guess that’s not a risk during the baseball season though.
This sums up Georgia basketball pretty well.
Good grief throw that fan in prison doing hard time. Throwing a stuffed animal is soooo low class and destructive. I hope nobody got a concussion.
A technical for a fans action is absolutely stupid on any level like what in the actual f**K even if it did happen to the “dawgs” that makes 0 sense
I disagree to an extent I think the idea is to protect the players and punish fans from throwing things at the players or on the court causing an injury but that call was bs. should be a warning first
Ah yes, the perils of getting smacked over the head by a 6 oz. furry toy.
First it’s a furry toy, then it’s a beer can. Just don’t throw anything on the court period…
Am I only one wondering what prevents say a MSU fan in a UGA hat throwing something and helping his team win? What a stupid stupid rule.
Just more proof that UGA has some of the worst fans in the SEC. I’d say it goes
1. LSU
2. FLORIDA
3. UGA
And if any UGA fans want to debate that, just remember what yall did to aaron murray after he lost a game or two. pathetic
Tulane and Georgia Tech have more SEC championships than USC Jr does(they have 0).
Cool story hansel. I especially liked the part where you ignored what I said completely! Someone using the fox news playbook!
Your school mascot is a chicken and your fans throw trash on the field during field goal attempts. Try to win the conference at least once before you start offering your opinion.
I thought the list went
1. Bama
2. Bama
3. Bama
Maybe Ole Miss at 4
I miss 2007 when Bama didn’t have fans.
I bet you miss 1980 more…. Actually you probably weren’t alive… LMAO
You’re right, I wasn’t. Born in 1992. Don’t fret for me though, I don’t mind that UGA hasn’t won a championship in a bit. They are getting close and I much prefer to look towards the future. You got any other lines than “1980” though? I used to think your trolling was clever but it seems to have gotten a bit stale.
Well UGA can only look to the future. It’s not like they have this history of winning Championships because they don’t…. There is always next year for UGA to fail to win the NC…
Ok Nancy Pelosi. Whatever you say. I’m sure you know a guy who knows a guy who has proof that it was a UGA fan. Enjoy your combined record vs. those three. 25-82.
Adam, are you also a reporter for CNN? I am sure meant to say “probable” UGA fan or “likely” UGA fan. Unless the refs know without a doubt that is was a UGA fan, then there should have been a warning.
How do you know it was a Georgia fan SDS?
UGA had their AD admit it was a UGA fan…. Does that work for you? If not, T.S….
Reading the posts in this column it very revealing.