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Texas punished by SEC after fans throw trash on field during Georgia game
By Sydney Hunte
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Texas has received punishment from the SEC for Saturday’s incident involving Longhorns fans at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium during the game against Georgia, as they threw trash on the field after a controversial offensive pass interference call negated an interception. The call was later reversed.
Texas has been fined $250,000 by the conference. The university has also been requested to identify anyone that was involved in the incident; those fans will be banned from all Longhorn sporting events for the remainder of the school year.
“The throwing of debris and resulting interruption of play that took place Saturday night cannot be part of any SEC event,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement. “The SEC is assigned responsibility by its membership to enforce its sportsmanship and game management policies and these actions are consistent with that oversight responsibility, including the financial penalty and mandated reviews.”
Texas has also been asked to review its alcohol policies, and while alcohol sales have not been banned, the SEC threatened to do so if the university does not meet the standards set by the conference.
Georgia won 30-15 to improve to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the conference. Texas suffered its first loss of the season, falling to 6-1 on the season and 2-1 in the SEC.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
