Terrifying footage has emerged from Saturday’s epic Georgia-Texas match, showing a spectator in Austin being chased from the crowd by emergency services as panicked spectators began to cry.
The incident occurred in the third quarter of the Georgia Bulldogs’ win over the top-ranked Longhorns at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. However, it is unclear whether the person in question was hit by one of the bottles thrown by the crowd after a controversial pass interference call in the third frame.
A Texas spokesperson confirmed Sunday that the spectator was treated by first responders and transported to Dell Seton Hospital after suffering a medical emergency.
The emergency was revealed by Atlanta Fox 5’s Sudu Upadhyay.
“Sad scene here at DKR near the end of the third quarter,” he wrote on X. “An unconscious Texas fan, possibly a student, was taken away by EMS in a white bag. Didn’t look good. The people around him seemed panicked and crying.”
Terrifying footage has emerged from Saturday’s epic Georgia-Texas game, showing a spectator being chased out of the crowd by emergency services in Austin
Quintrevion Wisner #26 of the Texas Longhorns runs with the ball during Saturday’s loss
By ‘white bag’, Upadhyay was apparently referring to the flexible fabric stretcher used to carry away the apparently unconscious fan.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart was initially careful with his words when asked about Texas fans littering the north side of the field with water bottles and other trash after an interception for the top-ranked Longhorns was briefly wiped out by a pass interference penalty before the officials changed. their call.
“I will not comment because I want to respect the wishes of the SEC office,” Smart first said when asked about the disruption during the fifth-ranked Bulldogs’ 30-15 victory Saturday night. “But I will say now that we have a precedent that if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes, you have an opportunity to overturn your decision.”
The Southeastern Conference released a statement early Sunday saying officials made the correct call with no penalty on the line with 3:12 left in the third quarter. There was contact between cornerback Jahdae Barron and receiver Arian Smith before the pick.
‘The match officials met to discuss the play, which is permitted to ensure the correct penalty is imposed. At that point, the referee reported that he had made a foul and that no foul should have been called for defensive pass interference,” the statement said.
Angry Texas fans threw bottles on the field after a controversial call against Georgia
But the league said the disruption caused by the on-field debris would be reviewed against the SEC’s sportsmanship policies and procedures.
“While the original review and assessment of the penalty was not properly conducted, it is unacceptable for debris to be thrown onto the field at any time,” the league said.
Texas issued a joint statement from Board of Regents Chairman Kevin Eltife, President Jay Hartzell and athletic director Chris Del Conte condemning the bottle throwing and apologizing to Georgia players and staff, the SEC and game officials.
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian walks through the student section to encourage them to stop throwing objects on the field after a controversial call by the officials was overturned
“This type of behavior will not be tolerated,” the statement said. “We are committed to promoting a positive environment for all participants, teams, officials and fans, and we will take steps to ensure this type of behavior does not occur again.”
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian was furious with the officials for the call that appeared to take away Barron’s 36-yard interception return to the Georgia 9. The coach then walked to the far corner of the field and signaled to the student section to settle down and stop. throwing things.
“I understand the frustration,” Sarkisian said. ‘We were all frustrated at that moment. But you know…all of Longhorn Nation, I know we can be better than that.”
While the debris was being removed, the officials discussed the game and picked up the flag.
Smart then protested to official Matt Loeffler, who the coach said told him the initial penalty had been given to the wrong man.
“It took him a long time to realize that,” said Smart, who was then asked who the right person was. ‘I suspect the attacking man. You know, 11 (Smith) and 7 (Barron), two different numbers. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it happen like that in my entire coaching career.”
Sarkisian said officials never told him why the call was changed.
Two plays after the reversal, Quinn Ewers threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jaydon Blue to put the Longhorns up 23-15 after trailing 23-0 at halftime.
“We were able to stop that, take care of that stuff and then regroup,” Sarkisian said of the disruption. “Then they reversed that call, gave us a chance to get a short field and hit one in and close the game to a one-score game.”