Terrifying footage has emerged from Saturday’s epic Georgia-Texas game showing a spectator in Austin being carried out of the crowd by emergency services as terrified spectators began to cry.
The incident took place in the third quarter of the Georgia Bulldogs’ upset victory 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 that were thrown by the crowd after a controversial pass interference call in the third frame.
Texas spokespeople did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for more information.
The emergency was revealed by Atlanta Fox 5’s Sudu Upadhyay.
“Sad scene here at DKR toward the end of the third quarter,” he wrote on “Around him he seemed panicked and crying.”
Terrifying footage has emerged from Saturday’s epic game between Georgia and Texas showing a spectator in Austin being carried out of the crowd by emergency services.
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 cloth stretcher used to transport the apparently unconscious ventilator.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart initially was careful with his words when asked about Texas fans littering the north end of the field with water bottles and other trash after an interception by the top-ranked Longhorns was briefly overturned. for a pass interference penalty before the referees changed. his calling.
“I won’t comment because I want to respect the wishes of the SEC office,” Smart first said when asked about the interruption during the fifth-ranked Bulldogs’ 30-15 win Saturday night. “But I will say that we now have a precedent that if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes, you have a chance to have your decision reversed.”
The Southeastern Conference issued a statement early Sunday that said the referees made the correct call without a penalty on the play with 3:12 left in the third quarter. There was contact between cornerback Jahdae Barron and receiver Arian Smith before the pick.
“The game officials met to discuss the play, which is allowed to ensure that the appropriate penalty is applied, at which time the calling referee reported that he made a mistake and that a defensive pass interference foul should not have been called.” , reads the statement.
Angry Texas fans threw bottles on field after controversial call against Georgia
But the league said the disruption caused by debris on the field would be reviewed in light of SEC sportsmanship policies and procedures.
“While the original evaluation and penalty assessment were not properly executed, 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 players and staff at Georgia, the SEC and the game officials.
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian walks through the student section to encourage students to stop throwing objects on the field after a controversial refereeing call was overturned.
“This type of behavior will not be tolerated,” the statement said. “We are committed to fostering a positive environment for all participants, teams, officials and fans, and will take steps to ensure this type of behavior does not happen again.”
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian was furious with the officials for the call that appeared to overturn Barron’s 36-yard interception return to the Georgia 9-yard line. The coach then walked to the far corner of the field, signaling to the student section to calm down and leave. throw things
“I understand the frustration,” Sarkisian said. “We were all frustrated at that time. But, you know… throughout Longhorn Nation, I know we can be better than that.’
While the debris was being removed, officials discussed the move and collected the flag.
Smart was then protesting to referee Matt Loeffler, who, according to the coach, told him that the initial penalty had been called on the wrong player.
“It took him a long time to realize that,” said Smart, who was later asked who the right person was. ‘I guess the offensive type. You know, 11 (Smith) and 7 (Barron), two different numbers. “I don’t know in my entire coaching career if I’ve ever seen it happen like that.”
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 bring the Longhorns within 23-15 after trailing 23-0 at halftime.
“We were able to stop that and fix it and then regroup,” Sarkisian said of the outage. “Then they overturned that call, gave us a chance to get a short field and get one in and close the game to one score.”
