During the Georgia Bulldogs’ 30-15 win over the Texas Longhorns, a major controversy ensued when Texas fans threw beer and water bottles onto the field after a pass interference call seemingly negated a pivotal interception.
The referees agreed to picked up the flag during the trash delay, which was an even more questionable decision.
Former Georgia Bulldog and ESPN analyst David Pollack was not happy, and he went to X, formerly known as Twitter, to sound off on the officials and on the broadcast booth for being silent about the situation.
“Wow I have never seen that in my life,” Pollack said. “The fans threw bottles on the field and the refs literally changed their call. That is such horse crap man. That’s one of the worst ways of handling a situation I have seen. Can’t believe they ain’t talking about that in the booth.”
Perhaps they were at a loss of words from the picked up flag just like Georgia fans were. Fowler literally said “Oh my goodness,” as soon as the ruling was enforced. Kirk Herbstreit stuttered while trying to explain what was going on, before saying, “I knew this would light Kirby’s fuse. How could it not? The call’s already been made!”
It was a messy situation of making a bad call worse. Many fans, including Pollack, were irate over it.
Wow I have never seen that in my life. The fans threw bottles on the field and the refs literally changed their call. That is such horse crap man. That’s one of the worst ways of handling a situation I have seen. Can’t believe they ain’t talking about that in the booth.
— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) October 20, 2024
This sequence of events:
• Texas gets called for PI on this play
• Texas fans hate the call and throw bottles on the field
• Refs overturn the call 2 minutes laterGeorgia/Texas is insanity rn 😳
pic.twitter.com/PXhpOiAs7X— 🚀 DC Rising 🚀 (@DC__Rising) October 20, 2024
Refs call PI vs Texas (bad call, the kind that usually goes against UGA in big games) fans throw garbage on the field, officials do their own mini-review and overturn a call that can’t be reviewed. pic.twitter.com/TYs9bIVqzb
— Dawgmented Reality (@Craig_Lawson) October 20, 2024
Did Texas deserve the PI call? No.
Should they have been penalized twenty-five yards due to their fans becoming unsportsman like babies after the play, YES. #Georgia #GavsTx #texaslonghorns pic.twitter.com/rOs4c6jPf3
— Apollo (@Hero_of_Apollo) October 20, 2024
That was definitely a weak PI call but to reverse it after being bullied by fans throwing beers onto the field is the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen. #Georgia #texas #sec
— TheBen (@theben03) October 20, 2024
