Lane Kiffin Commends Kirby Smart For The Way Georgia Dealt With Trash vs Texas

Brooks Austin | 2 Hours Ago

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian walks over the student section to encourage them to stop throwing items on the field after a controversial call by the referees that was later reversed after a review in the third quarter of the Longhorns' game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Oct. 19, 2024. / Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Georgia Bulldogs went into Austin, Texas on Saturday night and beat the then No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns 30-15. It was a chaotic football game to say the least, one that featured a trash throwing incident that drastically impacted the football game. In the midst of the third quarter, Georgia QB Carson Beck throws an interception to Texas's DB Jahdae Barron who returns it back inside the redzone, giving Texas the ball back down 23 to 7.

However, there was a flag on the field for what was then called defensive pass interference. Texas's student section then began throwing trash, hundreds of beer cans an water bottles began to rain from the stands causing a delay in the game. The refferree crew then had time to discuss the call while watching dozens of in-stadium replays on the board, and then reversed the call, calling offensive pass interference and giving Texas the ball.

It was an unprecedented moment in the sport. A crowd's ability to delay the game changed a call... Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin has a history with a similar event, having had trash thrown at him at Tennessee during their matchup a few years ago. He commented on the situation this week, commending Kirby Smart's ability to handle the situation, saying he wouldn't have handled it so well.

Lane Kiffin asked if he's ever seen fans throw bottles on the field to change a call on the field:

"I've seen them try. Never seen it work."

😂

Ole Miss at Tennessee back in 2021 was a wild one! pic.twitter.com/xxRigzaKbV

— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) October 22, 2024

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