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Read the scathing letter UT president Jay Hartzell send to students about debris-throwing incident

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On Sunday evening, as the fallout continued from the debris-throwing incident that stopped Saturday’s game between the Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs in Austin for four minutes, UT president Jay Hartzell sent a scathing letter to students after the SEC issued the school a $250,000 fine and mandated that the university identify the students responsible and suspend them from all athletics events for the remainder of the 2024-25 year.

Dear students,

In the midst of a special weekend for our University and Longhorn Nation, our football game against the University of Georgia was marred by a profoundly disappointing moment that had nothing to do with the outcome of the game.