In the wake of a four-minute delay between the Oct. 19 matchup between the Texas Longhorns and the Georgia Bulldogs to clean up bottles thrown on Campbell-Williams Field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in the 30-15 loss by the Longhorns, the SEC issued a $250,000 fine to the university and mandated an investigation into the culprits.
“The throwing of debris and resulting interruption of play that took place Saturday night cannot be part of any SEC event,” said Sankey. “The SEC is assigned responsibility by its membership to enforce its sportsmanship and game management policies and these actions are consistent with that oversight responsibility, including the financial penalty and mandated reviews.