Controversial penalty overturned after Texas fans throw bottles on field in chaotic moment

It was a big interception for Texas.

Then it was not.

Then, after minutes of chaos, confusion and a convergence of referees, Texas had its interception.

With the Longhorns trailing by multiple scores in the third quarter against Georgia, Jahdae Barron picked off a pass from Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck — for the second time in the game — before returning the ball 33 yards to set up Texas deep inside enemy territory.

Nevertheless, officials negated the big play for the Longhorns after calling pass interference on the defense.

Texas fans, near one of the end zones, then started to throw items — largely water bottles — onto the playing field, which stopped play and led to head coach Steve Sarkisian asking his fans to stop their actions.

Texas interception was finally upheld after a wild series of events.

Steve Sarkisian had to help stop the home fans from getting out of hand.

Longhorns fans throw bottles onto the field after a pass interference call temporarily overturned an interception against Georgia on Oct. 19, 2024. The interception later was upheld by the officials who decided there was no pass interference. Getty Images

At that point, officials then converged and decided there was actually no pass interference and Texas would in fact keep the ball.

Two plays later, Texas punched in a touchdown on a pass from Quinn Ewers, who was briefly benched for Arch Manning.

Georgia, however, did respond with a fourth-quarter touchdown to go up 15 points early in the final frame of regulation.

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