Georgia Bulldogs' Athletic Director "Disappointed and Frustrated" with SEC Officials
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ATHENS - Kirby Smart and UGA Football took out Steve Sarkisian and the No. 1 Texas Longhorns on Saturday, but not without a curious call that has UGA’s administration unhappy.
Early Sunday morning UGA athletic director Josh Brooks issued a statment “challenging” the SEC “on what happened and how it happened in the manner it did.”
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During the third quarter, there was a pass interference call against Texas that the home fans did not agree with. In turn, the Longhorn faithful began to throw drinks onto the field. After the commotion officials reversed their call, and gave Texas the ball in the red zone. The Horns scored one of their two touchdowns after the turnover.
Here is Brooks’ full statement:
“It is my privilege and duty to serve the University of Georgia and part of that responsibility is to stand up for my coaches, student-athletes, staff, and all of Dawg Nation.
As proud as I am of the resolve our team had, I am also equally disappointed and frustrated in some of the circumstances of our game Saturday night.
I don't find it productive to publicly demean or embarrass officials or the conference office via social media. That would be no better than the physical action of throwing objects on the field.
However, I will challenge the conference office on what happened and how it happened in the manner it did. Thankfully this did not cost our young men a hard fought win.
Disagreeing with a singular call is natural and will happen several times in every football game. I can accept that. What I cannot accept is the manner in which this specific call was reversed. The official claimed he erred in the call. My question is when did he realize the error?
If it was before the delay that occurred due to fans throwing objects on the field, what stopped him before the head official made the announcement and spotted the ball?
I have faith we, as a conference, will learn from this and get better. We must, because in the SEC it just means more.”