Crucial penalty overturned after Texas fans litter field with bottles

An absolutely wild scene went down in the third quarter of the Georgia-Texas blockbuster involving the officials changing a questionable call.

With the Longhorns trailing 23-8 in front of the home crowd, the Bulldogs' Carson Beck threw an interception that was returned deep into Georgia territory to set Texas up in excellent condition.

The crowd went wild in celebration with the possibility of the Longhorns cutting into the deficit. However, the referees saw things differently, throwing a flag for a questionable pass interference penalty on Texas to negate the interception.

That decision led to an outraged student section littering the field with bottles, forcing Steve Sarkisian and the Texas staff to come across the field and beg them to stop.

At some point during the delay to clear debris, the officials huddled and decided to pick up the flag and grant the interception, setting up the Longhorns in the red zone. Texas scored a touchdown a couple of plays later to cut the deficit to eight.

"The game officials gathered to discuss the play, which is permitted to ensure the proper penalty is enforced, at which time the calling official reported that he erred, and a foul should not have been called for defensive pass interference," the SEC said in a statement.

While Georgia ended up winning the matchup comfortably, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart wasn't pleased with the incident.

"Now we've set a precedent if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes, you have a chance to get the call reversed. That's dangerous," Smart said postgame, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports.

The SEC fined Texas $250,000 on Sunday and the school was required to use all available resources to identify the individuals who threw objects on the field and at Georgia players, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel.