Texas Longhorns not only lost the matchup against Georgia Bulldogs, but they also lost $250,000. The fans’ overwhelming emotion over a controversial pass interference call made it all worse for coach Steve Sarkisian and the other officials. While the HC restricted his chide to the fans with a ‘passionate fan base’ and needs to use ‘better discretion theory, everybody out there isn’t so demure and gentle about the out-of-the-blue damage.

The game that took the Longhorns to a 15-30 dip had its watershed moment in the last half when an interception was dismissed due to a pass interference penalty. Longhorns fans, unsurprisingly, turned hostile, but how they chose to vent out that aggression was unacceptable and against the basic NCAA rule. They started throwing debris on the ground, leading to a clean-up delay before the penalty had to be reversed. Referring to that immaturity, the Hollywood mogul, the Texas Longhorns’ unsung ‘minister of culture’, Matthew McConaughey, made a lengthy IG post. Dubbing it as a not-so-cool “bogey move”, the actor slammed the entire fanbase before straightaway asking the DRK student section ones to ‘clean the BS up.’

Of course, the program can afford the fine, but it wasn’t a good look for the Longhorns. It’s one thing that you couldn’t show up when it mattered the most against a top 5 team. At your home, College GameDay is there, all the celebs- NBA, Hollywood- are there, and you are facing a two-time national champion in Kirby Smart, what happens? You fall flat. All the hype on Ewers and Manning, and the Bulldogs defense made sure that the Longhorns’ faithful get to see both their shiny toys fail. But, that is okay. That is part of the game; you win some, you lose some, and you can get on the field the next Saturday and make it tick again.

However, how do you shed off the embarrassment that the fanbase caused to the program? Nationally-televised game, and that is the behavior of your fans. It is beyond shameful. Let’s hear from Steve Sarkisian and Kirby Smart about it.

Both the coaches criticized the fans but the perspectives defer

When Kirby Smart was still more bothered about the penalty cancellation, accusing the broadcasting network and other officials of conducting an unfair game, he had his say on the nasty fan behavior. ”I will say that now we’ve set a precedent that if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes you’ve got a chance to get your call reversed,” Smart said.

”That’s unfortunate because to me that’s dangerous. That’s not what we want, and not criticizing officials. That’s what happened,” Bulldogs’ top dog chimed in the mass condemnation.

On the flip side, despite rushing to the field to appease the frenzied fans, Sarkisian had been pretty moderate and kind with his words for obvious reasons. The head coach showcased genuine appreciation for all the love the loyal fanbase poured on the team through thick and thin before he asked for a small rectification in gestures and that too for the sake of their own image.

”We don’t want that to be the narrative that that’s what DKR is all about. It was too good of a football game for that to be the focal point of it all,’ Sarkisian said.

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