The Georgia Bulldogs went into Oxford, Mississippi and took care of business against the Ole Miss Rebels this weekend. After a 42-7 beat down of a top 10 SEC opponent, it wasn't the bad play of Ole Miss that took the internet by storm. Instead, Ole Miss fans throwing trash on their own field made headlines.
After a roughing the passer call on the Rebels followed almost immediately with a pass interference, fans took their frustration out on the refs instead of their own team. On Monday, Ole Miss paid the price with a $250,000 fine.
NEW: Ole Miss has been fined $250,000 after fans threw trash onto the field against Georgia, causing a game interruption, the SEC announced.
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Silence hits Oxford with timely fine from the SEC
Labeled as "not smart" by Kirby Smart in his post game presser on Saturday, the Rebels fan base cost their program a quarter million dollars, money that definitely could have gone towards building up their program in the NIL era.
Weirdly enough, this wasn't the first time Georgia beating a top 10 SEC team on the road resulted in the opposing fan base throwing trash on the field. When No. 5 Georgia was beating No. 1 Texas in Austin back in 2024, a missed pass interference call against the Longhorns had fans launching trash onto the field. While the Ole Miss call only resulted in a momentary delay at the time, the fans throwing trash in the Texas game actually gave the refs time to reverse the previous call made in favor of the Longhorns.
While Georgia still won that game convincingly in the end, Georgia fans were furious the delay caused the refs to rethink their decision. This time against Ole Miss, the refs got it right and stuck to their verdict. Texas was also fined $250,000 after that game in 2024, and issued a public apology to the University of Georgia. It will be interesting to see if the University of Mississippi will do the same in the coming days.
Georgia's 35-point road win against Ole Miss put them firmly in the top spot of the SEC standings with the help of Kentucky's loss to Tennessee on Saturday. If Georgia wins both their two final SEC games against Missouri and South Carolina, they will be heading to Atlanta for the final conference championship in SEC history. Meanwhile, the Rebels' loss not only knocked them out of SEC championship hopes, but likely out of the College Football Playoff barring chaos ensuing within the top 12 over the next few weeks.
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