Texts about trash thrown during Texas-Georgia game are fake: UT [Video]

Social media posts circulating after the game appeared to show screenshots of text messages from UT Austin that stated students’ Big Tickets would be revoked.

AUSTIN, Texas — On Saturday during the Georgia vs. Texas game, hundreds of students threw trash onto the field at Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium after a questionable call by the referees that was later reversed. On Sunday, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) imposed a $250,000 fine against the University of Texas at Austin and told UT administrators that they would need to ban students who threw trash onto the field.

On Sunday, Barstool Longhorn shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that appeared to show a text from UT to a student, stating that the student would have their Big Ticket revoked as a result of being identified as one of the people who threw items during the game.

But was that text real? Let’s VERIFY.