Texas officials are moving quickly to adhere to the SEC’s penalties by trying to identify any UT students who threw bottles onto the field Saturday night against Georgia.

University President Jay Hartzell sent a blast email to all students around 9:45 p.m. Sunday “to deliver a message that will be unwelcome to some, but necessary.”

Hartzell explained how the school was fined $250,000 by the league office. Officials are currently reviewing all video tape available to identify individuals and “revoke those students’ ticket privileges to all athletic events for the remainder of this academic year,” Hartzell said.

All areas in, out and around Royal-Memorial Stadium are under video surveillance the entire game day. Cameras posted high atop the stadium’s corners can literally zoom close enough to read a person’s phone on the other end of the stadium.

“Throwing debris onto the field for any reason, including expressing displeasure with an officiating call, poses a safety risk to everyone on the field and is entirely unacceptable behavior,” Hartzell wrote to UT students.

“Late in the third quarter, a sizable number of our students endangered others and embarrassed Longhorn Nation by throwing bottles and trash onto the field. This was only our third conference game as a new member of the SEC, so our fellow SEC institutions are just getting to know us. These actions made a bad early impression on Georgia and our new conference colleagues, and harmed your University’s reputation before a national audience.”

Hartzell wrote the university’s reputation is characterized by sportsmanship and “took decades to build, but it can be materially tarnished in moments.”

“There are similar lessons to learn from your time at UT that will serve you well after you graduate,” Hartzell wrote. “We must take actions to protect the safety of others, as well as the hard-earned status we all enjoy as being part of this great institution.”

Hartzell wrote that the university agrees with the SEC that banning those who did throw debris “is the right thing to do.”

“We have zero tolerance for behavior that is completely at odds with our University’s commitment to conduct ourselves as a community of responsible leaders,” Hartzell wrote.

For his part, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian noted that he appreciated the joint statement issued Sunday afternoon by UT Board of Regents chairman Kevin Eltife, Hartzell and athletic director Chris Del Conte.

“I know we’ve got a passionate fan base, and that showed Saturday night. I think we were all a little upset in the moment,” Sarkisian said at his Monday press conference. “I really appreciate our support staff for getting that thing cleaned up as quickly as they did.”

Sarkisian said it was “too good of a football game” to have it marred by the stoppage.

Bottles came flying out of the Texas student section after officials ruled defensive pass interference on Jahdae Barron’s interception. Video replayed showed that Barron was merely hand fighting with the Georgia receiver.

After the stoppage — and after multiple replays on the video board — officials announced there was no flag for pass interference and upheld Barron’s pick. Georgia officials were steamed about the whole episode.

“We love the passion that sports evoke in our fans, but the combination of passion and frustration went too far in this instance,” Hartzell wrote to UT students. “We have two more home football games to show that we know how to conduct ourselves in ways befitting one of the top universities in the country, and a member of the SEC.

“I expect all UT students to act accordingly out of respect for your classmates, your university, and Longhorns everywhere.”