Action heated up in more ways than on Saturday during a college basketball game between Georgia and Oklahoma.
Fans were seen fleeing from their seats five minutes into the first half at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. The panic was caused by a popcorn machine at a concession stand catching fire midway through the contest.
The SEC Network had comprehensive coverage of the popcorn machine fiasco that had the scene at a standstill.
The Georgia-Oklahoma basketball game had to be delayed after a popcorn machine caught fire at one of the concession stands 😳 pic.twitter.com/PidoKWscSm
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 14, 2026
Here’s another angle of the popcorn machine that was set ablaze.
ARENA ALARM: A popcorn machine fire at a concession stand delayed the Oklahoma Sooners’ game against the Georgia Bulldogs.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 15, 2026
A sprinkler system reportedly put out the fire, stopping it from spreading outside the concession stand area. pic.twitter.com/JUTikWBrPX
The fire was put out by the venue’s emergency sprinkler system, which drew praise from Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser.
“I’m just glad the sprinkler system worked just for the safety of everybody but also that we were able to resume play,” Moser said, via KOCO News 5. “I literally looked up and I’m like, ‘This is just, I mean, add it to the list’ in terms of stuff I’ve never seen like it. I mean, it was a huge flame.”
Nobody could have guessed that the sprinkler system would be the MVP of Saturday’s Georgia-Oklahoma game. The Sooners appropriately caught fire in the second half of the contest, outscoring the Bulldogs by 18 points to secure a 94-78 win.
