James Madison fans defy snowball orders, affect opposing punter in conference championship game
By Andrew Olson
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Snowballs thrown from the stands were an issue in Friday night’s Sun Belt Championship Game.
James Madison hosted Troy in Friday’s game to decide the conference title. The weather in Harrisonburg, Virginia, caused some issues.
JMU fans were warned that throwing snowballs onto the field could result in a penalty for the Dukes and fans’ ejection from the game.
JMU has had it with the snowball throwing tonight.
— GFed (@GfedGoCrazy) December 6, 2025
PA has asked students to stop at least 10 times since the start of the game, taking it to the field now pic.twitter.com/Edu15kz1pz
Threats of punishment did not stop the JMU fans. On a Troy punt, snowballs are seen landing near the punter in the end zone.
Troy punter shanks one while JMU crowd hits him with snowballs pic.twitter.com/sIA1KzSr69
— Graham Coffey (@GrahamCoffeyDC) December 6, 2025
Before the Troy/JMU game began, an announcement was made that anyone who throws a snowball will be ejected
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) December 6, 2025
JMU fans didn’t care
pic.twitter.com/gtwMIy7B6r
James Madison scored 14 points in the 4th quarter to pull away from Troy for a 31-14 win, securing the Sun Belt title. The Dukes await their postseason assignment on Sunday.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
