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A assemblage shot league title descended into a snowball combat connected Friday that resulted successful a subordinate astir being deed successful a infinitesimal that whitethorn person impacted the game.
During James Madison's Sun Belt Conference title crippled against Troy connected Friday, James Madison diversion manager Matt Roan had to nonstop a PA connection to location fans, informing them to halt throwing snowballs onto the tract oregon hazard a punishment for JMU.
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James Madison backmost Alonza Barnett III (14) celebrates aft a touchdown against Troy during the archetypal fractional of the Sun Belt title NCAA assemblage shot crippled successful Harrisonburg, Virginia, connected Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Simmons)
Roan’s informing came soon aft Troy punter Evan Crenshaw was astir deed by a snowball portion punting from the extremity portion with the JMU pupil conception down him. Crenshaw shanked a 26-yard punt that helped acceptable up the Dukes’ archetypal score, a 40-yard tract goal.
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A wide presumption of the stadium during the 2nd fractional of the NCAA Division I FCS Football Championship Quarterfinal crippled betwixt the James Madison Dukes and the North Dakota Fighting Hawks astatine Bridgeforth Stadium connected May 2, 2021, successful Harrisonburg, Virginia. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
Fans successful the pupil conception began throwing snowballs during pregame warm-ups erstwhile the Dukes’ marching set got pelted. They kept it up for astir of the archetypal half, contempt repeated warnings implicit the PA system.
Harrisonburg received astir 1 1/2 inches of snowfall connected Friday, its archetypal measurable snowfall of the season.
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The James Madison squad celebrates aft winning the Sun Belt title NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Troy successful Harrisonburg, Virginia, connected Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Simmons)
No. 19 JMU has an extracurricular changeable astatine making the College Football Playoff tract with a triumph implicit Troy and a nonaccomplishment by No. 16 Virginia to Duke successful Saturday’s Atlantic Coast Conference title game.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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