The name Sun Belt Conference implies, at least most of the time, that unpleasant weather will not be a factor in the league's games. Even during Idaho's seven years in the league, for instance, the Vandals played at the enclosed Kibbie Dome.
On Friday, Troy and James Madison got a taste of northern life on a sub-freezing evening in Harrisonburg, Va. When Trojans punter Evan Crenshaw attempted to punt the ball to the Dukes from his own end zone late in the first quarter, James Madison fans greeted him with a hail of snowballs. His kick traveled just 26 yards—20 beneath his Sun Belt-leading average.
