The Sun Belt’s reputation as the “fun belt” and the country’s most chaotic conference, exemplified by its playful nature, sparked a potentially dangerous situation on Friday night in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The No. 25 JMU football team earned its first Sun Belt Championship after defeating Troy 31-14, with a little help from its fans and Mother Nature.
Troy punter Evan Crenshaw stepped onto Bridgeforth Stadium in frozen 27-degree weather, facing both hostile weather conditions and an opposing college football students’ section with unlimited access to the falling snow on the grounds. Saturday’s crop of conference title games will hope to avoid all weather disasters.
After the Trojans’ offense sputtered on a drive that had been pushed backward by a sack, a stuffed run, and a hurried incompletion, Crenshaw found himself on the opposite end of frozen projectiles. The play came on the same day that ex-Troy head coach Neal Brown was named the new leader of North Texas…