Snowballs

[Pikapp79]

There is an awful lot of deflection in this thread. Whether the JMU fans are the worst or not, has nothing to do with the behavior of our fans. I do not want to hear any complaints from our fans in the future when they feel disrespected at other venues.

Exactly

[AppinVA]

I don’t really care what a JMU fan says that comes here and for his first post talks about how classless our fanbase is. How many of you that had a bad experience at JMU went straight to their board and told them about it? Sounds more like a sore loser, similar to the ones crying they were ineligible for post season, saying it was unfair even though it was the rules everyone plays by and that they agreed to, ones us and GaSo both had to adhere to. Only we didn’t get special treatment and get to forgo our last season in FCS.

Exactly, if they win, you don’t hear much about it. They expected to blow us out, and got embarrassed. I truly couldn’t care less what a JMU fan thinks of our fans, or any other school for that matter. I’m sure going to listen to a lecture about class from JMU .

GO APPS!!

Some loser on their board is looking for attorneys to contact over the snowball matter

Did anyone get hurt? We can argue the whether or not, or the degree of taste by our fans, but the court’s only concern is if any damage was done to the “aggrieved” party. There may have been, but I’ve yet to hear of any.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Lots of deflection. Lots of pearl clutching. I don’t condone poor behavior but I also have the aptitude to understand that they are college kids and college kids everywhere act like this. Making it seem like the behavior is tied directly to only App State students, the students of the Alma Mater we are supposed to support, is ridiculous. And I will continue to complain when I have bad experiences at Coastal, JMU, or wherever but I’m not going to reduce myself to someone who will go to their boards to cry about it.

[BambooRdApp]

I don’t really care what a JMU fan says that comes here and for his first post talks about how classless our fanbase is. How many of you that had a bad experience at JMU went straight to their board and told them about it? Sounds more like a sore loser, similar to the ones crying they were ineligible for post season, saying it was unfair even though it was the rules everyone plays by and that they agreed to, ones us and GaSo both had to adhere to. Only we didn’t get special treatment and get to forgo our last season in FCS.

Exactly, if they win, you don’t hear much about it. They expected to blow us out, and got embarrassed. I truly couldn’t care less what a JMU fan thinks of our fans, or any other school for that matter. I’m sure going to listen to a lecture about class from JMU .

GO APPS!!

Some loser on their board is looking for attorneys to contact over the snowball matter

Did anyone get hurt? We can argue the whether or not, or the degree of taste by our fans, but the court’s only concern is if any damage was done to the “aggrieved” party. There may have been, but I’ve yet to hear of any.

Mental anguish and stress of potentially being hit..that's the legal angle if not actually hit .

[AppGrad78]

Went to the JMU game in Virginia last year. Stood for two hours smack in the middle of a raucous Game Day crowd. Loved every second of it. Lots of good-natured back and forth. Fans were cordial during the tailgate, authorities dealt with a couple of JMU students in our section who crossed the line during the game, and afterward the walk back to the car was uneventful. All-in-all a wonderful experience. I came away glad JMU is in our conference and that we can consider them a rival.

[AppinVA]

I don’t really care what a JMU fan says that comes here and for his first post talks about how classless our fanbase is. How many of you that had a bad experience at JMU went straight to their board and told them about it? Sounds more like a sore loser, similar to the ones crying they were ineligible for post season, saying it was unfair even though it was the rules everyone plays by and that they agreed to, ones us and GaSo both had to adhere to. Only we didn’t get special treatment and get to forgo our last season in FCS.

Exactly, if they win, you don’t hear much about it. They expected to blow us out, and got embarrassed. I truly couldn’t care less what a JMU fan thinks of our fans, or any other school for that matter. I’m sure going to listen to a lecture about class from JMU .

GO APPS!!

Some loser on their board is looking for attorneys to contact over the snowball matter

Did anyone get hurt? We can argue the whether or not, or the degree of taste by our fans, but the court’s only concern is if any damage was done to the “aggrieved” party. There may have been, but I’ve yet to hear of any.

Mental anguish and stress of potentially being hit..that's the legal angle if not actually hit .

So I probably shouldn’t call them a bunch of pussies then, eh?

[bcoach]

There is an awful lot of deflection in this thread. Whether the JMU fans are the worst or not, has nothing to do with the behavior of our fans. I do not want to hear any complaints from our fans in the future when they feel disrespected at other venues.

That is 100% correct. The one time I went to a jmu game the fans sucked, and I will not go back. That is absolutely NO excuse for the way some of our fans have become over the last few years. I have been embarrassed more than once by their behavior over the last few seasons. There are reasons, but no excuses, especially that asinine " they are just college kids". One because that is a stupid excuse and two because some are past college age.

[Pikapp79]

There is an awful lot of deflection in this thread. Whether the JMU fans are the worst or not, has nothing to do with the behavior of our fans. I do not want to hear any complaints from our fans in the future when they feel disrespected at other venues.

That is 100% correct. The one time I went to a jmu game the fans sucked, and I will not go back. That is absolutely NO excuse for the way some of our fans have become over the last few years. I have been embarrassed more than once by their behavior over the last few seasons. There are reasons, but no excuses, especially that asinine " they are just college kids". One because that is a stupid excuse and two because some are past college age.

They are just college kids is used here often.

[07Duke]

As a JMU fan, we were at the game two years ago and again this year. Two years ago we had no issues out of the ordinary--some mostly good natured heckling but thats to be expected. This year, was a bit different.

On Friday while driving through campus we had a 12x12 inch or larger snow "boulder" thrown onto our windshield. I have JMU plates, maybe this was not targeted who knows, but it was very dangerous. In Virginia this is a felony, I'm not sure about in NC.

During the game we (including my young child) were heckled by students, and one grown man in his 50s or so was making comments directly at my child. As some other posters have mentioned the atmosphere in KBS now has an NFL feel, and I dont mean that in a good way. Many folks, not just students, at least this Saturday, were just way too liquored up.

Fortunately, I wasn't pelted with ice or snow, but I was perplexed at how it was being thrown onto the field, onto the visiting sideline, and from the 200 section down to the 100 section without any recourse--security, police, and officials just standing around. And yes, our section was not cleared of ice or snow, so most of what was being thrown was melted snow (ice).

I've been to a lot of away football games and this Saturday stood out as pretty egregious. I can tolerate heckling and drunkeness to an extent, but something needs to change at KBS to bring it back to a place where home and away fans can safely bring their families.

I also want to apologize for what happened this weekend outside of the game's result too. Our students are getting as bad as CCU and Ga. Southern students. Maybe they have been all along, but I have never noticed it until this past weekend. As for a 50s year old man yelling at a child is CHILDLESS & CLASSLESS!!!! That is a true asshole right there. It's sad that fans would say KBS is getting like a NFL stadium (truth is the truth) as some NFL fans are totally out of control, wanting to fight the other teams fans. I've seen it at the Panther's games too. Several fight round me the 8 years or so I was going to all the games. Sorry again for the snowball to your car and the way the fans acted towards your child. App State can do better for sure. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thank you. And if it wasn’t apparent I’m not calling the App fanbase classless or making a point about the game itself. JMU lost and App was the better team Saturday. We had great interactions with most people with a few already mentioned exceptions. I do think some things need to be addressed within KBS itself and that was my only point. Hoping you all can start some discussions within the App community and athletic department about how to manage security, alcohol consumption, etc. within KBS because Id love to go back and probably will, but I wouldn’t bring my children again based on our most recent experience.

[BeauFoster]

Y’all have never heard of English football and Millwall, obviously.

[hapapp]

Lots of deflection. Lots of pearl clutching. I don’t condone poor behavior but I also have the aptitude to understand that they are college kids and college kids everywhere act like this. Making it seem like the behavior is tied directly to only App State students, the students of the Alma Mater we are supposed to support, is ridiculous. And I will continue to complain when I have bad experiences at Coastal, JMU, or wherever but I’m not going to reduce myself to someone who will go to their boards to cry about it.

Never suggested its only App State students/fans that have shown ill behavior. But, because it happens elsewhere is no reason to think its ok at KBS. I accept the fact that it is going to happen, but no reason to turn a blind eye or condone it.

[BurkeGrad]

Let’s have some class and stop the bad language, etc. College football is a family gathering for many and everyone needs to realize what is out of bounds behavior. I took my kids at a young age to games and never had a negative experience and now my grandkids shouldn’t be exposed to the current atmosphere at some games.