Colorado State Hit With Penalty After Fans Throw Snowballs at Air Force Bench

Rams fans were iced by the officials Saturday evening.

There's no football like snow football.

Ask fans of teams involved in any number of the sport's iconic snow games—the Snow Bowl in 1950, the 2000 Independence Bowl, Michigan's 2021 victory over Ohio State. Something about a powdery white field lends aesthetic elegance to a brutal sport.

However, snow also can bring out the immature side of players and fans—as was the case in Fort Collins, Colo. Saturday evening.

Mere seconds into the second half of Colorado State's home game against No. 19 Air Force, officials stopped play and flagged the Rams for unsportsmanlike conduct—not due to any actions by Colorado State players, but because its fans were throwing snowballs at the Falcons’ sideline.

"Unsportsmanlike conduct on the Colorado State bench. Will the audience please refrain from throwing snowballs?" 🏈🦓👮‍♂️❄️☃️ pic.twitter.com/qnJEHqtnd0

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 29, 2023

The penalty gave the Falcons 15 free yards en route to quarterback Zac Larrier's go-ahead touchdown run with 8:58 left in the third quarter. CBS Sports Network's announcers noted that the Rams' fans had previously been warned in the first half.

The lesson for any fan planning on attending a snow game in the future: don't show up in the box score.