Wisconsin cheerleaders forced to flee after snowball blitz

Michael P. King/AP

There was plenty of snow in Camp Randall Stadium in Wisconsin Saturday for snowball fight.

Talk about friendly fire.

The Wisconsin cheerleaders were forced to leave the field and hide in a stadium tunnel after being pelted by snowballs thrown by the Badgers faithful, according to multiple reporters on the scene.

More than a foot of snow hit the region on Friday and Camp Randall Stadium in Madison was still full of snow as the Badgers battled Northwestern on Saturday afternoon.

“Wisconsin’s student section is apparently bored enough by the game that there’s a snowball fight breaking out over there,” tweeted Jesse Temple, who covers Wisconsin and the Big 10 for ESPN.com.

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A few minutes later Temple reported that the fans were now targeting the cheerleaders below.

“Holy smokes. Students look like they’re now aiming all their snowballs at the UW cheerleaders behind the end zone. What’s wrong with people?”

Temple then shared a 20 second video of the cheerleaders leaving the field.

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Several other reporters were also tweeting about the ugly scene.

“Wisconsin cheerleaders getting pegged with snowballs by their own fans,” wrote Wisconsin TV reporter Elise Menaker. “Cheerleaders had to go in the tunnel and hideout. #notcool.”

The Badgers were trailing the Wildcats 7-0 at the time of the snowball blitz.

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