The crowd not being back for the 3rd quarter is the dumbest excuse always used on this board. If this team can't play football without a stadium full of people I think I'd like to see a new team on the field. Does the crowd make a difference in a game? Sure. Does a crowd win football games? Never. Stop with the dumb excuses like crowd noise, or too cold or too loud or too whatever. The blame falls squarely on 5 turnovers. The blame falls on an offensive coordinator who decided to mail it in with a mixture of going for blood and playing conservatively in the same drive inside of 2 minutes left in the 1st half. The blame falls squarely on a special teams coach who decided it'd be a good idea to give NAU the ball at our 50 yard line with an onside kick instead of pinning them deep like we had been, and had momentum rolling. The blame goes on a defensive coordinator who couldn't figure out how to stop one of the best running backs in the Big Sky on the same play off the OTs ass that went twice for 60+ yards. Or a defensive coordinator who leaves a liability on the field at safety. If you're into superstitions and stuff, don't play frigging John Denver in the 1st quarter.. bad juju. Plenty of blame to go around, the crowd is definitely not the problem.. the place got pretty noisy a couple of times today.