We had 2 or 3 starters kicked off the basketball team mid season last year for smoking marijuana and I never saw anything about it anywhere!!! And they were contributors!!! Like you said players just seem to dissappear. I think we never really hear about it because nobody in Flagstaff(Except a very small minority) gives a rats a** about NAU athletics. Student support has been good this season-"best its been in years" according to those from before my time- but the opposite side of the field has been a ghost town except for when the Griz Train rolled through town. Has it always been like that? Some High School teams get better turnouts than that. Maybe its because the only sports most people in Flagstaff know are rockclimbing, snowboarding, and hiking? Or perhaps its the lack of advertisement due to the incredibly small budget. You could wander around Flagstaff for a full day and not know that NAU had a football team. Or is simply because we are in the lowly FCS, the FBS's doormat and punching bag. Well the last time I checked FCS is still D-1 football! I mean it could be a hell of alot worse, we could be DII or DIII. The Big Sky Conference is a very competitive conference with great talent. K.J Gerard just was signed to the active roster of the Baltimore Ravens. Tickets are given away, and I mean literally given away. I mean we could really make the dome an intimidating place to play. We already have the advantage of being at 7,000 feet and if we could make it loud in there.....Anyway thats my two cents.
