I was there right after he collapsed just by the portal entrance

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Aug 10, 2022
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I’ve often thought since then that if I have to go, may as well go doing something I love.

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finnish_blue

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Do any of you know (firsthand) of someone who 1) was born at LES during a football game or 2) died at LES during

CoogsWin All-American

8/10/22 5:43pm

Somebody died a year or two ago. I guess it was actually 2013 (Link)

byuluvr

8/10/22 5:44pm

He was in my ward years (decades) ago when I was a kid. Was a good guy.

valcorger

8/10/22 5:48pm

In Placentia, CA or Springville?

Cougar86

8/10/22 6:40pm

Placentia

valcorger

8/10/22 10:19pm

That’s my Uncle Dave! He died right where he wanted to.

Cougar86

8/10/22 6:39pm

I was there right after he collapsed just by the portal entrance

finnish_blue

8/10/22 7:19pm

My friends dad died in the stands a few years ago at Ut. St. When BYU played.

kerm

8/11/22 12:33am

I have witnessed someone dying at LES

GlutealGuy

8/10/22 5:44pm

uuufgh. Sorry to hear. That had to be traumatic. Part of the reason I'm asking is that I'm thinking of how I will

CoogsWin

8/10/22 5:50pm

If you don't get up from your casket when they say "rise and shout"

ryebrye

8/10/22 6:32pm

Holy crap, I've told my kids that it is so engrained into me to rise and shout that I'll be resurrected on the day

CoogsWin

8/10/22 11:20pm

My mission president died at a BYU game

goldengoose

8/11/22 6:04am

I thought that dude that El-Bakri hit on the kickoff a few years ago was dead.

crack

8/10/22 5:46pm

That was a monster hit.

Division Bell

8/10/22 5:47pm

I actually did too- link.

Dr MoBYU

8/10/22 5:47pm

Re see rww4w errorRer

kooogar

8/10/22 10:43pm

I think he both died and was reborn in those moments. So he counts for both.

mvtoro

8/11/22 11:52am

A small part of me died during the 2017 UMass game.

DieHarder

8/10/22 5:46pm

A big part of my wife’s fandom was killed by Crowton 2003

NYC and Japan

8/10/22 9:36pm

Old timers will remember the tradition of throwing the ball from a made FG or EP around the stadium. I was about 3 ft

HarlemCoug

8/10/22 5:48pm

I was at that game and remember they made the announcement that they were no longer going to be doing that throw around

CoogsWin

8/10/22 5:51pm

I really hope so. I was maybe 12 yrs old?? I was so mad at myself that I didn't get a better jump on it and stop it

HarlemCoug

8/10/22 5:55pm

Well, thanks for ruining a great tradition dude.

DirtyWater

8/10/22 8:14pm

I was there too and remember the PA announcement. I also remember him saying,

m0resn0w

8/10/22 11:32pm

I’m not going to lie I just laughed out loud at the random “bald” being inserted

ColonelMustard

8/11/22 1:40pm

I threw a paper airplane when I was about 9 and it caught some wind and whipped

ChiCityCoug

8/10/22 7:05pm

I witnessed a homocide. When Pendlton leveled Jordan Wynn.

Hobo

8/10/22 5:48pm

That happened when my son was about 3 or 4. One day during the winter (not even

crack

8/10/22 5:55pm

Love me some JP!

Wear Blue

8/11/22 11:35pm

I'm on record with my kids stating I want my ashes to be scattered across LES by helicopter

Michael McQuain

8/10/22 5:53pm

During a game!! Cougar tails just got tastier!

Dr MoBYU

8/10/22 7:03pm

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JimmyZ

8/10/22 5:56pm

That kid better be named LeVell or Patti

HarlemCoug

8/10/22 5:57pm

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JimmyZ

8/10/22 5:59pm

Perfect!

HarlemCoug

8/10/22 6:00pm

RE: T.D. (Touchdown) Z….(my last name)

Loon to the Moon

8/10/22 11:36pm

And that baby is Jaren Hall !

Dr MoBYU

8/10/22 6:02pm

That is one of the most impressive things I have heard in my entire life!

Robert Baratheon

8/10/22 6:28pm

I would bet a few have been conceived there over the years on weekend nights.

Hobo

8/10/22 5:56pm

Username checks out

mokelembembe

8/10/22 6:01pm

Yes. Sept 13 2008. Mass homicide. Over 110+ dead. 85 players and 25 coaches.

TheMediator

8/10/22 6:04pm

Freak…. 🤷‍♂️

kotacoug

8/10/22 6:15pm

Gosh, I'd love to see another mass homicide like that again this year.

Blue Golfer

8/10/22 7:13pm

The dental records were needed to confirm that it was in fact UCLA

Rise Against

8/10/22 7:22pm

I would love to go out that way. Die a happy man watching my Cougs play

CObluezone

8/10/22 6:10pm

I was re-born when we beat Utah last year if that counts.

Heath Squashwell

8/10/22 6:11pm

I was there for a murder….

kotacoug

8/10/22 6:14pm

RE: I was there for a murder….

kotacoug

8/10/22 6:17pm

I worked BYU grounds early 90s and we had at least one "Code Blue" every game

cougarmeister

8/10/22 6:16pm

Should actually be a Code Crimson.

ochobeeguy

8/10/22 6:34pm

That would be a clogged toilet.

Vito Corleone

8/11/22 12:55am

I died during a few of those utah games.

Mister P

8/10/22 6:19pm

Much of the west side looks like a bunch of dead people.

D.T. Survivor

8/10/22 6:35pm

It is a good way to go. Hope I do but in about 35 years!

fulano

8/10/22 6:51pm

Guy just above me (and probably some of you) had heart attack and died at LV bowl vs utah in 2015

Dark Forest Green

8/10/22 7:01pm

Yep - I was sitting near there. So sad to see them doing CPR on him. It was clearly a lost cause.

Hansellini

8/10/22 11:03pm

There was that kid that played for Idaho State...

kccougar

8/10/22 7:02pm

I remember seeing EMTs using paddles on a guy in the 80's

8/10/22 7:06pm

My mom's water/blood broke while at a game on September 27, 1986 at LES

ratherberoping

8/10/22 7:48pm

Glad they ended up being ok!

ogdencoug

8/11/22 11:27am

Yeah, my dad talks about it like it's this fun anecdote. Dads are tone deaf

ratherberoping

8/11/22 5:42pm

I had a guy a couple seats away from me die on a United flight from LAX to

Blue Heart

8/10/22 9:14pm

The male Utah cheerleader almost died of fist spasms.

BlooCoog

8/10/22 11:02pm

your question does make me wonder what stories the 50 yard line could tell…

Dr MoBYU

8/10/22 11:19pm

Not at LES but I saw a woman have a stroke at Reeser Stadium (Oregon State)

NorthwestCoug

8/10/22 11:27pm

The average lifespan in the USA is about 77 years.

BlueBeliever

8/11/22 7:18am

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