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Aug 11, 2022
7:18:39am

BlueBeliever Contributor

The average lifespan in the USA is about 77 years.

That’s about 28,105 days all of us get to enjoy being on earth. LES often has over twice that many people in attendance. That’s over two lifetimes of attendees. When I consider those numbers, it doesn’t surprise me at all that deaths aren’t uncommon at the games.

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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

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.

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

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

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

8/10/22 6:16pm

Should actually be a Code Crimson.

ochobeeguy

8/10/22 6:34pm

That would be a clogged toilet.

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.

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

g$

8/10/22 7:06pm

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

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

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)

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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