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Aug 11, 2022
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ogdencoug
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Glad they ended up being ok!
Also, funny coincidence, I was born the day before that! (obviously not at LES though)
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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
g$
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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