Goodbye Coughlin Alumni Stadium

[RabbitNation]

Goodbye Coughlin Alumni Stadium

Couple of pics from the last game before they turn the lights off!


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[goon]

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Koenigs TD run from midfield going for it on 4th was pretty awesome. Eiu playoff game was one of the best ever. Gonna miss seeing players come up grassstained uniforms. I know others are ready for turf but I will miss the grass.

[HandoEX]

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My favorite memory at CAS would be the Great West title game vs. NDSU and Paul Annonenson's punt return with NDSU players standing all around. That was an amazing day and I think it cemented my love of SDSU.

This was the most painful Bison loss that I've been at in person. It was a game I'll unfortunately never forget. CAS was rocking that day!!

[trueblue]

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Koenigs TD run from midfield going for it on 4th was pretty awesome. Eiu playoff game was one of the best ever. Gonna miss seeing players come up grassstained uniforms. I know others are ready for turf but I will miss the grass.

I will miss the grass but I won't miss checking the weather for Friday night in Brookings and checking the Bobcat schedule to see if they are at home . I still get goosebumps every time I see Koenig's run on the big screen, or here the replay of the radio call.

[Nidaros]

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I will miss the grass but I won't miss checking the weather for Friday night in Brookings and checking the Bobcat schedule to see if they are at home . I still get goosebumps every time I see Koenig's run on the big screen, or here the replay of the radio call.

Will you stop picking on the Brookings Bobcats!!!

[Danger41]

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I still get goosebumps every time I see Koenig's run on the big screen, or here the replay of the radio call.

So here's an interesting perspective from that play...I had the lead block on that and knew right when we lined up that we would get the first down (didn't expect the TD). Ran a standard power off the right side off of Mitch Erickson's block and I was manned up on a Cornerback. The play goes off and Cory breaks the tackle, streaks down the sideline and I'm still back at the line. I hear the crowd roar (which is strange because during a play, you usually don't hear the crowd at all), look down the line and see Cory running for the end zone. I have a perfect recollection of the sideline going crazy, fans going crazy, and Cory crossing the goal line. I even remember that gray sky offsetting all the blue, yellow, and green in the stands. Great game.

[Jackedforlife]

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So here's an interesting perspective from that play...I had the lead block on that and knew right when we lined up that we would get the first down (didn't expect the TD). Ran a standard power off the right side off of Mitch Erickson's block and I was manned up on a Cornerback. The play goes off and Cory breaks the tackle, streaks down the sideline and I'm still back at the line. I hear the crowd roar (which is strange because during a play, you usually don't hear the crowd at all), look down the line and see Cory running for the end zone. I have a perfect recollection of the sideline going crazy, fans going crazy, and Cory crossing the goal line. I even remember that gray sky offsetting all the blue, yellow, and green in the stands. Great game.

I'd say this^ could be in the Hall of Fame of posts on this message board. The only thing you missed in that post was the smell of the grass. AWESOME!

[jack power]

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So here's an interesting perspective from that play...I had the lead block on that and knew right when we lined up that we would get the first down (didn't expect the TD). Ran a standard power off the right side off of Mitch Erickson's block and I was manned up on a Cornerback. The play goes off and Cory breaks the tackle, streaks down the sideline and I'm still back at the line. I hear the crowd roar (which is strange because during a play, you usually don't hear the crowd at all), look down the line and see Cory running for the end zone. I have a perfect recollection of the sideline going crazy, fans going crazy, and Cory crossing the goal line. I even remember that gray sky offsetting all the blue, yellow, and green in the stands. Great game.

Greatest post ever

[jack power]

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I'd say this^ could be in the Hall of Fame of posts on this message board. The only thing you missed in that post was the smell of the grass. AWESOME!

Absolutely

[trueblue]

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So here's an interesting perspective from that play...I had the lead block on that and knew right when we lined up that we would get the first down (didn't expect the TD). Ran a standard power off the right side off of Mitch Erickson's block and I was manned up on a Cornerback. The play goes off and Cory breaks the tackle, streaks down the sideline and I'm still back at the line. I hear the crowd roar (which is strange because during a play, you usually don't hear the crowd at all), look down the line and see Cory running for the end zone. I have a perfect recollection of the sideline going crazy, fans going crazy, and Cory crossing the goal line. I even remember that gray sky offsetting all the blue, yellow, and green in the stands. Great game.

Thanks for sharing! That is awesome! It was such a dark gray all day long- the blue, yellow and green definitely stood out against it.

[JackJD]

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2015 season attendance at CAS: 77,394
Average (6 home games): 12,899

Game attendance
SUU 13,423
RMU 12,153
NDSU 17,348
ISU-b 9,347
UNI 16,042
ISU-r 9,081

Not bad. We're learning. We have to grab the new fans who show up next year to see the new place, and convince them that they need to come back.

[RowdyRabbit]

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Can't help but wonder if ISUb and ISUr attendance was hurt by NDSU and UNI games...the casual distant fan might've said heck with that noise.

[mitchellrabbit]

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2015 season attendance at CAS: 77,394
Average (6 home games): 12,899

Game attendance
SUU 13,423
RMU 12,153
NDSU 17,348
ISU-b 9,347
UNI 16,042
ISU-r 9,081

Not bad. We're learning. We have to grab the new fans who show up next year to see the new place, and convince them that they need to come back.

Step 1 might be getting the students to the games and fill the student section, every game. Was there even 500 there yesterday? Should have been better with the number 2 team in the country there. Maybe hs football playoffs hurt? Dont know. Dont have any excuses for yesterday.

[Prairiehaas]

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Forecast for yesterday was for a colder day, yes there were HS playoffs on Saturday, and yes the expectation was that State could easily lose yesterday. Still with 9,081 at the game, name one other event in SD that drew a larger crowd. Or a louder crowd.

[Nidaros]

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Step 1 might be getting the students to the games and fill the student section, every game. Was there even 500 there yesterday? Should have been better with the number 2 team in the country there. Maybe hs football playoffs hurt? Dont know. Dont have any excuses for yesterday.

How do you do that? Although student turnout was not good, the season ticket holders had just as sad of putting their butts in the seats. So it's not necessarily a student problem. The Barnyard Cadets program was launched this year and it appears to be working with The Game Day March to the stadium, but there may be more and better ideas to make this work. I been to games with less than a 100 students showing up, so I feel yesterday was a good turnout considering...