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Title: THEY WON A BALLGAME!!!
Post by: WonderMeal on September 30, 2014, 09:21:29 PM
What it is!!! What it is!!! It's a big, big, big big big big touchdown!

On this day 25 years ago, Frank Hernandez burned some chump corner and caught a moonball from Carl Straw in the North endzone as time expired to give the KSU 'Cats their first victory in 31 games. Cats win 20-17 over Corky Nelson's North Texas State University.

Everyone do yourself a favor and watch the final drive one more time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0). But just know that it will get dusty in your house as you watch it.

Tonight we toast LHC Bill Snyder's hair, the stand-up tight end, Sonny Ray Jones, Fatty4KSU, our horrible offensive line, Michael Smith, those dudes who broke the bell, the students not wearing purple, and the miracle completion to Frank Hernandez that made it all possible.

Cats, man. Cats.

 :katpak:

Not sorry if WonderLuked. Go 'Cats.
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on September 30, 2014, 09:32:26 PM
My favorite things about this entire game are as follows.

1. Those d00ds who break the bell
2. North Texas State's unbelievably shitty celebratory dogpile in the end zone after they took the lead before our final drive.
3. The Frank Hernandez catch
4. The hangdog way the sad corner stands after he realizes he blew the game. :frown: but still  :Woot:
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Post by: RickRampus on October 01, 2014, 08:46:12 AM
"He caught it! He caught it! TOUCHDOWN, TOUCHDOWN"  I've watched that part a lot
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Post by: MadCat on October 01, 2014, 08:48:38 AM
Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?
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Post by: Emo EMAW on October 01, 2014, 09:19:12 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0#t=316

If you look at the right hand side (it appears) that a rough ridin' ref is helping the kids tear down the goal posts.  :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on October 01, 2014, 10:05:34 AM
I went to the ku game that day, I believe they played OU and only had about 8 or 9,000 empty seats, pretty impressive.   They got killed.   They had the game on the radio at the fairly large fraternal living domicile where a large group of extremely hardcore ku fans had gathered to consume adult beverages and the like.    They were extremely pissed off when K-State won.   

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Post by: Steffy08 on October 01, 2014, 11:09:45 AM

4. The hangdog way the sad corner stands after he realizes he blew the game. :frown: but still  :Woot:

If North Texas had not given that poor corner nosetackle shoulder pads, he might've been more mobile.  Maybe we don't win?   :dunno:
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Post by: doompaul on October 01, 2014, 11:33:46 AM
What was the bell for? Why would they tear it down after winning?
Title: Re: THEY WON A BALLGAME!!!
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on October 01, 2014, 11:36:02 AM
did all QBs moonwalk in their drop backs?
Title: Re: THEY WON A BALLGAME!!!
Post by: Brock Landers on October 01, 2014, 11:38:30 AM
Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
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Post by: EMAWican on October 01, 2014, 11:47:52 AM
Sure is a lot of "to the Lou" yells.
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Post by: Big Sam on October 01, 2014, 12:11:01 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0#t=316

If you look at the right hand side (it appears) that a rough ridin' ref is helping the kids tear down the goal posts.  :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good eye.  Never noticed it before (and I've seen that video probably 2 or 3 dozen times).

If the ref wasn't helping, then he crazy enough to believe he could somehow save them from falling by pulling the one due off by his feet.
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Post by: Stevesie60 on October 01, 2014, 12:14:34 PM
I went to the ku game that day, I believe they played OU and only had about 8 or 9,000 empty seats, pretty impressive.   They got killed.   They had the game on the radio at the fairly large fraternal living domicile where a large group of extremely hardcore ku fans had gathered to consume adult beverages and the like.    They were extremely pissed off when K-State won.   

Wow, dax used to be a squawk?
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on October 01, 2014, 01:26:18 PM
I went to the ku game that day, I believe they played OU and only had about 8 or 9,000 empty seats, pretty impressive.   They got killed.   They had the game on the radio at the fairly large fraternal living domicile where a large group of extremely hardcore ku fans had gathered to consume adult beverages and the like.    They were extremely pissed off when K-State won.   

Wow, dax used to be a squawk?

No, one my little ku besties invited me to go to the ku game that weekend.   The ku dudes reaction to K-State winning is one of the things that I always remember when some ku dude or chick is trying to tell me that they don't really hate K-State.   That large group of guys was livid. In '92 at the K-State game in Lawrence, where they whooped K-State pretty good, those guys were out for blood.  I mean the stadium still had about 5-10,000 empty seats, but those that were there cheering for ku were flat angered up.   Which is a nice seque into the 2004 game when all the little ku dudes said it was the loudest they'd ever heard venerable Memorial Stadium.   So . . . anger, largest crowds ever, loudest crowds ever . . . for K-State?









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Post by: SkinnyBenny on October 01, 2014, 01:42:42 PM
Never change, dax.
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on October 01, 2014, 02:08:28 PM
I went to the ku game that day, I believe they played OU and only had about 8 or 9,000 empty seats, pretty impressive.   They got killed.   They had the game on the radio at the fairly large fraternal living domicile where a large group of extremely hardcore ku fans had gathered to consume adult beverages and the like.    They were extremely pissed off when K-State won.   

Wow, dax used to be a squawk?

No, one my little ku besties invited me to go to the ku game that weekend.   The ku dudes reaction to K-State winning is one of the things that I always remember when some ku dude or chick is trying to tell me that they don't really hate K-State.   That large group of guys was livid. In '92 at the K-State game in Lawrence, where they whooped K-State pretty good, those guys were out for blood.  I mean the stadium still had about 5-10,000 empty seats, but those that were there cheering for ku were flat angered up.   Which is a nice seque into the 2004 game when all the little ku dudes said it was the loudest they'd ever heard venerable Memorial Stadium.   So . . . anger, largest crowds ever, loudest crowds ever . . . for K-State?
Super Bowl, confirmed.
Title: Re: THEY WON A BALLGAME!!!
Post by: Deez Nutz on October 01, 2014, 02:48:34 PM
I am proud to say that North Texas game was the very first KSU game I ever attended.   :cool:
Little did I know then how significant the victory would be, so in later years I have often tried to sit down and remember every single thing about it that I could. 
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Post by: pvegs on October 01, 2014, 02:48:48 PM
Whenever I see this vid I lol at all the backpedaling. Was the shotgun not invented?
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Post by: Katpappy on October 01, 2014, 03:03:15 PM
Whenever I see this vid I lol at all the backpedaling. Was the shotgun not invented?
With the front line we had for so many years a QB had to be fast on his feet... Josh Hypbile(sp-OU QB) fast.  :grin:
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Post by: Frankenklein on October 01, 2014, 03:45:40 PM
I think I recall Snyder saying Carl Straw was the toughest QB he ever had and how much of a beating he took that year
Title: Re: THEY WON A BALLGAME!!!
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on October 01, 2014, 03:48:07 PM
the Genera Hypercolors  :love: :love:
Title: Re: THEY WON A BALLGAME!!!
Post by: CatMission on October 01, 2014, 03:59:02 PM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 01, 2014, 04:01:55 PM
a super young rick daris was at that game and rushed the field.  :cool:
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on October 01, 2014, 04:03:51 PM
You know, not a bad crowd for a game against N. Texas and a home team that was 23-79-3 in the previous 10 years and 3 games.   In the one shot almost the entire East side from goal line to goal line was full including the old steel stands up high.   










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Post by: MadCat on October 01, 2014, 04:07:31 PM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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I think I remember the cannon.  Was that still used in the mid-90s?
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Post by: star seed 7 on October 01, 2014, 04:20:44 PM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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I think I remember the cannon.  Was that still used in the mid-90s?

Yes
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Post by: dmartin on October 01, 2014, 04:33:16 PM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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I think I remember the cannon.  Was that still used in the mid-90s?

I remember the cannon as well.  Would have been 95 at the earliest for me to be there.
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Post by: stunted on October 01, 2014, 04:53:53 PM
Was that normal strategy with ties back then? Bill going for the win from the 10  :eek
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Post by: KCFDcat on October 01, 2014, 06:13:37 PM
Was that normal strategy with ties back then? Bill going for the win from the 10  :eek

yeah, seems odd they didn't go for the tie and OT. maybe there wasn't OT in '89?

I dunno, I was only 2 when that game was played.
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Post by: star seed 7 on October 01, 2014, 06:19:48 PM
Def no overtime in 89
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Post by: Lucas Scoopsalot on October 01, 2014, 06:38:34 PM
And so began the greatest turnaround in college football history and it was not one "to be taken lightly"  :ksu:
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Post by: jmlynch1 on October 01, 2014, 06:50:09 PM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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I think I remember the cannon.  Was that still used in the mid-90s?

Yes
i remember my dad teaching little lynch about the difference between the speed of light and sound with that cannon. I have a feeling this was the last maybe only kstate football game he ever attended
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Post by: michigancat on October 01, 2014, 06:59:04 PM
love the fashion of those celebrating fans
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Post by: Deez Nutz on October 01, 2014, 07:13:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0#t=316

If you look at the right hand side (it appears) that a rough ridin' ref is helping the kids tear down the goal posts.  :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good eye.  Never noticed it before (and I've seen that video probably 2 or 3 dozen times).

If the ref wasn't helping, then he crazy enough to believe he could somehow save them from falling by pulling the one due off by his feet.

To me it looks like the ref is trying to crush that guy's nuts because the guy is actually straddling the goalpost and the ref is yanking on both of his feet. 
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Post by: michigancat on October 01, 2014, 07:20:20 PM
it's a rough ridin' ref guy you dweebs
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Post by: Muldoon on October 01, 2014, 07:35:22 PM
The mullet at 5:55 is glorious.   God I miss the 80s. :cry:
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Post by: Deez Nutz on October 01, 2014, 07:52:55 PM
it's a rough ridin' ref guy you dweebs

I didn't know the ref guys went back that far, but you are probably right.  Most of his body is off-screen so you can't really see his pants or anything. 
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Post by: Deez Nutz on October 01, 2014, 08:14:44 PM
You know, not a bad crowd for a game against N. Texas and a home team that was 23-79-3 in the previous 10 years and 3 games.   In the one shot almost the entire East side from goal line to goal line was full including the old steel stands up high.

Dax, the reason the east side was so full that day is that most of those people are band members from all the high schools that went there for band day, and I should know because I was one of them!  I was a freshman in high school and played the saxophone, and we all got to go out on the field and perform during the halftime show.  But back then there were way, way more high school bands that got to participate than in recent years because there were plenty of empty seats to accommodate as many bands that wanted to come.  We sat on the east side during the game, and I remember being on the field for halftime, and it was just jam-packed with bands from all over the state.  I mean it took the PA announcer forever to read off all the names of the high schools that had come that day.  You can see at 4:21 as the camera pans the south and west sides of the stadium it is not as packed in those areas.  Also I remember our bus parked in the east lot, and back then it was not even paved.  It was just a dirt and gravel  lot that looked pretty crappy.  As we were loaded into the bus after the game getting ready to leave, I heard a bunch of yelling, and looked out the window to see the group of students carrying the goalpost piece at 5:34 run right by our bus heading southeast toward Aggieville I guess.  It was a great day but obviously I did not realize how special it was until years later.  Too bad we had to go to KU's band day the following year.   :Yuck: 
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Post by: Muldoon on October 01, 2014, 08:28:56 PM
You know, not a bad crowd for a game against N. Texas and a home team that was 23-79-3 in the previous 10 years and 3 games.   In the one shot almost the entire East side from goal line to goal line was full including the old steel stands up high.

Dax, the reason the east side was so full that day is that most of those people are band members from all the high schools that went there for band day, and I should know because I was one of them!  I was a freshman in high school and played the saxophone, and we all got to go out on the field and perform during the halftime show.  But back then there were way, way more high school bands that got to participate than in recent years because there were plenty of empty seats to accommodate as many bands that wanted to come.  We sat on the east side during the game, and I remember being on the field for halftime, and it was just jam-packed with bands from all over the state.  I mean it took the PA announcer forever to read off all the names of the high schools that had come that day.  You can see at 4:21 as the camera pans the south and west sides of the stadium it is not as packed in those areas.  Also I remember our bus parked in the east lot, and back then it was not even paved.  It was just a dirt and gravel  lot that looked pretty crappy.  As we were loaded into the bus after the game getting ready to leave, I heard a bunch of yelling, and looked out the window to see the group of students carrying the goalpost piece at 5:34 run right by our bus heading southeast toward Aggieville I guess.  It was a great day but obviously I did not realize how special it was until years later.  Too bad we had to go to KU's band day the following year.   :Yuck:
Class of '93 :cheers:
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on October 01, 2014, 09:23:50 PM
You know, not a bad crowd for a game against N. Texas and a home team that was 23-79-3 in the previous 10 years and 3 games.   In the one shot almost the entire East side from goal line to goal line was full including the old steel stands up high.

Dax, the reason the east side was so full that day is that most of those people are band members from all the high schools that went there for band day, and I should know because I was one of them!  I was a freshman in high school and played the saxophone, and we all got to go out on the field and perform during the halftime show.  But back then there were way, way more high school bands that got to participate than in recent years because there were plenty of empty seats to accommodate as many bands that wanted to come.  We sat on the east side during the game, and I remember being on the field for halftime, and it was just jam-packed with bands from all over the state.  I mean it took the PA announcer forever to read off all the names of the high schools that had come that day.  You can see at 4:21 as the camera pans the south and west sides of the stadium it is not as packed in those areas.  Also I remember our bus parked in the east lot, and back then it was not even paved.  It was just a dirt and gravel  lot that looked pretty crappy.  As we were loaded into the bus after the game getting ready to leave, I heard a bunch of yelling, and looked out the window to see the group of students carrying the goalpost piece at 5:34 run right by our bus heading southeast toward Aggieville I guess.  It was a great day but obviously I did not realize how special it was until years later.  Too bad we had to go to KU's band day the following year.   :Yuck:

Don't look like no rough ridin' bands to me.   Otherwise TLDNR

Sorry Deez Nuts.  Friends?

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Post by: Deez Nutz on October 01, 2014, 10:19:15 PM
You know, not a bad crowd for a game against N. Texas and a home team that was 23-79-3 in the previous 10 years and 3 games.   In the one shot almost the entire East side from goal line to goal line was full including the old steel stands up high.

Dax, the reason the east side was so full that day is that most of those people are band members from all the high schools that went there for band day, and I should know because I was one of them!  I was a freshman in high school and played the saxophone, and we all got to go out on the field and perform during the halftime show.  But back then there were way, way more high school bands that got to participate than in recent years because there were plenty of empty seats to accommodate as many bands that wanted to come.  We sat on the east side during the game, and I remember being on the field for halftime, and it was just jam-packed with bands from all over the state.  I mean it took the PA announcer forever to read off all the names of the high schools that had come that day.  You can see at 4:21 as the camera pans the south and west sides of the stadium it is not as packed in those areas.  Also I remember our bus parked in the east lot, and back then it was not even paved.  It was just a dirt and gravel  lot that looked pretty crappy.  As we were loaded into the bus after the game getting ready to leave, I heard a bunch of yelling, and looked out the window to see the group of students carrying the goalpost piece at 5:34 run right by our bus heading southeast toward Aggieville I guess.  It was a great day but obviously I did not realize how special it was until years later.  Too bad we had to go to KU's band day the following year.   :Yuck:

Don't look like no rough ridin' bands to me.   Otherwise TLDNR

Sorry Deez Nuts.  Friends?

I think most probably put away their instruments and took off the top part of their uniform after the halftime performance because the shot you see is at the end of the game.  I remember it was pretty hot that day so we probably got to be in t-shirts during the second half.

And TLDNR = Too Long Did Not Read?  Sorry, not friends until you read it.   :don'tcare:
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Post by: BostonPancake on October 01, 2014, 10:59:35 PM
My ticket stub from that game.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi621.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt296%2Fjde82000%2Fftbltcktstub-1.jpg&hash=d25f470162a0484066b2b7c44d5e3ef3fe512be1)
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Post by: kcnut on October 02, 2014, 07:29:30 AM
Amazing how the stadium changed from then to now. Maybe before I die I could see Cessna stadium turn into something as majestic as the bill!
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Post by: Brock Landers on October 02, 2014, 10:27:59 AM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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Yeah I remember the cannon but this bell, if it even existed, is honestly a brand new thing to me.  Sheesh.  Any old timers have more deets on it like when it was first used at the stadium, when/why it went away, etc?

Does Dax have a good story on the bell such as the bell manufacturer overcharged our athletic department or something??
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Post by: dmartin on October 02, 2014, 10:57:46 AM
The bell represented the old regime, the old ways of doing things, losing. When that bell was broken after the win, Snyder probably saw it as a good thing. With the bell gone, there was nothing holding us back....

(or the budget didn't allow for replacing two goal posts, and a bell)

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Post by: doompaul on October 02, 2014, 11:17:49 AM
The mullet at 5:55 is glorious.   God I miss the 80s. :cry:

That's a genuine Kentucky waterfall.
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Post by: ltrain on October 02, 2014, 12:49:43 PM
The mullet at 5:55 is glorious.   God I miss the 80s. :cry:

That's a genuine Kentucky waterfall.

I think I know that guy  :horrorsurprise:
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Post by: MakeItRain on October 02, 2014, 11:58:47 PM

Was the bell a significant fixture for Kansas State football before this?


I have never heard of K State having a football related bell before today.  Shame Yourself thread crosspost?
We also used to have a cannon over there as well.


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I think I remember the cannon.  Was that still used in the mid-90s?

I remember the cannon as well.  Would have been 95 at the earliest for me to be there.

there was no cannon or bell in '96, well the bell was there but it wasn't used
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Post by: Rough Rider on January 20, 2015, 09:31:58 PM
 (https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUOf1ww3.jpg&hash=76697306826e9fe12ff0156e4a4a673115196d21)

The cannon sits outside the alumni center now. I only saw it because I was taking a picture of the obelisk.

A plaque says it was used through 94 and was installed at the alumni center in 04.
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Post by: Missouriscribe on January 20, 2015, 11:00:07 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUOf1ww3.jpg&hash=76697306826e9fe12ff0156e4a4a673115196d21)

The cannon sits outside the alumni center now. I only saw it because I was taking a picture of the obelisk.

A plaque says it was used through 94 and was installed at the alumni center in 04.
Why don't we use it anymore?
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 21, 2015, 07:47:21 AM
Why don't we use it anymore?

howitzers
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Post by: therealgooch on January 21, 2015, 01:23:48 PM
Seems like whatever fraternity ($1.65?) that was in charge of it had a dumbass stick his face in it when it went off.    It was kind of cartoonish when it happened -- smoke coming from his blackened head as he fell to the ground.  He ended up getting up and walking to the ambulance on his own accord.   It was shortly after this incident that the cannon disappeared.  Not sure if the events are related -- I always assumed liability premiums went up too high or the kids parents sued or something but never really heard the true story from anyone.
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Post by: Dr Rick Daris on January 21, 2015, 01:26:53 PM
hey gooch- 912 n 10th  :thumbs:
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Post by: therealgooch on January 21, 2015, 01:30:49 PM
hey gooch- 912 n 10th  :thumbs:

 :thumbsup:
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Post by: puniraptor on January 21, 2015, 05:39:42 PM
Rabbit hole
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Post by: 1863 on January 23, 2015, 12:36:49 AM
Did you get a picture of the obelisk as well? Would be a great contribution to the KState0 thread.