I say we add a railroad car in one of the grass areas.
That would be sweet. :yes:
I say we add a railroad car in one of the grass areas.
My parents had season tickets to the games back in the late sixties and I got to attend a few games at Clyde Williams at about age eight or nine. I can remember picking up sandwiches before the game at Hickory Park when it was on East Lincolnway. We used to park north and west of the stadium under some big Oak trees. I remember throwing the football around with a friend I'd take to the game and it was at that early age a Cyclone fan was born. I remember the seats were just painted 2x10's or something similar. It was a fun time but I remember being pretty excited to hear about a new stadium being built. Great Thread!!
I can safely say as a current student that everytime I look at picture of clyde williams I wish that it were still our stadium. renovations and additions over the years and we would actually have a very cool, respectable stadium, that would be a great home field advantage. not to mention the atmosphere that would be created by having the whole campus and campustown area tailgating and people walking around on game day.
Clyde Williams was my introduction to ISU sports. It's when I became a fan. Seeing Luther Blue run the second half kickoff back for a touchdown versus KSU - priceless.
If I'm recalling correctly, the track wasn't removed until long after the stadium was gone - I used to run on it when I was an ISU student. At least I ran on an outdoor track behind state gym - whether that was the original or not, I don't know. I always assumed it was.
For the record, when the new stadium was opened, student seating was still first come first served, and you could bring alcohol in. It was also a massive race up the hill - carrying our wineskins full of Whiskey of course - to get the best seats.
Wish I had more history. What I can tell you is that my brother was one of the guys that stormed the field before a game and took away the big flag the Nebraska cheerleaders were carrying and ran back to the ISU student section with it. The crowd went wild. His favorite story to this day. Of course, stories evolve over the years, but I choose to believe. Maybe why I'm still a Cyclone fan...
If we had kept it, might look something like this?
You would be pushed into the entrance by the long line of students which made it easy to smuggle in alcohol.
Parking was not very good, but most of the people would walk to the stadium. Tailgating hadn't really started back then.
I had no idea A&M had a track around their stadium... :sad:
Awesome thread! so when was tailgaiting at ISU Discovered? My mom used to take me to Iowa games in the early 80's and I recall plenty of tailgaiting then - tailgaiting and Troy Davis is all we had when I was in school but would curious to know when it started at ISU?
I lived in Helser my first year (early '90s) and the track and field were still there. It was still called CW field, IIRC. The seating was all gone and I would run on the track too. People were always on the field playing catch, etc. It is all gone now right? Heck, Helser is gone I believe.
Jones House!
Here's a nice shot of the opposite side showing State & Beyer on the top, and Lincoln Way on the bottom.
Iowa State vs. Nebraska Football, 1968 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The track and playing surface were torn up in 2001 to make way for the new housing. That area was the band's practice field through the 2000 season. There was a pic in the Ames Trib of them practicing on a rock-hard iced-over field in preparation for the Insight.com Bowl.
Other fun fact: The track actually went underneath the south end zone seating.
Reference points:
Intersection in upper left is Lincoln Way and Welch.
Intersection in upper right is Lincoln Way and Sheldon.