Study says Auburn oaks likely doomed
Alabama uber-fan Harvey Updyke is awaiting trial on charges he poisoned the oak trees at Toomer's Corner.
A new report by Auburn University says the famed oak trees at Toomer’s Corner, allegedly poisoned by Updyke two years ago, are probably doomed and will need to be replaced, the Associated Press reports.
The report says the trees’ branches will continue to die, leaving them “aesthetically dead if not actually dead,” AP said.
Updyke, the rabid Alabama fan who allegedly boasted of his deed on a radio talk show — under the name “Al from Dadeville” — after Auburn defeated the Tide in 2010, is awaiting trial on charges of criminal mischief and desecrating a venerable object. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. His trial is scheduled for Oct. 1, although his attorneys are seeking a change of venue.
The study, which was conducted by experts after a recent pruning, says a preservation committee will report soon to the university president on whether to continue efforts to save the trees or replace them, but concluded that “the long-term outlook for the trees is not good.”
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TooMuchBammer
August 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
I don’t care what you folks say about some stupid trees but wishing harm and more tornadoes in Tuscaloosa is pushing the edge of humanity, which evidently you low-class Barners have none of.
Go back out and take care your sheep in the barn – it’s getting lonely!
RTR!
Clay Travis
August 21st, 2012
1:38 pm
I shouted out “Who killed the Kennedys?” – when after all it was you and me.
You redneck bammers crack me up!!!
Go Vols!
TrishaDishawareagle
August 21st, 2012
1:45 pm
I doubt those who actually graduated from the houndstooth hell to the west, actually celebrate killing historical oaks..but rest assured I will be pulling for LSU nov 3rd(yeah I am realistic about AUs chance to ruin your year)
Red Wing
August 21st, 2012
1:46 pm
Once again, this man illustrates his true colors.He claims mental illness rather than stand up and take responsibility for his heinous actions.
TrishaDishawareagle
August 21st, 2012
1:53 pm
btw, UGA, how much of the endowment was investing with Jim Donnan enterprises, inc?
DawgNole
August 21st, 2012
2:04 pm
Red Wing
August 21st, 2012
1:46 pm
Once again, this man illustrates his true colors.He claims mental illness rather than stand up and take responsibility for his heinous actions.
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Hard to dispute the mental illness claim–based not only on his appearance but on his interview comments. Definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Roll Turd Roll
August 21st, 2012
2:06 pm
The sad part of this story is that you could have shown me 100 photos of various individuals and I would have immediately recognized this guy as an “Alabama Fan”…..they just have that “look” about them…!!!
TrishaDishawareagle
August 21st, 2012
2:08 pm
UGay has no traditions – at least none that haven’t stolen from Auburn that is.
TrishaDishawareagle
August 21st, 2012
2:48 pm
name stealing is a JuCo level thing.
DawginLex
August 21st, 2012
2:55 pm
Roll Tide Roll
August 21st, 2012
7:08 am
Serves those cheating Barners right after their little sCam Newton thuggery.
Chizik has yet to prove he can win anything without sCam Newton.
RTR! Number 15 coming down the tracks this season!
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And this ^^^^^ ladies and gentlemen is why we laugh out loud at anything and everything from Alabama
Mr. Hankey (Pankey)
August 21st, 2012
2:58 pm
All Alabama jokes aside and the fact that I have no dawg in this fyte as they say down I-20 west,
this senseless act deserves some form of retribution or karma if you will and I’m betting that when ‘ole Harvey boy does his 90 or 180 days or whatever he gets (misdemeanor is punishable by $1000 and up to 12 months in jaiil and there ain’t no way he’s staying out of jail) his celly — cellmate — is a rather large ex-Auburn football player in the Black Gorilla prison gang. I’ll bet ‘ole Harvey will squeeeeeeel like a pig just like Ned Beaty. Near as I can tell he does have a “purty mouth.”
Decatur Joe
August 21st, 2012
2:59 pm
Roll Damn Tide!!!!
Mr. Hankey (Pankey)
August 21st, 2012
3:00 pm
Gotta agree with roll turd roll on the ‘Bama fan comment. Could a picked him out of any lineup. “Course as a Georgai fan we do have that IDIOT that goes to every game with the bulldog painted on his head. Not real impressed with that guy either.
DawginLex
August 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
Dawgnlex is a complete tool
August 21st, 2012
12:11 pm
that aint no excuse… you bleed black and red.
Sorry your team has been poopy for 31 year.
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I see I still own you wimpy boy. Whether it’s early in the morning or at lunch time, I still own you because of your hatred for me.
I own you.
You are welcome to join me at the UK/UGA game in Lexington this year. I’ll be the one in red next to the pep band. We can discuss in person how big of a tool you are and how I own you.
RollTR
August 21st, 2012
3:14 pm
florida upsets ga and wins the east. Alabama beats lsu and wins the west. Alabama blows out fla for the title. 2012–another big year!! RTR!
G8R8U2
August 21st, 2012
3:46 pm
I certainly feel bad for the trees themselves; that’s an awful way to get wiped out after spending a lifetime getting degraded by Auburn fans themselves.
Good ol’ Auburn; must be the only place in America where “adults” take something majestic and proud like some 130-year old oaks, and reduce them to a childish pre-teen prank by littering them with the same stuff you use to clean feces off your behind.
I’m not sure they ever fully grasped what rolling was designed for… back when I was a kid, the little neighborhood vandals walked the streets looking to roll the trees and houses of people they HATED, not the ones they liked or respected.
Might make a good sociology paper… “Auburn University & Toomer’s Corner: A Case Study In Mob Stupidity”.
Ken Stallings
August 21st, 2012
3:51 pm
One of the sadder facts is that this moron Harvey Updike was an active Alabama state trooper! Now, imagine getting pulled over late at night on the highway and having someone this unhinged wearing a sidearm and a fullsilade of lawful authority standing by your window! Should give everyone reason for concern!
The level of unbridled hatred over something as insignificant as university rivalry is truly alarming and all citizens of Alabama should be ashamed of it. ESPN even did a hour long documentary on the situation — that’s how stupid and out of hand it has gotten.
it is what it is
August 21st, 2012
3:58 pm
if the inbred rednecks from Auburn really gave a sh#t about the trees, they wouldn’t trash them with toilet paper. Give me a break
Office Max
August 21st, 2012
4:34 pm
If those trees die, can we have them to make some copy paper? Please………..
Office Max
August 21st, 2012
4:42 pm
I know if Michael vick went to jail for fighting dogs (HAD A FEW CASUALTIES) –> dogs like to pee on trees–> man kill trees. DO THE MATH, WHERE IS PETA!!!! HARVEY, HARVEY, HARVEY,
Pitbull
August 21st, 2012
6:54 pm
Cheating at Aubarn even made the New York Times. Read it here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/sports/ncaafootball/25rhoden.html
Tampa Gator is paranoid
August 21st, 2012
7:13 pm
What are we talking about?
SEC Champ
August 21st, 2012
7:35 pm
Wore Down Eagles!!!!!!
Yep
August 21st, 2012
7:58 pm
Who cares?!?!?
D Fence
August 21st, 2012
8:02 pm
With the QB situation or lack thereof at the ‘Barn this year, there will not be any need to worry about rolling any trees. What time is it in the ‘Barn anyway? Yep, about 45-7. Thank goodness the Chiz is still on the sideline..too bad he got rid of Roof however.
TideRTR
August 21st, 2012
11:02 pm
all that toilet paper killed those trees—the chemicals got into the ground. auburn rednecks need to stop throwing toilet paper after they win and act with class like Alabama fans.
Jan Kemp
August 22nd, 2012
4:48 am
Which comes first?
A. Death of the Auburn Oaks
B. Georgia actually wins something of meaning and moves out of the second tier status
Dawgnlex is a complete tool
August 22nd, 2012
7:59 am
Them alabama fans is unclassy losers. they not like us proud UGAy fams.
bammers never win nothin
doggit
August 22nd, 2012
9:23 am
Well, it happened in Alabama, no news from that state surprises me anymore. It’s like Jerry Springer, the reality show IRL.
DawgnLex is a complete tool
August 22nd, 2012
9:31 am
I wish I could find a girl who isn’t my mom or sister that I could see nekkid.
DawgnLex is a complete tool
August 22nd, 2012
9:32 am
Jerry Sandusky wasn’t such a bad guy
DawgnLex is a complete tool
August 22nd, 2012
9:33 am
I like young fat boys. Bubble butts are the best
DawgnLex is a complete tool
August 22nd, 2012
9:34 am
Having to go to the dentist is overrated. I do just fine with soup and melted donuts
georgianabulltiger
August 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
Knowing that the state of Georgia actually touches the state of Alabama makes me feel kinda icky.
Chizzle
August 22nd, 2012
3:39 pm
Uh Oh!! Mannnnnn overboarrrrrd. another tree story means another suspension or academic casualty at the universty of aubren!
Will
August 23rd, 2012
7:24 pm
I love it. Everyone knows the real reason a non-athlete chooses to attend Auburn – their SAT scores weren’t high enough to get in to Alabama or Georgia, depending upon their respective home State. Cut down the trees and make more toilet paper.
Let's Be Real
August 24th, 2012
2:57 am
Alabama fans are pretty much the worst humanity has to offer. KU fans are more insufferable, though.
caughtsuckineggs
August 27th, 2012
4:12 pm
I’m sorry for the trees, but who cares about this redneck rivalry or anything that happens in Alabama?
Andy……look in the mirror girl, the answer is apparently “you!”
caughtsuckineggs
August 27th, 2012
4:15 pm
Clay, that’s the sound of crickets I hear in your stadium. Are you the last Vol standing? The Krispy Kreme doughnut comments herein were not linked to Fat Phil Fulmer and that’s a crime in and of itself.