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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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!
LanierSpots
August 21st, 2012
7:14 am
Get that Bama trolling crap out of here, we are talking about living, breathing trees being killed by an extreme fanatic.
All you Gump Updykes are alike, we’re gonna roll y’all this season!
WDE!!!!
Rodney King
August 21st, 2012
7:24 am
You gumps & barners just need to learn to get along!
RammerJammer
August 21st, 2012
7:32 am
What’s done is done, time for the folks from Opelika to move on with their lives.
Roll Tide Roll!
Hunting Dawg
August 21st, 2012
7:33 am
Certainly hate to hear that the trees will ultimately die due to this low brow’s actions. Gotta respect the traditions of each school even if you don’t like their football team and fanbase. You look at that guys picture and it just screams “I’m a dumba**!”. Although this guy may represent a portion of the Bama fan base including the first poster here I don’t think he represents the majority. They need to remove this guy from society and use him for fertilizer to grow the new trees that will take the place of the dead trees. It’s a shame that a game, that’s right football is a game, would cause people to act in such an asinine fashion.
FairleyEatsAaronMurray
August 21st, 2012
7:36 am
I agree Hunting Dawg, this redneck needs to removed from society, along with the Crimson Tide fan that was in Krystal’s and all over the Youtubes.
All In.
UgliestVillageOnPlains
August 21st, 2012
7:38 am
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts celebrates it’s Grand Reopening today in Tuscaloosa. Auburn Majorettes drove over through the night to be on hand.
td
August 21st, 2012
7:39 am
The only thing funnier than someone being *way* too invested in the football team from the college he attended, is someone being that way without having actually attended that college.
You guys know that “fan” is short for “fanatic”, right? Settle down, enjoy the games, and live longer.
Steve K
August 21st, 2012
7:40 am
I have no tolerance for senseless vandalism. But it is widely recognized that being an Alabama fan is illustrative of mental illness or defect, so maybe he has a defense in this case.
john boy
August 21st, 2012
7:41 am
I wish that guy would smile. I’m willing to bet he has 10 teeth if he’s lucky…Any takers?
By the way, when are these trees actually going to die? They’ve been “dying” for two years now. Also, what does “aesthetically dead” mean anyway? Is that like saying Abe Vigoda is aesthetically dead if not actually dead?
Gumpabump
August 21st, 2012
7:42 am
stupid is as stupid does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sabanslifts
August 21st, 2012
7:43 am
Maybe some more tornadoes in Tuscaloosa are called for. Just saying.
Whiskey Breath
August 21st, 2012
7:43 am
I went by there the other day. They will be here for a long time. Strange that a agricultural school
can not accurately diagnose the so called damage. I hope Updyke does a long time in prison, for just
being a super redneck. But deep down, he didn’t do it, He just wanted the attention. Meanwhile,
Auburn took advantage of the situation. Much about nothing.
AllIn
August 21st, 2012
7:44 am
Alls that matters is that Cam brought us a championship, something you leghumpers haven’t even come close to sniffing since the days of Hershel.
WDE!!!
You are a classless thug john boy, yes the trees are actually dying!
native atlantan
August 21st, 2012
7:46 am
Rodney, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your dead.
Andy
August 21st, 2012
7:46 am
I’m sorry for the trees, but who cares about this redneck rivalry or anything that happens in Alabama?
George Stein
August 21st, 2012
7:51 am
No one cares about those cheating SEC folks, the ACC is going to win in at all this season!
Sammy Davis, Jr
August 21st, 2012
7:52 am
My children scored too high on their SAT tests to attend college in Alabama.
waymon
August 21st, 2012
7:59 am
when he poisoned them he said nothing could be don to save them.
john boy
August 21st, 2012
8:00 am
@AllIn
“You are a classless thug john boy, yes the trees are actually dying!”
Easy there tiger….or war eagle – whichever you may prefer. You would make a great point if I had said anything about the trees not actually dying. If you read, my question was WHEN are these things going to die? Not disputing that they are dying.
That said, and to the point I was trying to make, ALL living things are dying! My granny was dying for 87 years (eventually done away with by Paul Ryan…for the liberally inclined). I’m just saying that it seems that Auburn is making this a constant news story. If it’s going to be 20 more years before these things kick-out, then I would like to know so I can tune out now. So touchy…
3d
August 21st, 2012
8:01 am
Only in Alabama.
Say What???
August 21st, 2012
8:06 am
Interesting… If it wasn’t Auburn’s trees that had been poisoned and instead it was the statue of Bear Bryant that had been destroyed by Auburn fans, I bet the Tide faithful wouldn’t be saying “What is done is done. Time for the folks in Tuscaloosa to move on.” No, they would be pressing for the death penality for anyone with knowledge of what was done. Idoits like this nimrod give college football in general, and the SEC is particular a bad name.
Metro Coach
August 21st, 2012
8:14 am
john boy, the reason Auburn is making this a constant news story is to distract from the constant presence on NCAA investigators who have apparently made Auburn their new home. If you’ll watch closely, everytime a story about the trees comes out, it was either immediately preceded or immediately followed by bad news about the football program. The latest bad news is the Jovon Robinson story. Before Robinson there was the Reuben Foster stuff. Auburn officials and fans refuse to admit that the constant rolling and pressure washing of these trees has already caused irreparable harm to them, all Harvey Updyke did was speed up the process. Harvey Updyke is an idiot for doing what he did. Should he go to jail and live on the taxpayers’ dime? Of course not. Sentence him to probation, community service, and a fine. Bad news about the trees=bad news about Auburn.
Alabammy
August 21st, 2012
8:16 am
Every time Auburn is about to be hit with bad press or an investigation is coming…they always release a “oh poor us” story about these stupid trees. The same trees that have been dying for years due to pollutants from passing cars and more significantly…FROM THEIR OWN FANS ROLLING THEM.
Look for something to hit the papers soon.
George Stein
August 21st, 2012
8:16 am
What is a “Lanier Spot”? Are you SEC rednecks talking about a fish here?
NoDawgInTheFight
August 21st, 2012
8:18 am
It is sad that any Alabama fan would condone this action. However, many do and few condemn this idiot. For that, most UA fans are about as worthless nipples on a bull. Y’all should be thankful he was given a media pass while he was coaching. Otherwise, he would probably make Joe Paterno look like a saint.
Mountain Man
August 21st, 2012
8:19 am
If one could redirect the vitriol and fervor of some fans into positive acts, imagine the positive deeds that could be accomplished. Crazy Harvey Updyke ought to be punished by raking leaves for the rest of his natural life and, if and when the Toomer’s Corner trees come down, Updyke ought to be hit square across his butt with the biggest stick of stove wood Alabama has ever seen!
J D Eubanks
August 21st, 2012
8:19 am
There is nothing funny about what an Alabama fan did to the ancient oaks at Auburn. There is no need for all of the trash talking appearing on this website. If DENNY CHIMES blew up, the Auburn Family would not be happy and would demand legal action against the terrorist. Maybe it is time for AUBURN to move to the SEC EAST and shut dowm the need for an annual IRON BOWL. The game has brewed too much that is not what college ball is all about. That is evident by some of the stupidity shown in the comment section. ROLL nothing and WAR nothing. Grow up children.
misterwax
August 21st, 2012
8:19 am
when the trees are dead and Texas A&M is in the lead for the SEC West title, then cut down the trees and donate the wood for an AGGIE bonfire…. OK?
Tammy
August 21st, 2012
8:20 am
Honey, all of these people live in trailers and are still fighting the Civil War in their minds every day as they trudge off to work for Kia. Pathetic.
Alabammy
August 21st, 2012
8:21 am
Whatever ass-knuckle. Do I approve of what idiot Harvey did? Absolutely not. Have a lost any sleep over those stupid trees? Not one wink. And don’t any of you non-Aubs pretend you have either. Just another chance for you all to toss out your overly-tires trailer park and teeth jokes which were classics the first 1,000 times I heard them.
James
August 21st, 2012
8:24 am
When does the SOB go on trial?!
John
August 21st, 2012
8:25 am
I hope this white trash serves time and is rendered penny less.
Chaos
August 21st, 2012
8:26 am
Enter your comments here
AU Grant
August 21st, 2012
8:32 am
The only thing more pathetic than the comments on this non-story is the way it was written by Joel Povano. This is news from about a week ago repackaged by the AJC, a sure sign of lazy journalism. The first line is “It’s apparently mission accomplished for Harvey Updyke”. Way to patronize this loser and make him the meat of the story. Oh, and if you’re going to make him the entire story, at least proofread and spell his name right. Joel Provano needs an editor. Or a new job..
Fact
August 21st, 2012
8:34 am
The bottom line is this. It shouldn’t have happened. Forget who you like, hate, etc. I would hate for this to happen to Alabama, Georgia, anywhere. Schools have their certain things that mean alot to them and nobody should take that away from any fan base. I know people see the trees as silly and I get that, but I will never forget the first time my dad took me there and one day he will be gone and that memory along with many other great memories will be there. Just my two cents.
What a shame
August 21st, 2012
8:34 am
And which school just self reported over 40+ violoations? Oh yeah! The crash test dummy school of Bama!!!
WDE!!!!
What a shame
August 21st, 2012
8:35 am
*Violations
Mike
August 21st, 2012
8:37 am
Well these comments went as could be expected.
DavidKing
August 21st, 2012
8:37 am
@metro coach – Be sure to say hello to the tooth fairy and the easter bunny in the la-la land you reside in.
Gary
August 21st, 2012
8:38 am
I’m a big Bama fan and went to school at Alabama but I hate what this jerk did. The Bama fans that I know feel the same way. I was hoping for a better outcome for the trees. It’s just sports, people need to keep things in perspective.
BamaRTR
August 21st, 2012
8:42 am
auburn needs to be worrying improving about their mediocre school run by the crook bobby lowder instead of a bunch of trees. RTR—Bama wins the SEC in 2012!!!
Mr Smiley
August 21st, 2012
8:43 am
@John Boy…you just had to throw politics in there didn’t ya? Leave it to a liberal to blame a politician for killing his 87 YEAR OLD grandmother.
What a shame
August 21st, 2012
8:45 am
Thank you Gary! We all believe in our own school traditions, whatever they might be. Because we have an allegiance to any school doesn’t give us the right to trash or destroy our rival’s traditions. The idiots who agree with this dumba$$ who poisoned the trees are the backwoods idiots who didn’t have enough teeth let alone any brains to get into any school!
elroytheelder
August 21st, 2012
8:45 am
Reading the stupid alabama fans’ comments on here is proof that most of them not only condone what that fat retarded redneck did, but that if given the chance, they would do something similar.
I also find it pretty horrifying that after Chizik and his football team, along with Bo Jackson later doing his Bo Bikes Bama tour to help those rednecks after the tornado….all they can do is make snide remarks about Auburn’s landmark and tradition that one of their own destroyed through an act of eco-terrorism.
That tells you all you need to know about bammers. No matter how good and decent you may be, they’ll always spit in your face simply because the ONLY thing they have in life is that football program, and they literally live and die by it.
Those people are the dregs of society. That is all.
Whatevs
August 21st, 2012
8:58 am
@native atlantan – I hate to be the one to tell you this, but “your” grammar sucks. Sincerely, a native Atlantan that went to a proper school. WDE!!!
Billy Bob
August 21st, 2012
8:58 am
If we get divorced will we still be cousins ?
Whatevs
August 21st, 2012
9:02 am
@Tammy – I have a degree from Auburn and I trudge off to Park Lane to sell cutting edge technology to EMEA. Do you know where Park Lane is and do you know what EMEA is an acronym for?
Silly people taking pot shots are clearly the ones who have no education and no class.
Sugar Hill Dawg
August 21st, 2012
9:03 am
Geezzzzeee! People – get a life. I’d be pretty ticked off if some Tech moron messed with the Hedges, or if some Gator Doofus backed his pickup into the Arch, but I’m pretty sure I’d get over it. I have two sons at Auburn – they’re not too happy, but they understand what’s done is done – deal with the deed and move on. The Toomer’s Trees are a cool tradition – they’ll be replaced and the tradition will live on. I suggest to the Auburn folks heading to Tuscaloosa this November to take plenty of toilet paper to cover up the Bear should the Tigers pull off a shocker!
Lance
August 21st, 2012
9:11 am
Wow, what a cesspool I have just stumbled upon.
Cam
August 21st, 2012
9:13 am
Do this laptop belong to anybody?
sowega
August 21st, 2012
9:14 am
A grown man gets in his car and drives 30 miles to a college campus to commit acts of vandalism on tress because of a football rivalry between two schools neither of which he attended. Sad and pathetic.
SimpleDawg
August 21st, 2012
9:16 am
The Awbarn people can still hold on to the notion that….”Gump never scored on us!”
joe
August 21st, 2012
9:27 am
Typical inbred Bama posters, instead of showing sympathy for the trees and Auburn, all ya’ll do is run your damn mouths about how big and bad ya’ll are. Why don’t you go to some fast food eatery and t-bag someone…oh, wait, ya’ll have done that already. Most pathetic bunch of fans ever…and 99% of you were too dumb to get into Tuscaloosa state U.
The Ols
August 21st, 2012
9:30 am
To sabanslifts…While this was a deplorable act by a clearly unfit man, the fact that you wish more tornadoes on Tuscaloosa makes you as bad, if not worse than HU…I can’t believe that nobody took this moron to task for wishing more lives lost in Tuscaloosa…Yes, what HU did was wrong on every level, but what you just posted is actually disgusting…Karma’s a b***h, and you just invited her to dinner…
what a pack of fools
August 21st, 2012
9:31 am
You folks in Tuscaloser need to get over that tornado and move on. geez…..
14 Titles
August 21st, 2012
9:38 am
Nick’s loaded the roster again, ready for another title run in 2012. Mark this down–the 2012 Bama D may be better than last year! RTR!
Give me a break.....
August 21st, 2012
9:46 am
I grew up a Alabama fan but have plenty of Auburn friends. The man who did this has to have a mental illness……as all this did is make Alabama fans look like a bunch of idiots. As a Alabama fan….I apologize for a rouge “fan” who would do something this horrible! I feel for the Auburn nation…the trees were a tradition. But I hope Auburn realizes that the majority of Alabama fans would never have been involved in this destructive behavior!!
joe
August 21st, 2012
9:50 am
@ 14–More like 5. It’s pretty darn funny that you guys actually count all those MNC’s. The Davis poll and the Dunkle poll from the 1920’s don’t amount to dung, but you losers still count them. HA HA! Pathetic again, but we’re used to it from your “intelligent” fan base that never set foot on any campus except for football games.
Charles
August 21st, 2012
9:58 am
There are three kind of people posting on this thread.
1. Auburn University Graduates
2. State of Alabama High School Graduates or Dropouts
3. Semi curious UGA fans that hate Auburn because it is such a close rivalry.
Which one are you?
All Bama Fans are Rabid
August 21st, 2012
10:02 am
RTR and the rest of the rednecks that dismiss or support Updyke are pieces of s-it. Updyke is the epitome of the Alabama fan. These same people dismissing this as ‘just trees’ go crazy when an actual prank (not a crime) is performed on their crooked coaches idolatry statues.
BobDog
August 21st, 2012
10:04 am
I talked to someone close to the situation yesterday. He said the trees are done and that the big decision to come is what organization gets the proceeds from the sale of the wood. That wood cut up into small pieces, plaques or whatever, will probably bring a large sum of money.
Who should get the money? The Athletic Department, the University, or charity?
G-Dawg
August 21st, 2012
10:06 am
Have some local artist carve the entire tree, and have it weatherproofed..the tradition could continue!!
king of mean
August 21st, 2012
10:22 am
I’m as Rabid a Bama fan as you’ll find – but doing something like this to those trees (or any particular symbol of college tradition found at any school) is reprehensible. I hope Updyke is held accountable and serves all of the time he has coming to him. He’s not a true representation of a mainstream Bama fan.
Roll Tide.
bruce mac
August 21st, 2012
10:25 am
You can look at the guy and tell he is mentally incompetent. I say let him off so he can go home and play with himself. RTR
SouthBama
August 21st, 2012
10:29 am
Have a big bonfire with the trees and charge admission, with the proceeds going to bobby lowder’s legal fund. He needs some money.
Tree
August 21st, 2012
10:36 am
While you all are referring to me as “just a tree”, I cannot simply be replaced. It took a hundred years for my height and branches to grow to the beauty they were. A “statue” can be replaced, it’s just metal. A shrub can be replaced, bushes grow fast. I hope a tree falls on your house.
Shrub
August 21st, 2012
10:41 am
Typical tree…thinking you are better than us shrubs or bushes just because some hayseeds like to throw toilet paper at you.
deserves jail time
August 21st, 2012
10:46 am
I’m not an Auburn fan, but he deserves a fine equal to everything he has (which probably isn’t much) and two years in jail. Yes – jail time for trees. Ideally should have to listen to the Auburn fight song over and over while in jail. Just a senseless act.
Charles
August 21st, 2012
10:49 am
Best article ever of why Alabama fans don’t understand or respect. After all, they have no tradition. Read it.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/612018-you-can-kill-auburns-trees-but-you-cant-kill-auburns-spirit
Funny...coming from UGA fans
August 21st, 2012
10:49 am
I get a kick reading UGA fan’s (some) insults to both Bama and AU. UGA…UGA! last NC in what? 1981? UGA calling out and Insulting the 2 programs that have: (just the facts) 3 NC, 2 heismans,2 undefeated seasons 3 SEC champs of the last 3 years? And no NCAA violations after an inquisition style investigation was thrown Really? The past few years, all UGA has done is gone from red panties, several playersjail, to preseason hype to well that’s pretty much it year after year.
sheepdawg
August 21st, 2012
10:58 am
this blog is a fine commentary on the state of higher education in the deep south….pitiful
On second thought
August 21st, 2012
11:01 am
there are a bunch of low life idiots on these blogs. Unless you are the player or a family member it’s just entertainment….
Please tell me none of the people who are crying about the trees are hunters or oppose universal heathcare
smoke Ham and BBQ beans
August 21st, 2012
11:02 am
Have you folks last fellow said auburn fans when beat alabama own campus n they rolled toilet paper lord..You will really open a can then then fellow who said poison n said did not..he go are someone will get saw n cut down the toomer tree to a stump….so please do not mess up bear bryant moument now….that silly folks all is a game well sorta like if Georgia ever beat alabama are they won here would tide fans steal hedges are get vince dooley painted crimson tide red!
Dogs>bama
August 21st, 2012
11:02 am
Take this to the bank–the dogs will win the east easily and upset bama in the title game. This Dog D may be the best in the country.
B
August 21st, 2012
11:07 am
Maybe Trooper Taylor can pay someone some cash to heal the trees.
Never Been There
August 21st, 2012
11:13 am
Is Toomer’s Corner actually, physically, located on the Auburn Unv. campus?
JRS
August 21st, 2012
11:15 am
Who gives a hoot what happens in America’s 2nd worst state and at its pathetic excuse for educational institutions? You Alabamans ought to be sending thank you notes to Mississippi every day.
Never Been There
August 21st, 2012
11:16 am
Who actually proclaimed these trees as “famed oak trees”? Been following college football for over 50 years and I had never heard of Toomer’s Corner of oak trees. Not a Auburn fan but “famed”. I guess it’s all in whom you ask.
All Bama Fans are Rabid
August 21st, 2012
11:19 am
Charles said:
Best article ever of why Alabama fans don’t understand or respect. After all, they have no tradition. Read it.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/612018-you-can-kill-auburns-trees-but-you-cant-kill-auburns-spirit
——–
Nice link Charles, so true.
Tree Dawg
August 21st, 2012
11:35 am
Fire Mark Richt!
that is no excuse
August 21st, 2012
11:38 am
“He has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.”
all bama fans can claim that problem.
what other fan base has fans that do this and that perform and record sex acts on another helpless human being.
than we have the issue of their coach. a man who has rules named after him because rather than win fair he prefers to ‘almost’ cheat.
and these nitwits thump their chests and think they are the best in the land.
they are like the sprinter who is given a 10 yard head start against the rest of the field and wins the 100 m dash.
no amount of chest thumbing or trash talking will ever make that sprinter the fastest in the world.
the biggest cheater yes. the fastest ? never!
Buckeye
August 21st, 2012
11:58 am
If they transplanted the huge evergreen next to the 18th at Pebble they can transplant some large oaks at Toomers.
Sugar Hill Dawg
August 21st, 2012
12:00 pm
Tommer’s Corner refers to the intersection of Magnolia and College Streets. Toomer’s Drugs is on one corner, a bank is across Magnolia, a bar (used to be a bank, I guess, since its called “The Vault”) is across College, while the trees are on the corner of the intersection that is a part of the Auburn campus. Kinda like the Arch is across Broad Street from what used to be the Varsity (now a Five Guys?)
Charles in Reeltown, AL
August 21st, 2012
12:08 pm
that bammer should get them electric chair.
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.
Whatevs
August 21st, 2012
12:14 pm
@Never Been There – the oaks are physically located on the ground of the University at main entrance to the campus. The street intersection is affectionately called Toomer’s Corner because of the long-running soda fountain/drug store (named Toomers Drugs, open since 1896) diagonally across from the entrance.
http://ocm.auburn.edu/news/oaks.html has a great picture of the oaks in and the main entrance to campus.
UGA = Yawn
August 21st, 2012
12:16 pm
Geesh – how long it take to get this to trial???
Educated bama fan
August 21st, 2012
12:19 pm
@sabanslifts… I don’t normally post on sites like this bc it’s a never ending comment war, BUT when I read your comment about wanting more tornadoes to come through Tuscaloosa I just could not let it go. How much of a low life douchebag do you have to be to say something so heartless. I understand your anger and emotions towards The lose of your trees, but honestly trees can be replaced, my friends and loves ones that lost their lives cannot. The lost lives and damage to our town/state does not even compare to toomer’s oaks. If I were an Auburn fan I would be repulsed at your tactless comment. Honestly what you really need is a life and punch in mouth. Karma is a bitch..
Rich Black
August 21st, 2012
12:38 pm
Alabama……no wonder the rest of the country makes fun of the south.
Derpmaster
August 21st, 2012
12:42 pm
Just look at his picture…..and say it. Roll Tide Roll.
Jason
August 21st, 2012
12:42 pm
The irony here is that Updyke thought by destroying the trees at Toomer’s Corner he was helping to glorify UA when what he ended up doing instead was cause incredible damage to the university’s image. Sadly other sidewalk fans like him won’t learn anything from this other than don’t run your mouth and get caught.
Derpmaster
August 21st, 2012
12:44 pm
And I love all you bammers that were acting like what he did upset you right afterwards. And yet here you are, showing your true colors. It’s just so pathetic being a Crimson Tide.
A-Town Antwoine
August 21st, 2012
12:45 pm
This nutbag was a law enforcement officer as a Texas state trooper…… Nuff said.
Harry Reid
August 21st, 2012
12:54 pm
I bet he’s a good ole Southern Democrat!
timthebrave
August 21st, 2012
12:54 pm
Isn’t Auburn a horticulture school. You think they would know how to plant new trees.
American Telephone & Tree, Inc.
August 21st, 2012
12:57 pm
Maybe they could replace the trees with a cell tower that looks like a tree.
Brenda
August 21st, 2012
1:03 pm
Where will they attach the nooses now?
TideToRoll
August 21st, 2012
1:03 pm
The Tide will be rolling again in 2012—BCS title game. Bama v. USC
Bama wins by 6!
RDT!!!
Robinhood
August 21st, 2012
1:30 pm
Its just a dang tree for crying out loud, there are thousands of tree cutting services everyday hacking trees down. whats the big deal?!?!?
The guy doesnt deserve any jail time, folks do a lot worse things than this and get 30 days probation which is what Im thinking he’ll get. Maybe a fine which of course will get paid by any one of the larger Bama boosters.
quit crying and go away warchickentiggerplainsmen
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.