Is there any truth to Harvey Updyke’s claim

Even if provided... You actually trust things written in a newspaper?

Harvey’s word is good enough for me.

It didn’t happen, I was living in Auburn at that time. It was cold as hell that day and people stayed inside.

Unlikely. And, even if it did happen, it probably wouldve been very few people. I've met plenty of older auburn fans that respected Bear Bryant. I've had one tell me that everyone, Bama and auburn fans alike shed tears the day he died and he told me he was on the side of the road along with Bama fans watching his funeral procession. People actually showed more respect for the dead back then.

yes. It is true, but many of them deny it for the obvious reason

I highly doubt it. And even if it did happen, it would have been a small group of people who would have been told to stop by the vast majority of passerby that day. Bryant's death was a shock to the world of college football, not just to Tuscaloosa or the state of Alabama. The sports world mourned him and President Reagan even made mention of his passing. Is it possible there were two or three assholes in Toomer's Corner rolling the trees in January 1983? Yeah. But it most definitely wasn't a crowd like you would see after Auburn won a football game.

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Is there any truth to Harvey Updyke’s claim
...that Auburn fans rolled Toomer’s Corner after Bear Bryant’s death?

Updyke claimed to have “newspaper clippings” as a source, but I never found anything to support this.

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To my knowledge, no. There is no truth to the rumor.

If you're wondering how Auburn fans reacted that day, you can read it here

There are clipping from numerous articles after his death. Coach Dye literally excused himself for nearly half an hour after hearing the news; none of his coaches saw him during that time.

One article speculated that they may have rolled Toomer's after he announced his retirement, but even that is - as I said - speculation. There's no proof of even that.

That said, Updyke was like a lot of conspiracy theorists. The same kind of mentality that has people believing the Moon landing was faked or that vaccines cause autism. You can show these people a million pieces of evidence to the contrary but they will always hold fast to their beliefs. Once you latch on this "truth", any evidence to the contrary or person telling you otherwise is simply proof that you're smarter or "outside the system". The idea of being wrong is just foreign.

He was a sick man, and now he's dead. That's literally all I have left to say on him. Let his legacy RIP alongside him.

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yes. It is true

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This guy right here.

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That said, Updyke was like a lot of conspiracy theorists. The same kind of mentality that has people believing the Moon landing was faked or that vaccines cause autism. You can show these people a million pieces of evidence to the contrary but they will always hold fast to their beliefs. Once you latch on this "truth", any evidence to the contrary or person telling you otherwise is simply proof that you're smarter or "outside the system". The idea of being wrong is just foreign.

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you could have just typed " see politard board"

You did know that one of those three Barners is dead. The circumstances surrounding his death were sketchy.

Possible Updike job?