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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.

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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Posted by cave canem

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Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:22 pm to skrayper

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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.

you could have just typed " see politard board"

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