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re: Toomers Corner Trees Being Cut Down This Morning
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:41 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:41 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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They just are having difficulty making the distinction aren't they?
Plus people are always yelling at dogs, so "UGA" would still apply
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Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:47 am to New Boy
Sad day for the SEC (except for the gumps I guess). I hope AU gets their replacement up quick. 
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:51 am to gatorhater211
I dislike AU as much as the next person but this is bullshite. You shouldn't frick with another school's tradition under ANY circumstance. It only makes you look like a jealous douche and it fricks up a good time for the fans. I hope they get some solid replacement trees soon. Updyke a-hole
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:54 am to Broke
ESPN-Article
Just bringing up Updyke -- who was sentenced to three years in prison and five years of probation for his crime -- is a bit like picking at an open wound for the Auburn community. Whether or not his actions represent the unchecked id of Alabama fans is still a matter of debate..
At a superficial level, Updyke won. It's hard to dispute that. The trees are dead, and one hateful act has irreparably changed one of Auburn's most sacred traditions. The scar will fade with time, but it will never disappear. Students, some who are third and fourth generation Auburn fans, will know the rolling of Toomer's Oaks only through fuzzy childhood memories, through photographs or the stories their parents and grandparents tell. But a simple celebration -- an act once thought of as a birthright, and a mile marker on the journey toward adulthood -- has been forever changed.
But on a deeper level, every Auburn fan will tell you: Updyke lost. Because rolling Toomer's Corner was never really about the trees. It isn't really even about football. It's about love and memory.
God can take something bad and turn it into something good, and I think we have to look at it the same way."
In the years and decades to come, Auburn fans will gather at the corner of Magnolia and College because here, on grounds they regard as sacred, the act of cocking your arm, taking careful aim and launching a roll high enough into the air that it snags on a branch and dances in the breeze has always been secondary. Maybe most people don't understand that, but Auburn fans do.
What matters, instead, is the act of communion. The enduring commitment to gather together as strangers and form -- for the briefest of moments -- an extended and blended family.
That, too, is a living, breathing thing, one that crosses borders, transcends race and class divisions, and it spans generations. Trees are born and trees can be killed, but in the end, the most important things find a way to live forever.
Just bringing up Updyke -- who was sentenced to three years in prison and five years of probation for his crime -- is a bit like picking at an open wound for the Auburn community. Whether or not his actions represent the unchecked id of Alabama fans is still a matter of debate..
At a superficial level, Updyke won. It's hard to dispute that. The trees are dead, and one hateful act has irreparably changed one of Auburn's most sacred traditions. The scar will fade with time, but it will never disappear. Students, some who are third and fourth generation Auburn fans, will know the rolling of Toomer's Oaks only through fuzzy childhood memories, through photographs or the stories their parents and grandparents tell. But a simple celebration -- an act once thought of as a birthright, and a mile marker on the journey toward adulthood -- has been forever changed.
But on a deeper level, every Auburn fan will tell you: Updyke lost. Because rolling Toomer's Corner was never really about the trees. It isn't really even about football. It's about love and memory.
God can take something bad and turn it into something good, and I think we have to look at it the same way."
In the years and decades to come, Auburn fans will gather at the corner of Magnolia and College because here, on grounds they regard as sacred, the act of cocking your arm, taking careful aim and launching a roll high enough into the air that it snags on a branch and dances in the breeze has always been secondary. Maybe most people don't understand that, but Auburn fans do.
What matters, instead, is the act of communion. The enduring commitment to gather together as strangers and form -- for the briefest of moments -- an extended and blended family.
That, too, is a living, breathing thing, one that crosses borders, transcends race and class divisions, and it spans generations. Trees are born and trees can be killed, but in the end, the most important things find a way to live forever.
This post was edited on 4/23/13 at 10:56 am
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:56 am to gatorhater211
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I hope AU gets their replacement up quick
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:58 am to New Boy
traditions are not supposed to die this way.
terribly sad.........
terribly sad.........
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:59 am to New Boy
The universe is in balance. The trees that are saved due to the absence of moronic Barners childishly rolling Toomer's Corner with toilet paper will replace the ones lost to the moronic vandalism of the Gump mouth breather.
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:00 am to oldcharlie8
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traditions are not supposed to die this way.
terribly sad.........
The tradition will not die, in fact it will continue to get bigger and more special for future generations....
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:03 am to Tuscaloosa
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robably because we had a bunch of DA bammers donate more than $40,000 to the Toomer's Oaks fund, and then we planted a tree together.
Tree was never planted.
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:03 am to Bates
quote:Cal won 2 Rose Bowls and tied 1. They claim all 3 as National Championships.
Rose Bowls are not the same things as championships in the pre poll era. What kind of nonsense is that? If that were the case Cal and Wisconsin could claim about a dozen between them.
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Football# (5)
1920: Billingsley, Football Research, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation
1921: Boand, Football Research (Rose Bowl win)
1922: Houlgate, National Championship Foundation (Rose Bowl tie)
1923: Houlgate
1937: Dunkel, Helms (Rose Bowl win)
LINK
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:03 am to weagle99
Roll Damn Tide!
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:03 am to oldcharlie8
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traditions are not supposed to die this way.
But trees do.
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:05 am to NYCAuburn
Are they replacing them with more of the same oaks? And how long will they take to grow to full size?
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:08 am to bwallcubfan
10:50 Update from Plainsman
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:08 am to bwallcubfan
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Are they replacing them with more of the same oaks? And how long will they take to grow to full size?
Differenty type of oak, white cup i think, and they have to let the soil work the poison out so it will be a few years before that happens. But they're going to replant large oaks, not saplings.
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:10 am to piggidyphish
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But they're going to replant large oaks, not saplings.
Ah I gotcha
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:14 am to piggidyphish
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:21 am to piggidyphish
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they have to let the soil work the poison out so it will be a few years before that happens.
Pretty sure they are just going to remove the contaminated soil. I thought I heard the replanting process would begin after the 2013 season
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:23 am to piggidyphish
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Differenty type of oak, white cup i think, and they have to let the soil work the poison out so it will be a few years before that happens. But they're going to replant large oaks, not saplings.
I heard overcups were going to be planted - was that confirmed? Some were pushing for live oaks again.
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:24 am to The Nino
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Pretty sure they are just going to remove the contaminated soil. I thought I heard the replanting process would begin after the 2013 season
Got me...i though the brick and mortar stuff started in 2014 and the trees came a year or so later.
That's good news though. Because i think those poles are going to be stupid.
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