Updyke's Hideous Act was Cruel, but he saved Auburn from an embarrassing narrative

GusAU called me a POS Liar for stating the fact that Auburn Univ had admitted that the trees were dying, BEFORE Updyke poisoned their roots. Below is proof, from an AU Alumni magazine in 2007, three years before Updyke came along, that I am not lying.


GusAU wrote, "Link or it just confirms what we already know to be true anyways...you are a lying POS. Legitimate Bama fans won't even acknowledge you."

Here ya go:

LINK Yes, it is just one piece. This is not the news article I read a year or so BEFORE Updyke poisoned the tree roots. I have been unable to find it cause google is filled with articles about an Alabama fan poisoning the trees. I know other Alabama fans have some of the other news stories proving this archived. But the linked piece I share clearly states that pressure washing of toilet paper was a major factor in shortening the life of the relatively young oaks on Toomers Corner. If you read all the way to the end, they are talking about how they will have to grow new trees. The news article I read was more blunt than this piece. Years of rolling the trees and pressure washing them was killing the trees.

This does not in any way justify what Updyke did. That fool did a very cruel thing hastening their death, but he also saved Auburn from a very embarrassing narrative, and gave its main rival a black eye. But it should make Auburn fans ask why they have a tradition that kills trees. Roll something else, gee.