Toomer's Corner Oaks - coming down

[basod]

I know outside of the South no one really follows college football - down here it's second only to that thing they do on Sundays(and Wednesdays).
Incase you haven't heard what happened to the trees:
Auburn fan put a Cam Newton jersey on Bear Bryant's statue
Retaliation led an Alabama fan to poison(heavy herbicide) the Toomer's corner trees - no one knew
Until he called Finebaum's radio show and bragged about it, leading to his capture and I think he finally confessed.

Well no firewood in these suckers - all being made into souvenirs
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/auburn_oaks_at_toomers_corner.html

 

[Woody Stover]

Not a big fan, but that is sick.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

College pranks there will always be but that does not mean they have to be destructive. That fellow can thank his lucky stars that I will not be his judge.


It's funny though. I never knew anybody played football in the south until I was around 30 years old. Before then I thought it was only the Big Ten, UCLA and a couple others on the west coast.

 

[basod]

The guy that poisoned the trees, Harvey Updike's, lawyers actually tried to get him off on some old(late1800's) law that would have required him to pay~600 in fines.
That didn't fly he ended up pleading guilty and got 3yrs - probably won't serve 6 months

 

[gzecc]

The guy that poisoned the trees, Harvey Updike's, lawyers actually tried to get him off on some old(late1800's) law that would have required him to pay~600 in fines.
That didn't fly he ended up pleading guilty and got 3yrs - probably won't serve 6 months

Do you know how it poisoned it? What he used?

 

[osagebow]

Do you know how it poisoned it? What he used?

"Spike 80DF" herbicide