College Football 2010!

Orangist · 2011-01-12T17:46:28.000Z

Brandon Clements:

I know it happened in the Sugar Bowl; the Arkansas TE had his wrist, but nothing else down. They called the ensuing touchdown back on replay.

Here are the two “tackles,” side by side.

jerri_blank · 2011-02-17T06:56:26.000Z

Someone poisoned the 130-year-old Live Oaks at Auburn’s Toomer’s Corner. They tested the soil on Jan. 28, the day after a guy called Paul Finebaum’s radio show and claimed that he had poisoned them with a powerful herbicide. The guy, “Al from Dadeville,” claimed to be a Bama fan. Dadeville is a small down about 30 miles from Auburn.

I’m seeing on Twitter that there’s a 10:30 a.m. (central) press conference today to announce an arrest.

The trees are not expected to survive.

Class-Y.

robsam · 2011-02-17T08:31:07.000Z

jerri blank:

Someone poisoned the 130-year-old Live Oaks at Auburn’s Toomer’s Corner. They tested the soil on Jan. 28, the day after a guy called Paul Finebaum’s radio show and claimed that he had poisoned them with a powerful herbicide. The guy, “Al from Dadeville,” claimed to be a Bama fan. Dadeville is a small down about 30 miles from Auburn.

I’m seeing on Twitter that there’s a 10:30 a.m. (central) press conference today to announce an arrest.

The trees are not expected to survive.

Class-Y.

I was thinking of starting a new thread for this story, decided not to. At least most Bama fans seem to be just as upset about this as Auburn fans. Great article on the story from SI.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/02/17/toomers-corner/

Bluto · 2011-02-17T08:32:57.000Z

I love aggravating rival fans as much as anyone, but that is just despicable. What a class act.

BlueJackalope · 2011-02-17T08:36:01.000Z

the fuck is wrong with people?

Edit:This Guy (presumed innocent ect…)

jerri_blank · 2011-02-17T09:11:44.000Z

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/02/17/toomers-corner/

I played my old alto sax at quite a few pep rallies at Toomers. The more I think about it, the sadder I get. Every school has its sacred space, and it sucks to have it defiled. And this goes for Auburn fans who have vandalized stuff on the UA campus.

Bluto · 2011-02-17T09:18:39.000Z

He does it and then calls a radio show and brags about it? That’s a criminal mastermind right there. Idiot.

Tyjenks · 2011-02-17T09:42:52.000Z

Fuckin’ people. I hate them.

My mom is a librarian at Auburn’s library and has a horticulture degree. So she is distraught/furious for multiple reasons.

I think die in a fire is too strong, but…

Woolen_Horde · 2011-02-17T10:12:32.000Z

Bluto:

He does it and then calls a radio show and brags about it? That’s a criminal mastermind right there. Idiot.

If it is indeed him, he not only did it and call a radio show and brag about it, but he also gave his middle name and the small town he lived in.

Dude should have just given his SSN while he was at it.

DT1 · 2011-02-17T10:14:30.000Z

War going to jail!

Enidigm · 2011-02-17T10:16:45.000Z

I saw this movie once with this dead tree called The Tree of Pain and an Austrian being crucified on it…

Sarkus · 2011-02-17T11:55:15.000Z

My favorite part was in the radio call where the host asks him “isn’t that illegal?” The guy answers “you think I care?”

I think he cares now.

TimJames · 2011-02-17T12:05:29.000Z

No he doesn’t. He’s still riding the emotional high of what he thinks is redneck justice (because some kids made fun of Bear Bryant). He may never come down from it.

Sarkus · 2011-02-17T12:11:16.000Z

Even a redneck takes a $50,000 bond seriously.

Rimbo · 2011-02-17T13:40:43.000Z

Woolen Horde:

If it is indeed him, he not only did it and call a radio show and brag about it, but he also gave his middle name and the small town he lived in.

If he weren’t a low-watt bulb, he wouldn’t have done it in the first place.

BennyProfane · 2011-02-17T13:56:37.000Z

BlueJackalope:

the fuck is wrong with people?

Edit:This Guy (presumed innocent ect…)

I’m an adamant opponent of capital punishment, but there are some acts that push me really close to wanting to push that lever. This guy is lucky he was arrested before he got lynched.

AlanC · 2011-02-17T14:23:40.000Z

It’s possible that the trees survive. A similar thing happened to the treaty oak in austin, tx and they managed to save it (well, for certain values of “save”… it lost about 2/3rds of its top).

Hope he has fun spending 10 years in jail!

jerri_blank · 2011-02-17T14:37:17.000Z

His public defender will be working overtime to make sure there are no Auburn fans on the jury or on the bench. They might have to move the trial out of state. :)

And I’m sure there are legions of Bama fans who did a face-palm when they saw the mug shot of that guy, who just fulfills every nasty stereotype of Alabama fandom.

Right now they’re just hoping he didn’t kill every living thing within a decent radius of Toomer’s. Plus, there’s the groundwater to worry about. I guess that’s why the Feds are involved.

Hanacker · 2011-02-17T19:06:17.000Z

BennyProfane:

I’m an adamant opponent of capital punishment, but there are some acts that push me really close to wanting to push that lever. This guy is lucky he was arrested before he got lynched.

Wtf? Killing trees is one of the crimes that makes you the most angry?

jerri_blank · 2011-02-17T21:20:12.000Z

I feel really bad for this guy’s family. He’s just a retired, rural grandpa with kids and grandkids, and one stupid act of misguided team loyalty has turned all their lives upside-down.