Auburn officially announces fans can roll Toomer's Corner this Fall

Auburn fans can once again roll Toomer’s Corner this fall during the football season, bringing back a great tradition at the university. The University put out a statement on the matter.

“For the first time in several years, the famed Auburn Oaks at Toomer’s Corner are again ready to roll,” the statement read in part. “The decision to allow rolling of the large oaks was made recently after years of Auburn University asking fans to hold off on doing so to the new trees that were planted six years ago. Now, the university has determined the oaks are established enough for the tradition to return.”

One of the City of Auburn’s most recognizable landmarks, Toomer’s Corner is at the intersection of College Street and Magnolia Avenue in the heart of the City of Auburn. 

The tradition of rolling Toomer’s Corner is a celebration that occurs after every significant Auburn sports victory.

Auburn President Christopher B. Roberts also released a statement after the announcement regarding Toomer’s Corner.

“The rollin of Toomer’s Corner is one of the nation’s top sports traditions,” Roberts said. “Our fans have come together for decades on the corner of Magnolia and College to celebrate our big wins. In recent years, we continued our cherished tradition by rolling different trees, but I am very excited that the Auburn Family will once again be able to roll our most prominent trees.”

Auburn had to plant new trees on Toomer’s Corner in 2013 after famed and late Alabama fan Harvey Updyke poisoned the trees in 2010. He passed away in 2020.

Updyke famously called into The Paul Finebaum Show and mentioned what he did following Cam Newton’s comeback victory for Auburn over the Crimson Tide. The game took place in 2010 with Updyke confessing a year a later.

“Let me tell you what I did,” he said. “The weekend after the Iron Bowl, I went to Auburn because I lived 30 miles away, and I poisoned the two Toomer’s trees. I put Spike 80DF in ’em. They’re not dead yet, but they definitely will die.”

Updyke spent 70 days in jail for the action.

After new trees were planted on Toomer’s Corner in 2013, a duo of new live oaks were planted in February of 2015, but one of the trees was lit on fire following rolling being allowed for Fall 2016.

Both of the trees were damaged and removed and the two current oaks were planted in 2017. Now, six years later, the tradition can resume.