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Georgia Bulldogs 2011 Season Preview: The Auburn Game
On November 12, the Georgia Bulldogs will host the 2011 edition of the Auburn Tigers, who are apt to be the college football equivalent of the dismantled defending world champion 1998 Florida Marlins. One year after completing an undefeated national title run, the Plainsmen bring back only seven...
Would Fans of the Georgia Bulldogs Most Like to See the Boise State Broncos, Florida Gators, or Auburn Tigers Crash and Burn?
Among the character traits that define fans of the Georgia Bulldogs is an inherent aversion to orange, particularly when that atrocious affront to the visual sense is displayed in combination with blue. This year, the Red and Black are scheduled to cross paths with a trio of teams clad in that...
Alleged Toomer's Corner Oaks Poisoner Harvey Updyke Allegedly Attacked
Harvey Updyke, who is on trial for poisoning the oaks at Toomer's Corner in Auburn, was allegedly attacked this afternoon after his first court appearance. Updyke made a stop at the Tiger Express (yes, really) gas station in Opelika where someone reportedly jumped him and caused some minor...
Despicable act serves only to make Auburn stronger
We are fortunate to have Lyn Scarbrough, the marketing director of Lindy's Sports Publications, as a friend of Track'em Tigers. He recently wrote a piece on the Toomer's Corner incident for Lindy's and was kind enough to let us reprint it here. An Auburn graduate, Scarbrough gives us his take on...
Toomer's Incident Puts Auburn-Alabama Rivalry In Uncharted Waters (Updated)
If you're like me, you are sick to your stomach today. One of college football's great traditions has been taken away by some twisted individual who thought ruining one school's tradition would bring glory to another. With news that the famed oaks at Toomer's Corner have been poisoned and likely...
Trees at Toomer's Corner Poisoned, Auburn Says
There are acts of rivalry -- stealing the other school's mascot, or a creative bit of graffiti here or there -- that are funny. This isn't one of them. Auburn University today confirmed that an herbicide commonly used to kill trees was deliberately applied in lethal amounts to the soil around...
Toomer's Corner Oak Trees Poisoned
Officials at Auburn University have confirmed that the oak trees at Toomer's Corner have been poisoned with herbicide and are not likely to survive. A caller to the Finebaum show in late January boasted about injecting the trees and an ensuing investigation found that the trees had been exposed to...
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