War Eagle!

I love Paul Fienbaum.  He is based out of Birmingham and spends almost his entire radio show talking SEC sports.  It was, without question, the best part of satellite radio (well outside of the playboy channel of course).   You can listen to him on line so if you sit in front of your computer all day like me, email me and I will send you his link. This show always has the "best" of the south represented on it.  For those who know about the "is Ritchie going to play tonight?" callers, you get that on a regional level.  Since he is based between Auburn and Bama, most of his callers are fans of those two schools.  Not too long after Auburn won the NC in football, a guy called the show saying he had poisoned the oak trees at Auburn.  I am not sure anyone believed him at first, now unfortunately it seems to be trueToomers Corner.

Let me tell you a bit about the trees.  Auburn's campus is a beautiful campus.  It isn't the easiest to get to, (actually closer to Atlanta) but it has that great southern feel to it.  The buildings and the trees are all uniform and all very southern.  No, 70's architecture like some of UK's campus.  Another great aspect of the campus is Toomer's Corner.  Its where everyone goes after an Auburn win and toilet papers the 130 year old oak trees.  This is one of the greatest  (oddest) traditions in college sports and one that is multi generational.  It is a grand tradition that I have been lucky enough to witness.  Now it seems as though those trees will die. After testing the soil it appears that there is more than enough poison to kill the trees.  This isn't like some statue that got paint thrown on it.  Replacing 130 year old oak trees is impossible.  Because of one crazy Alabama fan (who named his kids Bear and Crimson-seriously) this irreplaceable part of college football in the south is dying a slow death.  I do however want to thank him, he now proves that there are crazier people out there than UK Basketball fans.  Now being upset with 10 loses in a season doesn't seem to be so crazy.

While this doesn't fall on the level of dog fighting, or drunk driving manslaughter it is still sad.  Somewhere at the loveliest village on the plains, there is an eagle with a tear in his eye. 

Check out this great video from ESPN