What a complete jerk. It's people like this who take the fun out of college sports. It's unfortunate that people like this exist at all of the top level programs. Fans need to focus more on having fun and enjoying their own team instead of attacking every other school that is out there. Regardless of what anyone thinks about Auburn, this is nasty not to mention illegal. I hope they find the guy and send him to jail. Preferably sharing a room with an Auburn fan.
On Jan. 27, a caller to “The Paul Finebaum Show,” a sports talk radio show out of Birmingham, claimed he poisoned the live oaks shortly after the Iron Bowl with an herbicide known as Spike 80DF.The alleged tree poisoner has been arrested. He is a retired Texas state trooper.
The show re-aired the conversation Wednesday. In the call, the man, who goes by “Al in Dadeville,” said he poisoned the trees as retribution for the actions of students who allegedly rolled the College Street/Magnolia Avenue landmarks when legendary University of Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant died.
“The weekend after the Iron Bowl, I went to Auburn, Ala. – I live 30 miles away – and I poisoned the two Toomer’s trees,” the caller said on the show. “I put Spike 80DF in them.”
Show host Finebaum then asked the caller if the trees had died, to which Al in Dadeville responded, “They have not died yet, but they will die.”
