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Is there any truth to Harvey Updyke’s claim
Posted on 7/31/20 at 11:45 am
Posted on 7/31/20 at 11:45 am
...that Auburn fans rolled Toomer’s Corner after Bear Bryant’s death?
Updyke claimed to have “newspaper clippings” as a source, but I never found anything to support this.
Updyke claimed to have “newspaper clippings” as a source, but I never found anything to support this.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 11:46 am to St Jean The Baptiste
Even if provided... You actually trust things written in a newspaper?
Posted on 7/31/20 at 11:47 am to St Jean The Baptiste
Harvey’s word is good enough for me.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 11:55 am to SummerOfGeorge
Don’t you have some toilets to clean at Taco Bell, George?
George is Updike’s son Bear
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George is Updike’s son Bear
Downvote this if you believe
Upvote this if you don’t
Posted on 7/31/20 at 11:56 am to St Jean The Baptiste
It didn’t happen, I was living in Auburn at that time. It was cold as hell that day and people stayed inside.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:01 pm to Irons Puppet
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It didn’t happen, I was living in Auburn at that time. It was cold as hell that day and people stayed inside.
Thank you.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:02 pm to St Jean The Baptiste
Unlikely. And, even if it did happen, it probably wouldve been very few people. I've met plenty of older auburn fans that respected Bear Bryant. I've had one tell me that everyone, Bama and auburn fans alike shed tears the day he died and he told me he was on the side of the road along with Bama fans watching his funeral procession. People actually showed more respect for the dead back then.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:10 pm to St Jean The Baptiste
yes. It is true, but many of them deny it for the obvious reason
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:11 pm to St Jean The Baptiste
I highly doubt it. And even if it did happen, it would have been a small group of people who would have been told to stop by the vast majority of passerby that day. Bryant's death was a shock to the world of college football, not just to Tuscaloosa or the state of Alabama. The sports world mourned him and President Reagan even made mention of his passing. Is it possible there were two or three assholes in Toomer's Corner rolling the trees in January 1983? Yeah. But it most definitely wasn't a crowd like you would see after Auburn won a football game.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:12 pm to craigbiggio
At least he admitted it's not like he tried to kill Mike the Tiger.
In other words, the thought crossed his mind.
Updyke made Finebaum into a national SEC advocate.
Sad to be a Bama fan!
Finebaum's show should have never left Birmingham.
In other words, the thought crossed his mind.
Updyke made Finebaum into a national SEC advocate.
Sad to be a Bama fan!
Finebaum's show should have never left Birmingham.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:13 pm to St Jean The Baptiste
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Is there any truth to Harvey Updyke’s claim
...that Auburn fans rolled Toomer’s Corner after Bear Bryant’s death?
Updyke claimed to have “newspaper clippings” as a source, but I never found anything to support this.
To my knowledge, no. There is no truth to the rumor.
If you're wondering how Auburn fans reacted that day, you can read it here
There are clipping from numerous articles after his death. Coach Dye literally excused himself for nearly half an hour after hearing the news; none of his coaches saw him during that time.
One article speculated that they may have rolled Toomer's after he announced his retirement, but even that is - as I said - speculation. There's no proof of even that.
That said, Updyke was like a lot of conspiracy theorists. The same kind of mentality that has people believing the Moon landing was faked or that vaccines cause autism. You can show these people a million pieces of evidence to the contrary but they will always hold fast to their beliefs. Once you latch on this "truth", any evidence to the contrary or person telling you otherwise is simply proof that you're smarter or "outside the system". The idea of being wrong is just foreign.
He was a sick man, and now he's dead. That's literally all I have left to say on him. Let his legacy RIP alongside him.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:14 pm to RollTide1987
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Bryant's death was a shock to the world of college football, not just to Tuscaloosa or the state of Alabama
Was it? I was only 9 and didn't care a thing about Auburn or Alabama then. Was he sick for a while? Did the illness play a part (publicly) in him retiring?
This post was edited on 7/31/20 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:16 pm to BLG
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yes. It is true
This guy right here.
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:22 pm to skrayper
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That said, Updyke was like a lot of conspiracy theorists. The same kind of mentality that has people believing the Moon landing was faked or that vaccines cause autism. You can show these people a million pieces of evidence to the contrary but they will always hold fast to their beliefs. Once you latch on this "truth", any evidence to the contrary or person telling you otherwise is simply proof that you're smarter or "outside the system". The idea of being wrong is just foreign.
you could have just typed " see politard board"
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:25 pm to BLG
Shake the Bear’s Hand
A priceless treasure!
This act alone justifies 10,000 trees be poisoned according to the Book of Gump
A priceless treasure!
This act alone justifies 10,000 trees be poisoned according to the Book of Gump
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:27 pm to BLG
You did know that one of those three Barners is dead. The circumstances surrounding his death were sketchy.
Possible Updike job?
Possible Updike job?
Posted on 7/31/20 at 12:30 pm to Leto II
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Was he sick for a while? Did the illness play a part (publicly) in him retiring?
His health had been failing him since the late-70s due to his years of tobacco and alcohol abuse. He was "only" 69 when he retired but the man looked like he was in his late-70s in his final game. When death did come for him it was sudden, a major heart attack, and it took everyone by surprise. He died just one month after coaching his final game.
Just about every national news broadcast reported his death that evening. His funeral procession was absolutely legendary as thousands of people lined the route from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. Hundreds of people gathered on the overpasses of I-20 to watch as the motorcade passed by on its way to Elmwood Cemetery.
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