Auburn fans can roll oaks at Toomer’s Corner for first time since 2017, school says

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The Auburn University tradition of "rolling" the Auburn Oaks at Toomer’s Corner after a Tigers victory has been absent for the past several years. 

Following the planting of two new trees in February 2017, fans were asked not to "roll" the trees – the tradition of throwing toilet paper into the trees – in order to give them time to grow. 

"Do Not Roll" signs on the main oak trees at Toomer’s Corner on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, on Nov. 12, 2022. (Jake Crandall/USA Today Network)

The two trees are now ready to be rolled, Auburn University announced Tuesday.

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"Both trees have made excellent progress since planting took place six years ago and are now considered to have recovered from transplant stress," Auburn University arborist Alex Hedgepath said in a statement. "Because of the Auburn Family’s commitment, the trees are now established and can withstand rolling and cleanup efforts after Auburn athletic victories. With continued care, we expect the trees to grow vigorously and become further established."

The original trees, which were planted between 1937 and 1939, were removed in April 2013 after being poisoned in 2010 by Harvey Updyke, a fan of the Alabama Crimson Tide. 

Updyke pled guilty in 2013 to applying herbicide to the trees. He died in 2020.

Toilet paper adorns the Auburn Oaks at Toomer's Corner on April 20, 2013, in Auburn, Alabama.  (Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)

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In 2015, two live oaks were planted, but one was lit on fire in 2016,