Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. One of the City of Auburn’s most recognizable landmarks, Toomer’s Corner is at the intersection of College Street and Magnolia Avenue in the heart of the City of Auburn.

Senator Sheldon Toomer

Also known as “rolling the corner” or “rolling Toomer’s,” the tradition is often said to have begun when Toomer’s Drugs had the only telegraph in the city. During away football games, when employees of the local drug store received news of a win, they would throw the ticker tape from the telegraph onto the power lines.

His son, Bear Updyke, told AL.com that he died of natural causes in Louisiana on Thursday. Updyke pleaded guilty to poisoning oak trees that drew generations of Auburn University football fans to Toomer’s Corner after big victories. The incident, which happened in 2010, outraged Auburn fans.

Harvey Updyke

Updike is a surname of Dutch origin, and is a spelling variant of the Dutch Opdijk, a topographical name meaning someone who lived on a dike. Updike used to be spelled as Updyke and many other ways, but is now most commonly spelled as Updike.

1 Alabama defeated No. 15 Auburn 55–44, the highest scoring Iron Bowl ever.

Alabama Crimson Tide wins 2020 Iron Bowl 42-13.

Alabama’s highest win percentage is against Kentucky which comes in at a blistering 94.9%. The lowest win percentage against an SEC school is against rival Auburn where Alabama has won 54.4% of the games….Alabama’s all-time record against every SEC school.

Alabama is better than Auburn and state’s best university, WalletHub study says. An analysis by WalletHub ranks the University of Alabama as the best college or university in the state. It ranks Auburn number 9 in the state, just behind Alabama-Huntsville.

Spring Hill College, University of Alabama top 2018 list of hardest schools to get into in the Yellowhammer State

• #1: Spring Hill College.
• #2: University of Alabama.
• #3: Birmingham-Southern.
• #4: University of Alabama – Birmingham.
• #5: Oakwood University.
• #6: Tuskegee University.
• #7: Faulkner University.

Auburn University has a higher submitted SAT score (1,235) than LSU (1,195). LSU has more students with 30,983 students while Auburn University has 30,440 students. Auburn University has more full-time faculties with 1,375 faculties while LSU has 1,331 full-time faculties.

It is harder to admit to The University of Alabama than Auburn University. Auburn University has a higher submitted SAT score (1,235) than The University of Alabama (1,210)….Auburn University vs The University of Alabama.

Ole Miss, Tulane on Princeton Review’s list of `Best Party Schools’, Auburn tops list of ‘Jock Schools’ Ole Miss earned a #16 ranking on the Princeton Review’s list of “Best Party Schools.” The Rebels also ranked #2 on the list of schools where “Students Study the Least.”

The school has a 81% acceptance rate ranking it #18 in Alabama for lowest rate of acceptance. Last year, 16,300 out of 20,205 applicants were admitted making Auburn University an easy school to get into with a very good chance of acceptance assuming you meet the requirements.

The average high school GPA for admitted students at Auburn is 3.89 on a 4.0 scale. This is a very competitive GPA, and Auburn is clearly accepting students at the top of their high school class.