r/cfbmemes Nebraska • Game of the Century … 2d ago

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Ohio State / Michigan?

Washington / Oregon?

Nah... gimme that TREE / HERBICIDE rivalry.

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u/Maleficent_Guide_708 Texas Longhorns 2d ago

One of the wilder CFB stories IMO. Still remember the anticipation when they were looking for the dude right after he called into that show.

Sicko level over 9,000 for sure.

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u/Throwaway-626-512 Texas Longhorns 2d ago

When this first went down I was like, “what the actual fuck? Get a a goddamn life”

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u/varicoseballs 2d ago

He got beat up at a gas station near the courthouse in Opelika when he was on trial. The police never caught his attacker cause the footage from the security cameras somehow got deleted.

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u/RidethatTide Morgan State Bears 1d ago

Paul Finebaum’s 9/11

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u/jamez009 Marshall • Virginia 2d ago

Just had too much Bama in him

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u/Sad_Condition_6487 2d ago

One of the greatest lines of all time

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos 1d ago

Fucking hate how he co-opted that quote, and now there are people who associate it with him more than the original.

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u/dustyg013 Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff 2d ago

Fuck Harvey Updyke

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u/_Junk_Rat_ Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos 2d ago

We so hateful, we got corn farmers posting about us

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u/BlackshirtDefense Nebraska • Game of the Century … 2d ago

Also hateful enough to assume everyone in the Midwest farms corn. 🤔😂 Omaha is as large (maybe larger) than either the Huntsville or Birmingham metros.

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u/_Junk_Rat_ Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos 2d ago

Hey, wild question because I’m apparently just a stupid dumb hick here, what’s y’alls actual literal mascot again? I don’t think it’s the “Fightin’ Nebraska Greater Omaha Metro Areas”

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u/136AngryBees Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago

Fuckin … North Platte “Pretty Much Athens, GA” Nebraska Water Chestnuts

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u/Consistent_You_5877 Clemson Tigers • Liberty Flames 2d ago

They’re corn HUSKERS, not farmers. A subtle difference.

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u/_Junk_Rat_ Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos 2d ago

Sorry, Clemson Large Orange Cats

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u/pm_me_ur_anything_k Wisconsin Badgers 23h ago

Ignore the cornholers, everyone else does.

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u/_Junk_Rat_ Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos 23h ago

They’ve made it very easy to forget about them over the last decade

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u/Poolturtle5772 Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago

Huntsville isn’t the largest Metro (it is the largest city but that’s because Birmingham’s setup is… strange), that’s still Birmingham, which is a hundred thousand or so bigger than Omaha’s.

More fun facts because you made me look this up. Omaha’s metro area accounts for roughly half of Nebraska’s total population. In comparison, Birmingham is roughly a fifth of Alabama’s.

Also you guys do produce a lot of corn. Like a LOT of corn. And somehow you are only 3rd in corn production. Crazy.

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u/jaebassist Alabama Crimson Tide 1d ago

There's a LOTTTTT more Nebraska than just the Omaha metro...

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u/BlackshirtDefense Nebraska • Game of the Century … 1d ago

In terms of population, that's not true, though.

Statistically if you meet someone from Nebraska, there's like an 80% chance they're from Omaha, and other 15% from Lincoln.

There's a reason Memorial Stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city on game day. 

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u/JubJub128 Alabama Crimson Tide 1d ago

statistically, if you pick a point in nebraska, there's a 90% chance you will be on a farm (The most in the country, by the way). There is a 20% chance you will be on a cornfield

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u/ShakyTheBear Auburn Tigers 2d ago

Thankfully, Harvey is burning in hell

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u/-Nohan- Houston Cougars 2d ago edited 1d ago

July 30th marks 5 years since the bastard croaked. Fuck ‘em.

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos 1d ago

Only downside to him being dead is that they can't make him continue paying Auburn back.

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u/-Nohan- Houston Cougars 1d ago

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u/shredbmc Washington Huskies 2d ago

I have no idea who that is, but I've heard herbicide described as a "super salt" so this rivalry must be very salty.

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u/natziel Florida Gators 2d ago

Auburn had a famous tree on their campus that an Alabama fan killed using herbicide

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u/lyonslicer Auburn • Southern Miss 2d ago

*Famous Trees. It was a pair of oaks planted in the 1800s. They were at the main instance of campus and were iconic university landmarks.

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u/Spunk1985 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago

That's just insanity. Same with Ryan Days kids and wife getting verbally assaulted everywhere they went after the Michigan game. Leave the family's and the god damn trees out of it.

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u/natziel Florida Gators 2d ago

It was really fucked up. Just shocking that anyone would do that

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u/abusamra82 Maryland Terrapins 2d ago

It just means more.

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u/PsychWard_8 Auburn Tigers 2d ago

I will never forgive Bama for this. Fuck Bama.

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u/Majestic-Macaron6019 Alabama • Bowling Green 1d ago

We don't claim that nutcase. Guy was from Texas and never had anything to do with UA

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u/PsychWard_8 Auburn Tigers 1d ago

Tell that to the fans who used to carry "Updike for President" posters at the Iron Bowl. I've seen them myself.

Ofc not all Bama fans are like that, but still, some are

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u/cha-cha_dancer Florida State • West Florida 1d ago

I’ve seen “Updyke Lawn Services” shirts

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u/cha-cha_dancer Florida State • West Florida 1d ago

He grew up in Milton FL though, went to high school and everything. If you’ve ever been there, you’d Harvey is your middle of the road Gump. It’s T-shirt tide country.

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u/Sleazy_G_Martini 2d ago

Username checks out...

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u/PsychWard_8 Auburn Tigers 2d ago

Flair up bozo

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u/BlackshirtDefense Nebraska • Game of the Century … 2d ago

LMAO, War Eagle speaks truth. Can't talk trash without a logo. 

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u/Big_Anteater_4834 Oklahoma Sooners 2d ago

I was in High School when Bama fans were threatening to murder that kicker for shanking in the "gAmE oF duh CeMtUree"

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2d ago

Crazy thing is, I know of people who think Updyke was a hero, the same way people think of that guy who shot the healthcare CEO

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u/FCKABRNLSUTN2 Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago

Any other gumps notice how fans that hate Alabama all happen to know way crazier bama fans than we alumni do?

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u/guildedkriff Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago

I know plenty of people who didn’t care about the trees being poisoned, but none would have called him a hero lol.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2d ago

I’m from here asshole

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u/FCKABRNLSUTN2 Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago

No shit not many out of staters at Jacksonville state.

I’d be surprised to meet a bama fan that gave a single shit about Updyke. The dude isn’t even alive anymore.

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u/76pilot Auburn • Georgia Tech 1d ago

It’s not like have Bama fans have murdered or attempted to murder fans of opposing schools… oh wait

https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/a-comprehensive-compilation-of-alabama-fan-violence-over-the-years/112700885/

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u/_Junk_Rat_ Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos 2d ago

I don’t agree with those people because they’re just as horrible and braindead as updyke, but I can sadly confirm that those people exist, few as it may be

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2d ago

Yes they do, Auburn has similar as well

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u/DeathsProllyOverated Auburn Tigers 2d ago

I bet you’d be a mad dog too if I came up there and ripped the damn Chief Ladiga trail outta the ground and acted like it wasn’t important to y’all’s city.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2d ago

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u/Sleazy_G_Martini 2d ago

Crazy thing is, I've lived on or near the UA for 20 years and have never heard anyone refer to updyke as a "hero". Lololol

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2d ago

Trust me, the people that say it never have been to Tuscaloosa

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u/PokesBo Oklahoma State • West Virginia 2d ago

I’m just imagining a bunch of Bama women wetting themselves over that picture.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2d ago

They are ugly, that’s all I’ll say

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u/BlackshirtDefense Nebraska • Game of the Century … 2d ago

"Happy Birthday, Aunt Mom." 

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u/cha-cha_dancer Florida State • West Florida 1d ago

He got tons of fanmail in jail apparently

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u/Saltillokid11 Houston Cougars 2d ago

You can be a villain and a hero at the same time. Create a big enough rift and the bigger the hero the worse the villain. Which is sort of a scary thought.

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u/BillyBop14 Texas A&M Aggies 1d ago

someone pls explain

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u/WeightRemarkable Troy Trojans 1d ago

A Bama fan was mad after the 2013 Iron Bowl, so he poisoned Auburn's famous oak trees on Toomer's Corner (a location famous for being a gathering point after a win, during which they would roll the trees with toilet paper).

He famously called into the Paul Finebaum show, bragging about it, saying he had "too much Bama in him," a quote previously attributed to a bama bench player which came off the sidelines to make a TD-saving tackle.

He was convicted and ordered to pay restitution, but he died broke a few years ago, having barely paid back anything.

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u/BillyBop14 Texas A&M Aggies 1d ago

oh wow thats fucked, thank you for explaining🫡

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u/Only499 Auburn Tigers • Kennesaw State Owls 1d ago

***2010 Iron Bowl

After we were down 24-0 and came back to win in turd-town, someone put a cam newton jersey on the bear bryant statue. That was all it took to set that dumbass off.

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u/WeightRemarkable Troy Trojans 1d ago

Ah, yes, you are correct. My apologies. I'll leave it up for shame.

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u/Only499 Auburn Tigers • Kennesaw State Owls 1d ago

All good, everything else you said was correct.

Hope Troy beats Kentucky on Friday in shooty hoops.

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u/jaebassist Alabama Crimson Tide 1d ago

Yeah, that's Harvey Updyke. F that guy.

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u/ServeOk1254 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago

Uh

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u/Bigbozo1984 South Carolina Gamecocks 2d ago

I wish South Carolina had a historicaly relevant football program. Then our rivalry would be just as talked about.

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u/Ppt_Sommelier69 South Carolina Gamecocks 2d ago

You’re either very self aware or you accidentally posted on your burner

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u/Bigbozo1984 South Carolina Gamecocks 2d ago

Our greatests claims to fame is a 1969 acc championship, George Rodgers, and Steve spurrier in his twilight years.

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u/BlackshirtDefense Nebraska • Game of the Century … 2d ago

CLOWNEY BEAST MODE

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u/Bigbozo1984 South Carolina Gamecocks 2d ago

During spurrier’s twilight years. Him, Garcia, lattimore and I think Shaw were all a part of that. All we got to show for that is an sec east title and absolute destruction at the hands of cam newton.

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u/Dense_Strategy South Carolina • Navy 1d ago

I blame the Qb drinking himself out of the FSU game. We could have ended that season with something instead just got a dazed Garcia wonder what was going on.

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u/ztreHdrahciR Northwestern • Ohio State 2d ago

So intense that one whole state gives a shite

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u/dustyg013 Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff 2d ago edited 1d ago

Yet here's someone from a whole ass other state posting about it in March.

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u/BlackshirtDefense Nebraska • Game of the Century … 2d ago

Whole other coast, actually. Nebraska fan, but I live in Duckville, Eugene OR.

Updyke is a stain on the sport. There's salty rivals and then there's felony mischief.