Nearly two years to the date after they were planted, the iconic Toomer’s Corner Oaks will be taken out this Saturday.
As pretty much anyone in the state, or even the country, know by now, the original trees were poisoned after the 2010 Iron Bowl. Despite efforts to save the trees, they were deemed dead and were removed after the 2013 A-Day game. New trees were planted and the entire block was renovated in fall/spring of 2014-15, and there were extra precautions taken to avoid rolling the new oak trees in 2015. Rolling was finally allowed again this past fall. However, after the LSU football victory, the toilet paper on the trees was lit on fire and burned up in the Magnolia Avenue tree*.…
