For the first time in a long time, Toomer’s Corner is set to once again be the site of jubilation for Tigers’ fans.

Auburn University announced Tuesday morning that the pair of replacement live oaks at Toomer’s Corner, which were planted in February of 2017, are finally viable enough to bear the burden of being rolled in celebratory toilet paper.

“The rolling of Toomer’s Corner is one of the nation’s top sports traditions,” said Auburn President Christopher B. Roberts in a release Tuesday. “In recent years, we continued our cherished tradition by rolling different trees, but I’m very excited that the Auburn Family will once again be able to roll our most prominent trees.”

The set of oaks that stand today is the second set of replacements for the original Auburn Oaks, which stood tall for more than 50 years before being lethally poisoned by herbicide in early 2011.

Harvey Updyke, an Alabama Crimson Tide fan, doused the soil surrounding the trees with lethal concentrations of Spike 80DF, or tebuthiuron, after Auburn’s Iron Bowl victory over the Crimson Tide in 2010.

Updyke, who famously called into the Paul Finebaum show claiming to have applied the herbicide, died in July of 2020 with nearly $800,000 in restitution still owed for the crime.

Unable to save the trees, Auburn University had them removed in 2013 and went on to replace them with a pair of transplants two years later.

However, those trees didn’t stand but two years after one was set ablaze on Sept. 25, 2016, following Auburn football’s win over LSU. Jochen Wiest, a 29-year-old German man, was accused of setting one of the trees on fire and was later charged with first-degree criminal mischief.

The fire at Toomer’s Corner severely damaged one of the replacement oaks, which led to a second set of replacement oaks being transplanted to the site in February of 2017. Since their planting, the university has asked fans not to be rolled until it was deemed the trees could tolerate it.

“We enjoy tradition, but we have to balance tradition with the health of the trees,” said Auburn University horticulture professor Gary Keever in 2017.

Since 2017, the university asked fans not to roll the new trees. But now, the time has come.

The iconic trees at the corner of West Magnolia Avenue and South College Street have grown up. And while they’ve grown up fast, it surely hasn’t been fast enough for Auburn fans who revel in the tradition of rolling the oaks.

“Both trees have made excellent progress since planting took place six years ago and are not considered to have recovered from transplant stress,” Auburn University arborist Alex Hedgepath said in a release. “Because of the Auburn Family’s commitment, the trees are now established and can withstand rolling and cleanup efforts after Auburn athletic victories.”