Classy move. It's ridiculous how a chippy and at times out of control football game spills over into the spectators and they feel compelled to do something like this. It was one thing to hate a football team, get into the rivalry, etc. But institutional hatred is another matter. Setting a tree on fire that so many people are around/under could've potentially injurred numerous people. Stuff like this is sad.
A member over at AUF said her boyfriend works at a bar down the street from Toomer's (now I sound like an ESPN reporter!) and the person responsible for this had a very, very rough night. There were some arrests last night, I don't know for sure if the guy that started the fire was among them. From what I gather, the dude got the absolute hell knocked out of him.
It seems like I remember a very, very drunk Alabama fan attempting to do this at one point. 2007, maybe?