According to Patty Kyzar, her husband Allan Kyzar never rolled Toomer's Corner, but participating in the tradition was on his bucket list.
Although Patty is an Alabama football fan, she and her son, Will Kyzar, decided to honor Allan by rolling a large oak tree in the front yard of their home in Pace, Florida. Friday, Sept. 19, marked one year since Allan passed.
"He just never did it," Patty said. "I just thank God he lived long enough to see them win a national championship."
Diagnosed in 2005 with stage four prostate cancer, the doctors gave Allan approximately 18 months to live, according to Patty. However, he lived until September 2013.
"We got more time with him than we expected," Patty said. "He was a fighter, and he never gave up."
Allan did not attend Auburn because he received a full golf scholarship to Jacksonville State, but his family history with Auburn fueled his love for the University.
"It was me and Will, God, country and Auburn," Patty said.
After Auburn's win against Kansas State, Patty and Will rolled their tree Thursday night and again Friday morning.
"I left packs of toilet paper on our porch and put it on Facebook to invite people over," Patty said.
Throughout the day, friends, family and neighbors stopped by the Kyzar's home to celebrate Allan and his love for Auburn.
"My husband loved to have people over," Patty said. "People came over to celebrate his life."
Approximately 400 rolls of toilet paper were thrown into the tree, according to Patty.
Patty said more than 50 people took part in the celebration, including a family on the way to Tuscaloosa for the Alabama game.
"LSU, FSU, Bama, AU, everyone did it because of Allan," Patty said.
Patty said she enjoyed the day and said Will was "very happy and very pleased."
Will, 11, chose to be an Auburn fan and shared many Auburn memories with Allan. He spoke at the funeral and shared those memories.
"It was something they shared together and tormented me with," Patty said.
Patty said Will has been to 13 Auburn games with his father since he was 3 years old.
Will said he chose to be an Auburn fan because Allan was an Auburn fan.
Will said his favorite Auburn memory with his dad is "probably the Auburn-Clemson game in Atlanta, even though (Auburn) lost."
"It always made (Will) feel really proud that his dad was an Auburn fan," said Sunny Moulder, who lives next door to the Kyzars.
Moulder participated in the celebration with her two sons.
"Allan was the world's biggest Auburn fan," Moulder said. "A lot of their life revolved around Auburn."
According to Moulder, she helped spread the word about what the Kyzars were doing to honor Allan and people came all day long.
"It was really a happy, celebratory mood," Moulder said.
Moulder said she and her family love Auburn and believe Allan would have loved the celebration.
"He would have never wanted people to mope around and be sad," Moulder said. "He would have done that every year if he could have gotten away with it."
Patty and Will said they plan to make the celebration a tradition.
"Once the yard is clean," Patty said. "That's our plan."
They said they are thankful so many people came to celebrate Allan and said he would have loved it.
"I have always had good feelings toward Auburn," Patty said. "And they have just been incredible."
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