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Behind the "Crimson Tide" nickname and the elephant mascot are two bits of trivia that might stump even the most loyal of Alabama football fans. The team was not always referred to as the "Crimson Tide." Early newspaper accounts of Alabama football simply listed the team as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White" after the school colors. Headline writers then made popular the nickname "The Thin Red Line."
It was not until 1907 that the name "Crimson Tide" was used to describe Alabama. The name was supposedly first used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald. Roberts coined the nickname to describe the 1907 Alabama - Auburn game, played in a sea of mud. Although Auburn was favored to win, Alabama played well in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6 - 6 tie, thus gaining the name "Crimson Tide." Zepp Newman, former sports editor of the Birmingham News, probably popularized the name more than any other writer.
Big Al, Alabama's elephant mascot, certainly holds a special place in the hearts of Crimson Tide fans. Perhaps surprisingly to some fans, Alabama has not always boasted an elephant for its mascot. Coach Wallace Wade's 1930 Alabama football team was the first to be associated with the elephant. Sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the October 4, 1930 Alabama - Mississippi game. Strupper's story called the Alabama team big, tough, fast and aggressive. Strupper also commented that the Alabama players looked " like they had nearly doubled in size" since the previous season.
"At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow," Strupper wrote. "Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, ' Hold you horses, the elephants are coming,' and out stamped this Alabama varsity."
Strupper and other writers continued to refer to the Alabama linemen as "Red Elephants," the color referring to the Crimson jerseys.That 1930 team of "Red Elephants" posted a 10 - 0 overall record and defeated Washington state in the Rose Bowl to be declared National Champions.
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When was Roll Tide created?
Roll Tide was created in 1995.
What can be a sentence with the word tide?
Roll tide Roll tide.
What does reauxll tide reauxll mean on the new Alabama lsu shirts?
It means Roll Tide Roll. "eaux" is a Cajun spelling for the letter "o." Hence Reauxll Tide Reauxll translates into Roll Tide Roll
Roll Tide Roll?
Got that right!! ;)
What do LSU and a castle have in common?
They both look pretty until the tide rolls in. ROLL TIDE ROLL
How do you roll tide roll in Spanish?
Marea del rodillo
What three years did Alabama not have a football team?
1898, 1918, and 1943. ROLL TIDE!!! 1898, 1918, and 1943. ROLL TIDE!!!
Who has won most football titles?
Alabama "Roll Tide Roll"
Who has more national championships Alabama or Nebraska?
Alabama. Roll tide roll
What sports team in Alabama is VERY famous?
The Alabama Crimson Tide. ROLL TIDE!
Who is Mark Ingram who plays for the Alabama Roll Tide's football team?
mark ingram is the fullback of the Alabama roll tide college football team
What does roll tide?
"Roll Tide" is the rallying call for the University of Alabama. Alabama's "mascot" is known as the Crimson Tide. The term Crimson Tide was coined in 1907 when Alabama played Auburn on a muddy field and stained the uniforms red. Hugh Roberts, the sports editor for the Birmingham Age-Herald, described the team as Crimson Tide because of the mud and coined the term "roll tide" to reference the way they ran onto the field (rolling like a tide). Similar to other college chants, "Roll Tide" essentially means fight on, don't give up, never surrender.
