There is a problem, however, with that story. Taylor Watson, the curator of the Paul W. Bryant Museum, also explained that the Alabama-Auburn game took place on a clear day. At some point, though, the name did end up sticking. The school's performance on the gridiron in the last decade-plus has matched the force of its nickname as Alabama has gone under coach Nick Saban through the season.
After watching Alabama and rival Auburn play to a tie in Birmingham in November , Roberts reportedly described the game as a "crimson tide" after Auburn was expected to win but Alabama played its rival to a draw in muddy conditions. The phrase "crimson tide" was a fairly common descriptor back then in regards to life or blood, often in the context of war or poetry. While I was unable to locate a digital copy of the Birmingham Age-Herald after the Alabama-Auburn game, I found a portion of his recap that was published in The Tuscaloosa News on the Tuesday following the game, published on Nov.
Where things get interesting, however, is that neither the words "crimson" nor "tide" appear in the story, which means either The Tuscaloosa News didn't publish Roberts' entire story remember, Roberts worked for the Birmingham Age-Herald, not The Tuscaloosa News , which meant the newspaper unknowingly left out the portion where Alabama would get its future nickname, or perhaps through the passage of time, the origin of "Crimson Tide" was credited to the wrong newspaper, writer, year or game recap.
If you look online about where the nickname came from, virtually every news outlet or resource recites the same story. Taylor Watson, curator of the Paul W. Bryant Museum , has worked for the museum for 28 years and for the last 15, he's been working on a book about things Alabama fans think they know but actually don't.
The interesting thing about that game, the '07 Alabama-Auburn game, was the last game they played for 41 years and if you read the accounts from other newspapers, it was a clear, cool day. I'm pretty sure that's not the first time Crimson Tide was ever used but this is how it goes. On the offensive, Alabama could not be checked, and on the defensive, save for one spot in the line, Alabama was Auburn's equal.
It is true, taking the game as a whole, that Alabama covered more ground during the scrimmage. Alabama had a greater diversity of formations and kept the point of combat in opposing territory. It was clear that Crimson Tide Nation's obsession with the pachyderm would not cease. So what took so long for the Alabama administration to adopt the animal as the school's official mascot?
That was not the image of his players he wanted to portray. Bryant was Alabama's football coach and athletic director, not to mention a legendary figure that Crimson Tide fans would never cross. When Bryant shot down the elephant mascot idea, that was that. But the same students that worshipped the Bear persisted, and he finally relented in the late s. The man who Bryant tasked with spearheading Big Al's creation was none other than Espey , who by that time was working as an Alabama administrator.
Big Al's game debut was one to remember: The Sugar Bowl against top-ranked and undefeated Penn State, when a fourth-quarter goal line stand delivered No. And Big Al's been an omnipresent fixture on the Crimson Tide sidelines ever since. He's still one of the most unique mascots in college football. Compared to its more fearsome mascot counterparts around the country like LSU's live tiger, Mike, Big Al looks like a big stuffed animal.
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