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Why is it called the Iron Bowl?
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:38 pm
Where does that name come from?
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:40 pm to PenguinNinja
Alabama used to make a shite ton of iron.
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:40 pm to PenguinNinja
The only thing Alabama was good for back in the day was working in steel mills I believe.
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:40 pm to PenguinNinja
From the iron industry around Birmingham is what I always thought.
This post was edited on 11/23/12 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:43 pm to PenguinNinja
Ralphie "Shug" Jurdon started that shite....
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:44 pm to PenguinNinja
Because as Keith Jackson once said, "It's called the Iron Bowl, because there is so much scrap iron left over after the game." I always took that as a reference to bama and AU fans not being able to get along.
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:48 pm to PenguinNinja
Bear Bryant had a toilet made of Iron that he won after wrestling a bear when he was a kid.
This post was edited on 11/23/12 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 11/23/12 at 2:48 pm to PenguinNinja
The name Iron Bowl stuck because the game was once played primarily in Birmingham, a center of iron/steel production.
Posted on 11/23/12 at 4:09 pm to PenguinNinja
Per bill king the named has been changed to "the club baby seals bowl"
Posted on 11/23/12 at 4:11 pm to PenguinNinja
Bear had a 12" rod, and a reputation.
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