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re: How did your SEC school get their name?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:50 pm to USMC Gators
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:50 pm to USMC Gators
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I always thought they got it from the 1926 Rose Bowl, but apparently not.
I had no clue. Thanks for the link.
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:50 pm to GumboPot
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In early newspaper accounts of Alabama football, the team was simply listed as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White" after the school colors. The first nickname to become popular and used by headline writers was the "Thin Red Line." The nickname was used until 1906. The name "Crimson Tide" is supposed to have first been used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald. He used "Crimson Tide" in describing an Alabama-Auburn game played in Birmingham in 1907, the last football contest between the two schools until 1948 when the series was resumed. The game was played in a sea of mud and Auburn was a heavy favorite to win. But, evidently, the "Thin Red Line" played a great game in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6-6 tie, thus gaining the name "Crimson Tide." Zipp Newman, former sports editor of the Birmingham News, probably popularized the name more than any other writer.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 pm to alabamabuckeye
How did the elephant eventually slip in?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 pm to alabamabuckeye
So where does the elephant come from?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 pm to I Ham That I Ham
quote:Best thing to ever happen. I'd hate to root for a team who has a bird mascot.
so the cardinal was replaced by Razorbacks.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:53 pm to GumboPot
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How did the elephant eventually slip in?
They were wearing all crimson in the 1926 Rose Bowl and the west coast press said that they looked like a sea of red elephants.
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:53 pm to Drewbie
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I'd hate to root for a team who has a bird mascot
Considering your mascot is a pig I'm going to assume the comment and the
is a subtle dig at Mizzou St.Louis Cardinal fans. 
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:54 pm to USMC Gators
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They were wearing all crimson in the 1926 Rose Bowl and the west coast press said that they looked like a sea of red elephants.
Seriously?Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:56 pm to theGarnetWay
You realize most arkansans are St. Louis fans, dont you? I'm not however.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:57 pm to GumboPot
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Seriously?
What's so funny?
I could be wrong though, Wikipedia says something differently.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:58 pm to theGarnetWay
This is a pig:
This is your mascot:
Class dismissed, Yardbirds.
This is your mascot:
Class dismissed, Yardbirds.
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:58 pm to I Ham That I Ham
quote:I hate the Cardinals with a burning passion. Die hard Cubbie fan. However, it was not a dig at anyone in particular. I just think having a bird for a mascot sucks.
You realize most arkansans are St. Louis fans, dont you?
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:00 pm to theGarnetWay
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a subtle dig at Mizzou St.Louis Cardinal fans
And ironically the Cardinals weren't named for the bird, but for the color (like Arkansas was and Stanford is). The birds on the bat came later.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:00 pm to I Ham That I Ham
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After we beat LSU in 1909 legendary coach Hugo Bezdek called his team a "wild band of razorback hogs".
You're welcome for giving you your name.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:01 pm to Drewbie
Yeah. I've never liked em either. Just thought it was funny the SC fan assumed you were trying to make fun of the Cards. Most MLB fans i know in AR are Cards fans.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:02 pm to USMC Gators
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What's so funny?
The obesity epidemic must have started early at Bama.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:02 pm to GCTiger11
Thanks for being inferior. 
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:04 pm to I Ham That I Ham
quote:It's definitely true. My whole family loves the Cardinals. I'm the oddball. I like my Cubs, Braves, and Rangers.
Most MLB fans i know in AR are Cards fans.
ETA: I haven't celebrated in a loooonnnnnng time...
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:05 pm to GumboPot
Won 1909 Superbowl.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:06 pm to I Ham That I Ham
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Thanks for being inferior.
lulz
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