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re: What does "Roll Tide" mean?
Posted on 1/7/12 at 10:57 pm to That One
Posted on 1/7/12 at 10:57 pm to That One
Has anyone else ever heard the civil war explanation? That there was so much blood in the water that when the tide rolled in it was blood red? (I would assume that it was maybe Pensacola Bay?)
I know the standard explanation is the O-Line during an old Auburn game... but I've heard the civil war connection as well. Just curious if I am the only one.
I know the standard explanation is the O-Line during an old Auburn game... but I've heard the civil war connection as well. Just curious if I am the only one.
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Posted on 1/7/12 at 10:57 pm to That One
Well, at least I learned something from the video. I always thought it was Roll Turd
What is it with the Bama jerseys? They have elastic at the end of the sleeves?
What is it with the Bama jerseys? They have elastic at the end of the sleeves?
Posted on 1/7/12 at 11:04 pm to That One
I never realized they didn't even know... 
Posted on 1/7/12 at 11:05 pm to WavinWilly
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WavinWilly
I've only heard of the line rolling like a Crimson Tide. Never heard of the civil war reference.
Posted on 1/7/12 at 11:17 pm to DP40
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It's about the team not one player, but JJ is only about himself. One more game and that pos is done.
You dont find it weird that you root against our starting QB as mich as Bama does? I do.
Posted on 1/7/12 at 11:19 pm to That One
It means "get the frick out of my way".
Posted on 1/7/12 at 11:51 pm to crimsonsaint
OMG LSU PLAYERS ARE TALKING shite ! ?! !? WHERE DO THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY.
I CANT BELIEVE THAT GUY MADE THE 2 Ls COMMENT.
I THINK I'LL START MULTIPLE THREADS AND SAY IT IS BULLETIN BOARD MATERIAL AND CRY ABOUT IT !
I CANT BELIEVE THAT GUY MADE THE 2 Ls COMMENT.
I THINK I'LL START MULTIPLE THREADS AND SAY IT IS BULLETIN BOARD MATERIAL AND CRY ABOUT IT !
Posted on 1/7/12 at 11:57 pm to Oyster
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The Elephant Story
The story of how Alabama became associated with the "elephant" goes back to the 1930 season when Coach Wallace Wade had assembled a great football team.
On October 8, 1930, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had witnessed in Tuscaloosa four days earlier. Strupper wrote, "That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen. When those big brutes hit you I mean you go down and stay down, often for an additional two minutes.
"At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, 'Hold your horses, the elephants are coming,' and out stamped this Alabama varsity.
"It was the first time that I had seen it and the size of the entire eleven nearly knocked me cold, men that I had seen play last year looking like they had nearly doubled in size."
Strupper and other writers continued to refer to the Alabama linemen as "Red Elephants," the color referring to the crimson jerseys.
How the Crimson Tide Got its Name
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.
Just did a quick search and found it on RollTide.com
For anybody that was wondering.
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:03 am to mwlewis
When I first came I here I wondered the same thing. But I thought it had something to do with the power of the tides and such. Been on many a beach a beach the tide roll in. So maybe it means power. In any event it's a unique name and pretty cool to hear in the stadium.
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:10 am to That One
it means that the tide is going to roll into NOLA & wipe the tigers out.
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:11 am to That One
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:16 am to Oyster
Bryant's most famous hat was a Hounds Tooth given to him by the New York Jets owner when he signed Joe Namath. He wore it on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Nice try though.
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:19 am to RMFTide
It probably came from someone in Updyke's family line when they got mad one day when Auburn beat them and was rolling the trees but couldn't think of anything else to say. They seen everyone rolling the trees and laughing so they said "Well.. well.. Roll Tide." and ran off into the bushes crying.
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:24 am to Rabern57
the tide definitely rolled into Auburn & wiped those tigers out. 42-14 if you forgot.
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:26 am to RMFTide
Total arse whoopin if I recall correctly...
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:29 am to RMFTide
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the tide definitely rolled into Auburn & wiped those tigers out. 42-14 if you forgot.
Yeah. That is where it came from. Except bama fans have been saying it for years.
Sad that bama still brags about beating Auburn this year. I would not even consider beating Auburn's team this worth bragging about.
This post was edited on 1/8/12 at 12:38 am
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:32 am to RMFTide
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the tide definitely rolled into Auburn & wiped those tigers out. 42-14 if you forgot.
Nice
The $abuns did that the year after they beat themselves at home in the Iron Bowl after having a huge lead. (known to every other football fan on planet earth outside of bammer as a choke job.)
This year the $abuns improved to only shitting the bed at home in the game of the century. (Known to all others as loss but in alabama...."The Best Loss").
Don't worry your team will always get second chances as long as ESPN is due to make money off of it.
This post was edited on 1/8/12 at 12:34 am
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:40 am to Rabern57
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Sad that bama still brags about beating Auburn this year. I would not even consider beating Auburn's team this worth bragging about.
don't you know anything about the Iron Bowl? bragging rights are granted to the winning team, doesn't matter that Auburn royally sucked this season. that just made it better IMO.
Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:42 am to MoreOrLes
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known to every other football fan on planet earth outside of bammer as a choke job
pretty sure every Bama fan knows that they choked.
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Don't worry your team will always get second chances as long as ESPN is due to make money off of it.
I'll take it.
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Posted on 1/8/12 at 12:44 am to Rabern57
Auburn frickin sucks man......can we not brag about beating the shite out of y'all until y'all get good again? Whenever that may be...
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