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Alabama's Traditions
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:21 am
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:21 am
I just wanted to point out, as an Alabama student, some of the traditions I've noticed relating to football done by students, alumni, "sidewalk" fans, etc..
Feel free to add to my list.
Elephant Stomp- Band marches into the stadium. From reading some posts it apparently used to be more exciting than it is now.
Band on the Steps of Gorgas- Right before the Elephant Stomp the entire band sets up at one end of the quad and thousands of fans line up in a pep-rally of sorts. The cheerleaders and crimsonettes are also performing.
The Quad- Starting about 6 PM on Friday nights before game days people start setting up their tents on the quad. Many families pre game and post game on the quad, and many families have been doing so for generations. For most games there is not an empty space on the quad and many families choose to bring RV's or overflow to spots around the quad.
The Mound- this one isn't necessarily football related but fans do tailgate around the mound. For all you Auburn fans who think Toomer's trees are the first thing to ever exist in this state, the mound started forming in 1865 after the dorm built in 1833 was destroyed by a fire in the Civil War. There's also something called "Tapping the Mound" on Honors day that has been going on since the early 1900s.
Fraternities- For some of our Alumni, their fraternities or sororities are their traditions. Alabama has fraternities that date back to 1847, 1855, 1856 and so on. Many generations of members go to their houses to relive their past every game day.
Auburn and Alabama both have great traditions, that's to be expected from two great football programs with such dedicated fan bases. It's a terrible thing that happened to Toomer's corner but next year you guys can start a new tradition that people in 130 years will care about as much as you do about Toomer's.
Feel free to add to my list.
Elephant Stomp- Band marches into the stadium. From reading some posts it apparently used to be more exciting than it is now.
Band on the Steps of Gorgas- Right before the Elephant Stomp the entire band sets up at one end of the quad and thousands of fans line up in a pep-rally of sorts. The cheerleaders and crimsonettes are also performing.
The Quad- Starting about 6 PM on Friday nights before game days people start setting up their tents on the quad. Many families pre game and post game on the quad, and many families have been doing so for generations. For most games there is not an empty space on the quad and many families choose to bring RV's or overflow to spots around the quad.
The Mound- this one isn't necessarily football related but fans do tailgate around the mound. For all you Auburn fans who think Toomer's trees are the first thing to ever exist in this state, the mound started forming in 1865 after the dorm built in 1833 was destroyed by a fire in the Civil War. There's also something called "Tapping the Mound" on Honors day that has been going on since the early 1900s.
Fraternities- For some of our Alumni, their fraternities or sororities are their traditions. Alabama has fraternities that date back to 1847, 1855, 1856 and so on. Many generations of members go to their houses to relive their past every game day.
Auburn and Alabama both have great traditions, that's to be expected from two great football programs with such dedicated fan bases. It's a terrible thing that happened to Toomer's corner but next year you guys can start a new tradition that people in 130 years will care about as much as you do about Toomer's.
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:22 am to smanderson1
Never heard of any of them. I do know about Paul Bear Bryants hat, and your great legacy of unmatched cheating.
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:24 am to CarrytheFight
Tennessee is starting their own
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:24 am to chilld28
you listed fraternities as one of the traditions
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:26 am to chilld28
Is today traditional german day. Not another thread. Maybe we should start a thread on who's fans are classier. Or how about more trees
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:30 am to HailToTheChiz
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you listed fraternities as one of the traditions
How are fraternities any less of a tradition than rolling toomer's corner? Many have been around over 100 years and obviously most Bama fan's may not be a part of Greek life at Alabama but for those that are it is a long standing tradition.
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:32 am to smanderson1
I've always thought of Auburn's "tradition" as being the eagle flight, tiger walk, etc... And I've always thought of Alabama's "tradition" as the championships and bowl games. Nothing wrong with either - but both schools are completely different, and so are their "traditions".
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:34 am to superman
seems like just about every school has fraternities so saying they are traditions for alabama is funny IMO
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:38 am to smanderson1
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Tapping the Mound
I did a lot of that when I was in college.
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:42 am to Ted2010
your only tradition is not having a tradition
Posted on 2/18/11 at 9:44 am to Ted2010
I'd say fraternities are a tradition for most SEC schools compared to other conferences.
Posted on 2/18/11 at 10:04 am to smanderson1
Nice post smanderson1
I think all 12 of our schools have pretty unique, distinct, and long-standing, hallowed traditions.
Hey we can hold our own with the Ohio States, the USCw's, the Notre Dames, and the Nebraskas of the world just fine.
Off the top of my head:
Gator Al, Gator Chomp, The Swamp, Ugga, Dixie, Sanford Hedges, Rooster Crowing, Cocks entrance, Cockaboose RR, Smoky, Tailgating on the River, Rocky Top, Checkerboard End Zones, Splitting the T, BlueGrass, My Old Kentucky Home, the Commodore mascot, Wooooo Sooooeeee cheer, Razorback, the Boot, Cowbells, Colonel Reb :( /Black Bear, The Grove, Egg Bowl, WDE, soaring eagle, Plains, TigerWalk, Toomers Corner, The Iron Bowl, Checkerboard Hats, Million Dollar Band, Al the Elephant, Red helmets with numbers, Tiger Rag, Hold That Tiger, Death Valley tailgating, Victory Hill march, Mike the Tiger's ride, Chinese Bandits, Saturday night, etc.
(Know I'm forgetting some)
All of us:
Hottest women in the world, Best Tailgating, Jets flying over while playing SS Banner, SRO Stadiums, Tailgating, Top Ten rankings, Women, at least 2/3 of the teams in bowl games every year, Bands, Tailgating, Greeks, student sections, fraternities and sororities dating to the Civil War (e.g. SAE at LSU), oh, and the jaw-droppingly beautiful women!
I think all 12 of our schools have pretty unique, distinct, and long-standing, hallowed traditions.
Hey we can hold our own with the Ohio States, the USCw's, the Notre Dames, and the Nebraskas of the world just fine.
Off the top of my head:
Gator Al, Gator Chomp, The Swamp, Ugga, Dixie, Sanford Hedges, Rooster Crowing, Cocks entrance, Cockaboose RR, Smoky, Tailgating on the River, Rocky Top, Checkerboard End Zones, Splitting the T, BlueGrass, My Old Kentucky Home, the Commodore mascot, Wooooo Sooooeeee cheer, Razorback, the Boot, Cowbells, Colonel Reb :( /Black Bear, The Grove, Egg Bowl, WDE, soaring eagle, Plains, TigerWalk, Toomers Corner, The Iron Bowl, Checkerboard Hats, Million Dollar Band, Al the Elephant, Red helmets with numbers, Tiger Rag, Hold That Tiger, Death Valley tailgating, Victory Hill march, Mike the Tiger's ride, Chinese Bandits, Saturday night, etc.
(Know I'm forgetting some)
All of us:
Hottest women in the world, Best Tailgating, Jets flying over while playing SS Banner, SRO Stadiums, Tailgating, Top Ten rankings, Women, at least 2/3 of the teams in bowl games every year, Bands, Tailgating, Greeks, student sections, fraternities and sororities dating to the Civil War (e.g. SAE at LSU), oh, and the jaw-droppingly beautiful women!
This post was edited on 2/18/11 at 10:06 am
Posted on 2/18/11 at 10:11 am to smanderson1
I guess our most well known tradition is Rammer Jammer.
And by well known I mean, everybody has heard it and they hear it often.
And by well known I mean, everybody has heard it and they hear it often.
Posted on 2/18/11 at 10:19 am to ThaKaptin
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Alabama's Traditions
I guess our most well known tradition is Rammer Jammer.
And by well known I mean, everybody has heard it and they hear it often.
Thank God we've only heard it 3 times since '99
But we did hear it a lot in the 70's (of course everybody did :)
Curious, how far back DOES RammerJammer go?
Posted on 2/18/11 at 10:29 am to MetryTyger
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Curious, how far back DOES RammerJammer go?
No idea, longer than I do and I was hatched in '79.
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