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Origin of Alabama's nickname.. Crimson Tide
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:44 pm
Is it from algae scum or menstrual bleeding? 
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Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:45 pm to TigerMattSTL
Great thread
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:45 pm to TigerMattSTL
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menstrual bleeding
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:45 pm to TigerMattSTL
Saban to the eagles. True story.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:46 pm to TigerMattSTL
It's from Saban when he killed the rest of college football and their blood turned the tides crimson..
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:46 pm to NYCAuburn
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Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:46 pm to TigerMattSTL
awesome post. will print out copies and pass out to everyone so they can read it as well
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:47 pm to TigerMattSTL
We just won the SEC Championship We're playing Notre Dame for the National Championship - our 3rd trip in 4 years.
You're Mizzou.
Is this thread supposed to bother us?
You're Mizzou.
Is this thread supposed to bother us?
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:48 pm to genro
No, actually I'd like to know what it really means. A quick google search only turned up those two answers. There has to be some history behind it.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:48 pm to TigerMattSTL
some journalist in the early 1900's called bama the crimson tide and the name stuck. and then bama made up 298487 national titles. the end.
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:49 pm to TigerMattSTL
bullshite. The algae thing is called a red tide, not a crimson tide.
You suck at google. This took me 2 seconds.
You suck at google. This took me 2 seconds.
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Early newspaper accounts of the University's football squad simply referred to them as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White." The first nickname popular with the media was the "Thin Red Line," which was used until 1906. Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald, is credited with coining the phrase "Crimson Tide" in an article describing the 1907 Iron Bowl played in Birmingham. The game was played in a sea of red mud with Auburn, a heavy favorite to win. Alabama held Auburn to a 6-6 tie, thus graduating to their newfound nickname.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:50 pm to TigerMattSTL
didn't it come from some sports reporter describing the team as a sort of crimson tide that wiped out some team they were playing back in the day?
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well hell, I'm too slow on the draw
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well hell, I'm too slow on the draw
This post was edited on 12/3/12 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:50 pm to TigerMattSTL
Just curious. Why do you repeatedly set the rest of us Missourians up for this shite?
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:53 pm to Stripes314
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Just curious. Why do you repeatedly set the rest of us Missourians up for this shite?
It's all good. It's the rant. 50 idiot threads like this a day.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:55 pm to genro
alabama's nickname is dedicated to a game they tied their greatest rival
and they call us the little brothers
and they call us the little brothers
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:57 pm to TigerMattSTL
What happened here? 
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:57 pm to Tiguar
Yeah man we were definitely the little brothers back then. I remember. It was a weird time. But I think we've improved our stature somewhat since 1906. Who knows?
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:59 pm to genro
dont frick with alabama AMC or whatever the frick auburn was called then, shite would get real
Posted on 12/4/12 at 12:38 am to TigerMattSTL
its figurative language.
Posted on 12/4/12 at 1:26 am to Stripes314
This guy here. 
I mean WTF is this shite? Next he's gonna say bama is Charmin soft.
I mean WTF is this shite? Next he's gonna say bama is Charmin soft.
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