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Posted on 2/20/10 at 12:39 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 2/20/10 at 12:39 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
You know, this is turning into a very interesting thread.
Please post more about the tiger battallion. I'd like to hear more.
I'd also like to hear about the elepahnts, I used to know that story but I cannot remember.
What about the barners?
Please post more about the tiger battallion. I'd like to hear more.
I'd also like to hear about the elepahnts, I used to know that story but I cannot remember.
What about the barners?
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Posted on 2/20/10 at 3:44 pm to woopiginaustin
Look out Tusk III and Admiral Ackbar...
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:27 pm to Tawanda
Swine is not native to North America; however, once they were introduced, piggies of all types thrived on the bountiful flora of the region.
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:41 pm to BamaFan89
quick, paint a rebel van on the colors 
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:42 pm to SLC
"Of all the units that took the field at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861, none exceeded the flair and intensity of the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion, 'Wheat's Tigers.' Raised from the dregs of New Orleans, the Tigers, who were primarily Irish immigrant dockworkers, were as tough and resolute as their combative commander, Major Roberdeau Wheat....
...At least some of the men, especially those in Harris' Walker Guards, were also former filibusters who had served with Wheat in Nicaragua back in 1857. They mustered into service in their old filibuster uniforms–off-white cotton drill trousers, white canvas leggings, red flannel battle shirts and broad-brimmed, low-crowned straw hats. Once enlisted, the men also wrote provocative slogans–such as 'Lincoln's Life or a Tiger's Death,' 'Tiger by Nature' or 'Tiger in Search of Abe'–on their hat bands...
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"Perhaps one of the least known historical facts is the origin of the LSU’s famous mascot. “Fighting Tigers” was derived from Robert E Lee’s renowned battalion, the Louisiana Tigers. They were so ferocious during the battle that even fellow Confederate troops were reluctant to fight along side them."
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...At least some of the men, especially those in Harris' Walker Guards, were also former filibusters who had served with Wheat in Nicaragua back in 1857. They mustered into service in their old filibuster uniforms–off-white cotton drill trousers, white canvas leggings, red flannel battle shirts and broad-brimmed, low-crowned straw hats. Once enlisted, the men also wrote provocative slogans–such as 'Lincoln's Life or a Tiger's Death,' 'Tiger by Nature' or 'Tiger in Search of Abe'–on their hat bands...
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"Perhaps one of the least known historical facts is the origin of the LSU’s famous mascot. “Fighting Tigers” was derived from Robert E Lee’s renowned battalion, the Louisiana Tigers. They were so ferocious during the battle that even fellow Confederate troops were reluctant to fight along side them."
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Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:45 pm to Section28
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Section28
Thanks for the history lesson...
Now I feel very educated!
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:46 pm to SLC
Actually, the Tigers part came into play because part of Major Wheat's battalion of Louisiana infantry was a volunteer group that called themselves the "Tiger Rifles," if I remember what my grandpa told me right. They fought under Richard Taylor as part of Stonewall Jackson's army and were instrumental in Confederate victories. The name eventually spread to the entire brigade.
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:48 pm to lsutothetop
The words "Yellowhammer" in Alabama's Rammer Jammer dates to the Civil War. It was a term that referred to Confederate troops from Alabama. It is also the state bird.
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Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:53 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Any tiders care to tell us about the origin of the elephants?
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:54 pm to Tawanda
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Our game day mascot is an eagle.
scavenger
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:55 pm to LA kid but AU fan
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Any tiders care to tell us about the origin of the elephants?
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:57 pm to ArHog
No seriously, I don't know what the connection is.
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:57 pm to LA kid but AU fan
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Any tiders care to tell us about the origin of the elephants?
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The elephant's association with Alabama dates back to the 1930 football season when the Crimson Tide was led by Coach Wallace Wade. There are two stories about how Alabama became associated with the elephant.
Officially, following the 1930 game versus Ole Miss, Atlanta Journal sports writer Everett Strupper wrote:
"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."
Sports writers continued to refer to Alabama as the "Red Elephants" afterwards, referring to their crimson jerseys. The 1930 team shut out eight of ten opponents, allowing a total of only 13 points all season. The "Red Elephants" rolled up 217 points that season, including a 24-0 victory over Washington State in the Rose Bowl.
Another account attributes the Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk Company for the elephant association. Alabama used the Birmingham Trunk Company's luggage to travel to the 1930 Rose Bowl. The luggage company's trademark was a red elephant standing on a trunk. When the football team arrived in Pasadena, the reporters greeting them associated their large size with the elephants on their luggage.
Despite these early associations of the elephant to the University of Alabama, the university did not officially accept the elephant as university mascot until 1979.
Alabama's elephant mascot is known as "Big Al.
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:59 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Crap and all this time I thought "the Bear" had something to do with it.
Posted on 2/22/10 at 4:01 pm to sugatowng
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scavenger
and bird of prey that eats little piglets and feeds them to their young.
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