Alabama Name (messages moved from education section)

[kantwin]

Yep, and next goes the Redskins, Chiefs, Braves and Indians.
Welcome to political correctness - the lib way.
No need to change all the names.
Just give a heartfelt "Roll TIDE", and be done with it.
As long as it's heartfelt, Roll TIDE fixes all wrongs.

[CenTexDave]

How did Bama ever become called The Crimson Tide? Have a beach there with red tide that looks darker at sunset? Must be lots of pollution. :))

[kantwin]

http://www.rolltide.com/trads/why-crimson.html

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.


Roll TIDE!

[CenTexDave]

And a toughie bowl opponent in Oklahoma. lol
I'll be glad when this BCS garbage is done. These bowl tie-ins need to go too. Baylor vs UCF. :))