Yeah, that was the funniest part. BL has been a beast this year, partly size, mostly determination and attitude like that! What a pick up in recruiting he was that went a little bit under the radar.
I've only learnt the last two months how pathetic Bama are, as a new LSU redshirt fan. I can't tell you how good it is, to appreciate the unrelenting Bama jokes. Bama of course dealing out the best jokes with their multiple excuse machine in full swing. Thanks folks, and keep the laughs coming. LSU 34 - 6 yep, the Tide is going out! :rofl::rofl: :crystal:
I think it's funny that their own people don't even know wtf it means. It's a greeting? lmao wtf ever
Funny, but it doesn't surprise me at all. Most of the Gumps know very little if anything at all about football except what is beaten into them (literally in many cases) from an early age. It is a simple combination of two single syllable words that can be taught to any babbling 18 month old child. When little Bubba's first words are "roll tide", his parents already assume he's a fricking genius and never bother to explain the meaning to him. Instead they tell him bedtime stories about a legendary bear and all of Bama's championships real and made up from the days of glory. Then he starts to believe that all championships deserve to belong to Bama and if they aren't it is a case of them being screwed by the Bama haters or the actual champions merely cheated.
Over the course of 175 years, many traditions have evolved from humble beginnings to rich spectacles. The most distinctive of Alabama's traditions are almost always associated with football. The nickname "Crimson Tide" originated with the 1907 Iron Bowl, which occurred during or shortly after a particularly rainy day. Auburn, heavily favored to win, was forced to accept a tie with Alabama after a hard-fought game. Describing the game, one sportswriter described the offensive line as a "Crimson Tide", in reference to their crimson jerseys as they moved down field in the rain. UA's mascot is an elephant called "Big Al." The name was chosen in the late 1970s in a campus-wide contest. The origin of the mascot dates back to 1930. On October 8, a sportswriter wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game. The writer, using the flair for the dramatic common in sportswriting at the time, wrote that an anonymous fan yelled out "Here come the elephants" upon hearing the rumble of the first team coming on the field. The name stuck throughout what became a national championship season and beyond. The costumed "Big Al" mascot was debuted in the 1979 Sugar Bowl, when the Tide beat Penn State University for the national championship. Since then, the mascot has been a fan favorite for the Tide fans. As the Crimson Tide do not have a logo on their helmets or uniforms, Big Al's likeness appears on much team merchandise and such.
Congratulations taterboy, you have displayed the ability to do a Google search and that is one fine copy and paste job also. You still haven't answered the question of, what does "roll tide" mean?
At least SOMEONE knows history or at the very least, look up history. Is that your own writing, or did you plagiarize it?:geauxtige
