Why does alabama called crimson tide

After watching Alabama and rival Auburn play to a tie in Birmingham in November , Roberts reportedly described the game as a "crimson tide" after Auburn was expected to win but Alabama played its rival to a draw in muddy conditions. The phrase "crimson tide" was a fairly common descriptor back then in regards to life or blood, often in the context of war or poetry. While I was unable to locate a digital copy of the Birmingham Age-Herald after the Alabama-Auburn game, I found a portion of his recap that was published in The Tuscaloosa News on the Tuesday following the game, published on Nov.

Where things get interesting, however, is that neither the words "crimson" nor "tide" appear in the story, which means either The Tuscaloosa News didn't publish Roberts' entire story remember, Roberts worked for the Birmingham Age-Herald, not The Tuscaloosa News , which meant the newspaper unknowingly left out the portion where Alabama would get its future nickname, or perhaps through the passage of time, the origin of "Crimson Tide" was credited to the wrong newspaper, writer, year or game recap.

If you look online about where the nickname came from, virtually every news outlet or resource recites the same story. Taylor Watson, curator of the Paul W. Bryant Museum , has worked for the museum for 28 years and for the last 15, he's been working on a book about things Alabama fans think they know but actually don't.

The interesting thing about that game, the '07 Alabama-Auburn game, was the last game they played for 41 years and if you read the accounts from other newspapers, it was a clear, cool day.

I'm pretty sure that's not the first time Crimson Tide was ever used but this is how it goes. On the offensive, Alabama could not be checked, and on the defensive, save for one spot in the line, Alabama was Auburn's equal. It is true, taking the game as a whole, that Alabama covered more ground during the scrimmage. Alabama had a greater diversity of formations and kept the point of combat in opposing territory.

Prior to the adoption of the nickname of "Crimson Tide," newspaper accounts from the early s called Alabama simply the "Alabama football team," "Crimson," "Crimson and White," or "the Alabama football eleven," with "eleven" being a common refrain a century ago in reference to the number of players on the field for each team.

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Here's what he told the C's All-Star guard. As Odell Beckham Jr. Read full article. Chris Mahr. October 23, , PM. Story continues. Recommended Stories. Patriots Wire. Dolphins Wire. Fox News. NBC Sports. Rams Wire. Yahoo Sports. NBC Sports Chicago. Rockets Wire. NBC Sports Boston. His writing popularized the name and, it eventually became part of Alabama football. As explained on the University of Alabama athletics website, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had witnessed in Tuscaloosa four days earlier [in October ].

As with the Crimson Tide name, his description stuck. Home NCAA.