Alabama Crimson Tide Mascot, UA Cheerleaders, and Bama Traditions
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Big Al
The elephant's association with Alabama dates back to the 1930 football season when the Crimson Tide was led by Coach Wallace Wade.
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.
Big Al's debut as UA's mascot came at the 1979 Sugar Bowl, in which Alabama defeated Penn State 14-7.
The Alabama Crimson Tide Football Team has won 12 NCAA Football Titles and 21 SEC Football Titles.
The University of Alabama has 19 former football players or coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame.
The Alabama Crimson Tide Football Team has 54 bowl game appearances and 30 bowl game wins, both of which are the most of any team in NCAA Football history.
Just prior to the start of the Iron Bowl, which pits the Crimson Tide against Auburn in football, both bands come onto the field playing their respective fight songs. The Alabama Million Dollar Band forms the traditional UA while the Auburn Band forms the traditional AU. The alma maters would then be played, and then, the bands combine to play the National Anthem.
