The History of the Crimson Tide
You may think you are a Crimson Tide fan, and you may even wear Crimson Tide apparel, but do you know the history of this great football team? If you are a diehard fan, you may, but many people are interested to know where this nickname comes from and what it really means. This is especially so if you give Crimson Tide gifts and people ask you about the meaning. Basically, the football team was called the varsity team or even the Crimson White in the early days, as these were the colors. However, another nickname became popular thanks to newspaper writers and this was the “Thin Red Line.” However, even this nickname did not stick around for long. That’s because a sports editor named Hugh Roberts described Alabama as the “Crimson Tide” as the result of an Alabama-Auburn ballgame. It was raining, it was muddy, and Auburn was favored to win. But Alabama dressed in white and covered in red mud held Auburn to a tie, and thus were called the Crimson Tide. That’s the basic history around the football team’s nickname and any fan should know it. It’s great to tell to others, too, and really get fans pumped up over their football team.
