Congratulations to Big Al. Thanks to your support (and a timely injury to Colt McCoy), your Alabama Crimson Tide are College Football National Champions!!!We had the privilege to take in a game in Tuscaloosa and meet Big Al back in 2008 and both he and his followers treated us with wonderful southern hospitality. I can't think of a more passionate or loyal fanbase to celebrate this victory and I'm sure they were consuming ribs and champagne well into the night.
But why Crimson Tide you may ask? And why an Elephant? Early Alabama teams wore red socks which led to the school's color. Then, in the early 20th century, a sportswriter began quoting a Rudyard Kipling poem using the phrase "A Thin Red Line." One rainy night, the thin red line turned into a Tide of Red moving down the field and the Crimson Tide was here to stay. As for Al, early 'Bama teams were quite large relative to their opponents, leading one fan to call out that "the elephants are coming." With most of their starters returning in 2010 and another top-tier recruiting class lined up, I think the Elephants will keep coming for a while now.
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