What Do Alabama Fans Say?

“Roll Tide.” It’s a saying that, unless you’re an Alabama Crimson Tide fan, you probably can’t stand hearing people yell to each other. Using it as a way to show both unity and appreciation for one another, it has been yelled at some pretty interesting times—which have, thankfully, been caught on tape.

What do Alabama fans yell at kickoff?

The fight song, as played today, has been shortened to begin with the words “Yea Alabama“; however, the original version had a verse that went at the beginning. The original version did not have “Roll Tide, Roll Tide!” at the end, but was added as a chant immediately following the last line of the song.

What are Alabama fans called?

Gumps
Call them “Gumps”
Here’s the definition straight from the world’s pre-eminent news source, Urban Dictionary: “A typical Alabama football fan.

What is Alabama football slogan?

Yea Alabama!
Drown ’em Tide! Every ‘Bama man’s behind you, Hit your stride.

Why do Alabama fans say Roll Tide?

Roll Tide is among the most well-known phrases in college football. It functions as a celebratory exclamation, a warm greeting, an acknowledgement akin to the friendly nod of a head, and a connection to University of Alabama fans across the world.

What is the meaning of Rammer Jammer?

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer. Give ’em hell, Alabama! When played after the game, “we just” is substituted for “we’re gonna.” The words “rammer jammer” were derived from the name of a defunct student magazine that was published for several decades beginning the 1920s.

What does Crimson Tide mean?

Crimson Tide Story
The game was played in a sea of crimson mud and the Alabama players’ white uniforms were stained crimson. As a sports editor for the Birmingham Age-Herald, Hugh Roberts, left the field, he described Alabama as a Crimson Tide. Sports writers then popularized the name and it’s stuck ever since.

How do you respond when someone says Roll Tide?

This is known as “rubbing it in,” or “being a dingleberry.” If you get a War Eagle or Roll Tide on the street or in the grocery store, proper responses include: A return “War Eagle” or “Roll Tide”

What is crimson mud?

Crimson MUD 2 is a mix between “hack and slash” style and adventures/questing. Although roleplaying is minimal, it is not discouraged and those who DO roleplay are respected. C2 is a mud where communications *chatting* occur frequently, yet mobs/eq/zones entice people to play just as much as converse.

What did Saban say about Bama fans?

Coach Nick Saban ripped into Alabama fans during his weekly radio show the night before Thanksgiving, saying they had become entitled and that they should show more appreciation to the players whether they win or lose.

Why are Alabama elephants?

For Ole Miss was truly battling the big boys for every inch of ground. “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.

What is the meaning of Dixieland Delight?

It is a layered song about having sex in a truck, is what we’re saying.

Why do they call it the Million Dollar Band?

History of the Name
Alabama unfortunately lost a football game to Georgia Tech University. After the game, a Georgia sports writer asked an Alabama alumnus what exactly UA have going for them during the game and the alumnus replied, “A million dollar band.” You could say the name has stuck ever since.

Where did Alabama get the name Roll Tide?

The explanation seems to be that “Roll Tide” was a chant folks inserted at the end of the song which later was incorporated into it. (Kind of like how we chant “Roll Tide Roll” in the middle of Sweet Home Alabama during games.)

What is the Auburn chant?

War Eagle is a battle cry, yell, or motto of Auburn University and supporters of Auburn University sports teams, especially the Auburn Tigers football team. War Eagle is a greeting or salutation among the Auburn Family (e.g., students, alumni, fans).

What does Alabama do with Yellowhammer?

Alabama has been known as the “Yellowhammer State” since the Civil War. The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen. Forrest’s troops were stationed.

Is the Rammer Jammer a real bar?

The Rammer Jammer is the town watering hole on the show, often serving breakfast and late-night drinks. What is this? And while it doesn’t exist in real life, apart from on the studio lot, it is likely inspired by Flora Bama, a notorious dive bar on the Alabama state line.

Who is Alabama’s biggest rival?

Auburn
As long as the Crimson Tide plays Auburn and Tennessee each year, Alabama’s two biggest will remain intact. LSU would be considered the more traditional third rival, but Georgia has moved up the ranks in recent years with several epic matchups between the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs.

What is Alabama elephants name?

Big Al
Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Big Al (mascot)

What is a herd of elephants called Tide?

A group of elephants is commonly called a herd or, less commonly, a parade! Above all else, herds are family groups. Herds vary significantly in size, but their structure is consistently multigenerational and matriarchal. A typical herd is led by one female elephant matriarch.

What is the origin of Crimson Tide?

After originally going by “varsity,” “Crimson White” (the school colors) and “The Thin Red Line,” Birmingham Age-Herald sports editor Hugh Roberts coined the term “Crimson Tide” to describe ‘Bama’s heroic effort in holding heavily favored Auburn to a 6—6 tie in a mud-soaked game in 1907 that had the ‘Bama players