If you're a college football fan, you also probably know Alabama's mascot is an elephant, and... what does that have to do with Crimson Tide? The answer, according to Alabama's athletics site ...

Click here to read about three Alabama circus elephants. Alamite the Elephant After the Crimson Tide was initially associated with elephants, the animals became the unofficial team mascot.

Nonetheless, a student in a doe-eyed elephant costume struts his stuff at every ‘Bama home game, having become a fixture at one of the state’s proudest institutions. What gives? Kevin C.

Nothing about No. 1 Alabama's nickname of "Crimson Tide" brings to mind the school's costumed elephant mascot, Big Al, no matter how hard you try. So how did one of college football's blue bloods ...

Nothing about No. 1 Alabama's nickname of "Crimson Tide" brings to mind the school's costumed elephant mascot, Big Al, no matter how hard you try. So how did one of college football's blue bloods ...

Nothing about No. 1 Alabama's nickname of "Crimson Tide" brings to mind the school's costumed elephant mascot, Big Al, no matter how hard you try. So how did one of college football's blue bloods on ...