Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On October 8, 1930, a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, Everett Strupper, wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama - Ole Miss football game.

2023年4月22日 · True Tide diehards have read up on the incredible history of Bryant-Denny Stadium, they know about The Thin Red Line and how the 1900s Alabama football team was simply called the "Crimson White" after the school colors.

2012年10月23日 · 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.

2016年6月10日 · Strupper and other writers continued to refer to the Alabama linemen as "Red Elephants," the color referring to the crimson jerseys. The 1930 team posted an overall 10-0 record. It shut out eight opponents and allowed only 13 points all season while scoring 217.

2014年9月12日 · Big Al, Alabama's elephant mascot, has roamed the sidelines for more than 30 years. But the history of the Crimson Tide's mascot began decades earlier at an Alabama-Ole Miss...

2024年9月14日 · The Alabama Crimson Tide boasts one of the most unique mascots in college football — an elephant named “Big Al.” While Alabama is celebrated for its athletic success, with 16 national championships spanning almost a century, …

2025年1月7日 · An elephant was first adopted as the university's mascot in 1892, when a live elephant named "Big Alabama" was brought to a football game. The elephant was a huge hit with the crowd, and the nickname "Crimson Tide" was born.

2018年8月28日 · In either case, the nickname took, and an elephant became the Tide’s unofficial mascot hot on the heels of the school becoming a national football power for its two wins over Washington and Washington State and a tie with coach Pop Warner’s Stanford squad in those early Rose Bowls. Soon after, live elephants showed up at the Capstone as mascots.

2024年9月25日 · The first official appearance of Big Al was at the 1980 Sugar Bowl, when the Crimson Tide played Arkansas. Big Al was a long time in the making after several years of resistance from Bryant. In the late 1970s he finally agreed to having a mascot, and Disney was then commissioned to make the elephant costume.

2023年10月14日 · 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...