2024 Alabama Crimson Tide Position Preview: Offensive Line (2024)

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What is the Alabama Crimson Tide battle cry? ›

Roll Tide (or Roll Tide Roll) is the rallying cry for the Alabama Crimson Tide athletic teams. The trademark to the phrase is claimed by the University of Alabama, with licensing and marketing by The Collegiate Licensing Company.

Birmingham's iron-rich soil turned to a sea of red mud which stained Alabama's white jerseys. The team fought Auburn to a 6-6 tie and sports editor Hugh Roberts of the Birmingham Age-Herald is supposed to have said the team played like “a Crimson Tide.” The name has been ours ever since, according to Crimson Tide lore.

Alabama. On February 1, 2022, It was reported that Eric Wolford has accepted the position of Offensive Line Coach at Alabama.

The Crimson Tide is among the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history. Since beginning play in 1892, the program claims 18 national championships, including 13 wire-service (AP or Coaches') national titles in the poll-era, and five other titles before the poll-era.

crimson tide (plural crimson tides) red tide (type of algal bloom) (euphemistic) menstruation.

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

During a game against the University of Mississippi, a fan in the stands referred to the Alabama linemen as "elephants" because they were larger than the Ole Miss players; journalists soon began referring to them as the Red Elephants. Courtesy of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress.

After watching Alabama and rival Auburn play to a 6-6 tie in Birmingham in November 1907, Roberts reportedly described the game as a "crimson tide" after Auburn was expected to win but Alabama played its rival to a draw in muddy conditions.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama's starting offensive line tipped the scales at a whopping 1,693 pounds last year. That's 338 pounds per head, roughly 25 pounds heavier than the average NFL offensive lineman. Supersized fronts were often celebrated in the Nick Saban era.

His eight-year contract was approved Monday by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees, and DeBoer will make $10 million in the first year of his deal that will run through Dec. 31, 2031. His compensation will increase $250,000 per year and grow to $11.75 million in the final year of the deal.

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Sports agent Jimmy Sexton is one of the most influential names in football, as he represents Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, Steve Sarkisian, Mike Norvell, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and DeBoer.

The Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles have the most former Alabama players on their rosters with seven apiece. The Chicago Bears are the only team without a former Alabama player on its roster.

Early newspaper accounts of Alabama football simply listed the team as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White", after the school colors. Headline writers then made popular the nickname "The Thin Red Line". It was not until 1907 that the name "Crimson Tide" was used to describe Alabama.

Another popular tradition is the chanting or singing of various pride and fight songs, primarily during football games. The three most well-known probably the ubiquitous Roll Tide, Roll, which is the last line of the Alabama fight song Yea Alabama.

"Champ" Pickens bestowed the name "Million Dollar Band" after the 1922 football game against Georgia Tech. Though accounts vary, it is reported that in order for the band to attend the game they had to solicit funds from local businesses. They were able to collect enough funds to ride in a tourist sleeper to the game.

Historical parallels. Crimson Tide parallels events that occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis onboard Soviet submarine B-59, with Denzel Washington's character reflecting Soviet second-in-command Vasily Arkhipov.