The answer, according to Alabama's athletics site, dates back to a sportswriter during the 1930 season — one of the Crimson Tide's national title years — when the team was coached by Wallace Wade.

Alabama's unofficial mascot from 1930 through the 1970s was an elephant, though Big Al did not make his debut until the 1979 Sugar Bowl game vs. Penn State (a 14-7) victory by Paul "Bear" Bryant's ...

Bryant was Alabama's football coach and athletic director, not to mention a legendary figure that Crimson Tide fans would never cross. When Bryant shot down the elephant mascot idea, that was that.

One of the most intriguing facets of Alabama's identity is its mascot, Crimson Tide an elephant. In 1930, sportswriter Everett Strupper praised the Alabama football team as a dominant force with ...

The Alabama Crimson Tide are playing in their first Final Four ever in Arizona. Here's why they have an elephant as their mascot on the sidelines.

SEC football — specifically, the longstanding rivalry between Auburn University and the University of Alabama — popped up ...

They are requested for funerals and bachelorette parties. (They decline.) They are back-flipping, wakeboarding cult heroes. And they can't give their last names. Welcome to the world of mascots.

Well five former Crimson Tide signal callers opened the season on NFL rosters, a list that includes star players such as Philadelphia's Jalen Hurts and Miami's Tua Tagovailoa and 2023 No. 1 pick ...

Crimson Tide Roll Call: Thursday, January 26, 2023 By Blake Byler Jan 26, 2023 1:00 AM EST All Things Bama ...

Celebrate the Alabama’s College Football Playoff run with a Big Al commemorative mascot bobblehead, thanks to FOCO. The bobblehead portrays Big Al in an action pose, wearing his crimson gameday ...

Why is Alabama 's mascot "Big Al" an elephant, you ask? Well, the story goes all the way back to the 1930 National Championship team. Here's the story from Alabama's official website, rolltide.com: ...

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 ...