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Oct 6, 2021 · Even the Alabama Crimson Tide's elephant mascot, Big Al, is considered the GOAT when it comes to the big, furry friends that roam college football's sidelines. The gray, anthropomorphic elephant has been the team's official mascot since 1979, when Bear Bryant finally approved the trunked animal despite a history that dates back to 1930.
Big Al, the Alabama Crimson Tide mascot, gets ready to take the field before the college football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Texas A&M... COLLEGE FOOTBALL: OCT 12 Alabama at Texas A&M Big Al, mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide, runs out on the field during pregame prior to facing the Vanderbilt Commodores at Bryant-Denny Stadium on...
Oct 23, 2012 · 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 ...
Jun 10, 2016 · History of Big Al. Request a public appearance by Big Al! The story of how Alabama became associated with the "elephant" goes back to the 1930 season when Coach Wallace Wade had assembled a great football team. On October 8, 1930, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had ...
Aug 12, 2015 · After the Crimson Tide was initially associated with elephants, the animals became the unofficial team mascot. In the 1940s, a live elephant named Alamite was housed on campus. At Homecoming, the ...
Big Al. 10,597 likes · 17 talking about this. The Official Mascot of the University of Alabama
Jan 8, 2024 · Alabama mascot Big AI is the spirited elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa and embodies the team's remarkable qualities. Big Al reflects the program's power ...
