t-shirt for Alabama fans, one day only though

FrogMan · 01-11-2010, 07:00 AM

As I said, available today only. That's how TeeFury works. Shirt is $9 + $2 for shipping but will be gone at midnight eastern tonight.

Thought it was clever but couldn't remember if we had Alabama fans on here. Simply thought I'd share anyway...

FM

DaddyTorgo · 01-11-2010, 07:48 AM

i fail to see why it has an elephant...

Alan T · 01-11-2010, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

i fail to see why it has an elephant...

Alabama has had that mascot for as long as I can remember. Probably longer than I've been alive. I have no idea why or how they got an elephant mascot, but my impression from my father when we watched games as a kid (He was a University of Tennessee grad) was that the Elephant had been around his entire life too.

So no surprise to see their mascot on the t-shirt

JonInMiddleGA · 01-11-2010, 08:30 AM

The elephant goes back to at least 1930 but the real origin of it has been lost to time apparently.

Red Elephant - RammerJammer.com

DaddyTorgo · 01-11-2010, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

Alabama has had that mascot for as long as I can remember. Probably longer than I've been alive. I have no idea why or how they got an elephant mascot, but my impression from my father when we watched games as a kid (He was a University of Tennessee grad) was that the Elephant had been around his entire life too.

So no surprise to see their mascot on the t-shirt

didn't realize they had an elephant as a mascot. Not being exposed to much of Alabama in any sense (thankfully) up here and all. Always just assumed they were one of those schools without an actual physiacl "mascot" and just had the "Crimson Tide" nickname.

Galaril · 01-11-2010, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

didn't realize they had an elephant as a mascot. Not being exposed to much of Alabama in any sense (thankfully) up here and all. Always just assumed they were one of those schools without an actual physiacl "mascot" and just had the "Crimson Tide" nickname.

Geez what's wrong with you. Everyone knows that elephants were indigenous to Alabama prior to the the 1950s

DaddyTorgo · 01-11-2010, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Galaril

Geez what's wrong with you. Everyone knows that elephants were indigenous to Alabama prior to the the 1950s

Matthean · 01-11-2010, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Galaril

Geez what's wrong with you. Everyone knows that elephants were indigenous to Alabama prior to the the 1950s

Pfft. Michigan tops that with wolverines not being around for 200 years.

First Michigan wolverine spotted in 200 years - Science- msnbc.com

JonInMiddleGA · 01-11-2010, 10:04 AM

It's hard for me to think of the elephant ("Big Al") without thinking of how the fictional host Leonard Postoasties used to describe them on the weekend syndicated prediction show Leonard's Losers: He always called them the Puce Pachyderms, and that's stuck with me for close to 40 years now.

Passacaglia · 01-11-2010, 01:25 PM

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide....

Call me Deacon Blues.

ntndeacon · 01-11-2010, 02:43 PM

I was always told the story that a trunk company with an elephant mascot was used by a lot when the Tide went to the Rose bowl in the 30s and that Elephant stuck as a Alabama mascot too.

Passacaglia · 01-11-2010, 03:25 PM

I should have known that saying the word 'deacon' would get ntn posting here.

Scoobz0202 · 01-11-2010, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide....

Call me Deacon Blues.

Every single time I hear the name Crimson Tide, that comes to mind. Every time.

Great fucking band.

Passacaglia · 01-12-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Every single time I hear the name Crimson Tide, that comes to mind. Every time.

Great fucking band.

Right on! You truly are living up to what that button said about you!

Scoobz0202 · 01-12-2010, 03:44 PM

The 99% or the 1%!?

Passacaglia · 01-12-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

The 99% or the 1%!?

I think the answer to that is obvious.

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JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	It's hard for me to think of the elephant ("Big Al") without thinking of how the fictional host Leonard Postoasties used to describe them on the weekend syndicated prediction show Leonard's Losers: He always called them the Puce Pachyderms, and that's stuck with me for close to 40 years now. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 01-11-2010 at 10:05 AM.

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