2) In 1930, an AJC journalist first used "elephant" to describe the Alabama team, saying: "The earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, ‘hold your horses, the elephants are coming.'". When talk of a costumed mascot gained steam, officials convinced Dye to try out and he ended up being the first to don the new costume with the name “Big Al.” Hugh Dye was the first to wear the Big Al costume as the Alabama Crimson Tide mascot. You have to dig a little in the archives to get the official story, told at the Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa. 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. UAB awarded degrees to 3,260 students. The university actually has a live tiger mascot, despite pleas from PETA to suspend their tradition after Mike the Tiger V died in 2007. On October 8, a sportswriter wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game. Learn more about Big Al and how he became the face of Alabama football.

June 5, 1988: UAB Commencement was held in the new UAB Arena, the first time a UAB graduation ceremony had been held on the university’s campus. The Crimson Tide's lovable elephant mascot was many years in the making. (Image courtesy of Hugh Dye) Dye had tried out for cheerleader the spring before and hurt his knee. It is a connection of two stories and two monikers given by sportswriters. The University is under the control of a board of trustees appointed by the Governor, who serves as ex officio Chairman.

The oldest of which is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853; the most recently designated is the peach, Alabama's state tree fruit, established in 2006.

89-935. The Million Dollar Band is the largest performing organization on campus, with around 400+ members. The Million Dollar Band, the University of Alabama's marching band, was founded in 1912 with 14 members under the direction of Dr. Gustav Wittig.In 1917, the band became a military band and was led by students until 1927..

Alabama mascot Big Al looks at the retiring C-130, the Roll Tide, from the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday January 20, 2017. The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), is a native butterfly well-known to Alabama. A2A Julia Croft.

Its support comes from the State of Alabama and federal funds appropriated to assist in carrying on work stipulated by the Morrill Acts 1862 and 1890. In 1989 the legislature made the Monarch Butterfly the state insect by Act no. May 1988: The Center for Neuroimmunology was established.

The origin of the mascot dates back to 1930. On October 89-935. 3) … The state has no official nickname, although "Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state license plates. Big Al is the costumed mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This was the first time in Alabama history that two students were selected from the same institution. In 1989 the legislature made the Monarch Butterfly the state insect by Act no.