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Georgia vs. Alabama [4]
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A bit about Alabama:
Colors: Crimson and White
Mascot: Crimson Tide
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama [5]
Last Meeting : Georgia won 37-23 (2003)
All-Time Record: 25-35-4 (Alabama leads)
Did you know?
How did the Crimson Tide get its name? In early newspaper accounts of Alabama football, the team was simply listed as the "varsity" or the "Crimson White" after the school colors.
The first nickname to become popular and used by headline writers was the "Thin Red Line." The nickname was used until 1906.
The name "Crimson Tide" is supposed to have first been used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald. He used "Crimson Tide" in describing an Alabama-Auburn game played in Birmingham in 1907, the last football contest between the two schools until 1948 when the series was resumed. The game was played in a sea of mud and Auburn [6] was a heavy favorite to win.
But, evidently, the "Thin Red Line" played a great game in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6-6 tie, thus gaining the name "Crimson Tide." Zipp Newman, former sports editor of the Birmingham News, probably popularized the name more than any other writer.
Source: UA Traditions
Alabama Crimson Tide links - news, official sites, fan sites, and message boards.
Alabama's schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Result/Time |
| September 1 | Western Carolina | W 52-6 |
| September 8 | at Vanderbilt [7] | W 24-10 |
| September 15 | No. 16 Arkansas [8] | W 41-38 |
| September 22 | No. 23 Georgia [9] | 7:45 PM ET |
| September 29 | at Florida State | TBA |
| October 6 | Houston [10] | TBA |
| October 13 | at Mississippi [11] | TBA |
| October 20 | No. 22 Tennessee [12] | TBA |
| November 3 | No. 2 LSU [13] | TBA |
| November 10 | at Mississippi State | TBA |
| November 17 | Louisiana-Monroe [14] | TBA |
| November 24 | at Auburn [15] | TBA |
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