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UA's mascot is an elephant called Big Al.. The name was chosen in the late 1970s in a campus-wide contest. The origin of the mascot dates back to 1930. On October 8, a sportswriter wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game.
Answer Wiki. The original nickname of the team is the Red Elephants. That's why you see the elephant mascot, Big Al on the sidelines of games. The term Crimson Tide came from when the team, a huge underdog, upset previously unbeaten and heavy favorite Washington in the 1925 Rose Bowl. An LA Times Sportwriter wrote that Washington was washed away by a powerful crimson tide..