What do Alabama fans say?

"Roll Tide." It's a saying that, unless you're an Alabama Crimson Tide
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fan, you probably can't stand hearing people yell to each other. Using it as a way to show both unity and appreciation for one another, it has been yelled at some pretty interesting times—which have, thankfully, been caught on tape.
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What do Alabama fans say at kickoff?

Also, when the cheer was played before kickoff, fans would replace the lyrics "We just" with "We're gonna." The cheer is no longer played before kickoff; however, there are a few special occasions where the cheer is played before a football game. One such instance occurs when Alabama plays Tennessee in Knoxville.
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What are Alabama football fans called?

Alabama Football: 5 Ways You Know You Are a Crimson Tide Fan | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights.
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Why are Alabama fans called Gumps?

Alabama fans, whether they know it or not, are widely known by a unifying title. Those that bear the crimson and white are commonly referred to as "Gumps", referencing the Tide's most famous fictional player, Forest Gump.
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What do fans yell at University of Alabama football games?

“Roll Tide” and “Go Bama” are just a couple phrases said, from The Quad to every building on campus, on a typical UA day, but are yelled loud and proud on a game day. Have you ever wondered why we're called the Crimson Tide?
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Why is Alabama mascot an elephant but they say Roll Tide?

Ole Miss game. Strupper wrote: “At the end of the quarter, 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,' and out stamped this Alabama varsity.”
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What is Gumptown?

Greenbow, Alabama is a fictional town in Greenbow County. In the Forrest Gump film, Greenbow is the hometown of Forrest Gump and Jenny Curran. It has a few stores and a Sinclair filling station. In the novel, Greenbow isn't mentioned, instead Forrest is from Mobile, Alabama. Advertisement.
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What is an Alabama Gump?

Gump: A person who lives and dies for the University of Alabama – but mostly its athletics department.
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What does it mean to be a Gump?

: a foolish or dull-witted person. gump. verb.
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What do you say when someone says Roll Tide?

If you get a War Eagle or Roll Tide on the street or in the grocery store, proper responses include:
  1. A return "War Eagle" or "Roll Tide"
  2. An enthusiastic "War.
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What is a Crimson Tide meaning?

After originally going by "varsity," "Crimson White" (the school colors) and "The Thin Red Line," Birmingham Age-Herald sports editor Hugh Roberts coined the term "Crimson Tide" to describe 'Bama's heroic effort in holding heavily favored Auburn to a 6—6 tie in a mud-soaked game in 1907 that had the 'Bama players ...
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What does Ramma Jamma mean?

The cheer has been banned at periods since its inception in about 1982 because of its taunting nature and use of the word "hell." The words to Rammer Jammer, when Alabama is playing Auburn: Hey Auburn! Hey Auburn! Hey Auburn! We're gonna beat the hell outta' you!
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What song does Alabama open with?

Without an official statement being made, “Mr. Brightside” has become Alabama's theme song. From being blasted in Bryant-Denny Stadium during games, to hearing it in bars, and hearing it throughout campus, the students know the words by heart and chant them with pride.
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What is crimson mud?

Crimson MUD 2 is a mix between "hack and slash" style and adventures/questing. Although roleplaying is minimal, it is not discouraged and those who DO roleplay are respected. C2 is a mud where communications *chatting* occur frequently, yet mobs/eq/zones entice people to play just as much as converse.
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Is the Rammer Jammer a real bar?

LOCATION: The Rammer Jammer, a mainstay of fictional Bluebell on "Hart of Dixie", is a restaurant where most of the characters go to eat and a few of the characters (Wade, Lemon) have gone to work.
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What movie do they say Alabama?

The 2002 hit movie Sweet Home Alabama stars Reese Witherspoon as Melanie Carmichael, Josh Lucas as Jake Perry, Patrick Dempsey as Andrew Hennings, and Candice Bergen as Mayor Kate Hennings—Andrew's intimidating and oftentimes controlling mom.
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What is the Crimson Crane?

The gi emoji is in reference to Crimson Tide wide receivers Jameson Williams and John Metchie's touchdown celebration that pays homage to the crane kick from the movie “The Karate Kid.”
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Why do they call Montgomery AL the Gump?

Now the syllabus: First, you have to understand the territory we cover. Imagine a ham shaped area of Montgomery consisting of the space within the surrounding directional bypasses. That area is affectionately known by us as “the Gump” despite what any rapper says.
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What city in Alabama is Forrest Gump from?

Forrest was born near the small town of Greenbow, Alabama, on June 6, 1944. His father was absent during his life, and his mother said he was "on vacation".
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What is a herd of elephants called?

A group of elephants is called a 'herd' – a herd of elephants.
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What does Crimson Tide have to do with an elephant?

Years before an elephant was ever associated with the school, its Crimson Tide nickname was born in the early 1900s. Hugh Roberts of the Birmingham Age-Herald wrote a story about the 1907 Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn that resulted in a 6-6 tie.
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