Sep 6 2013 alabama football 2013.
Alabama fans say roll tide.
There s no doubt the crimson tide own the sec.
The phrase is sometimes elongated by folks in birmingham to roll tide roll but roll tide is not limited to the gridiron nor is it.
The origin of roll tide as a rallying cry can be traced to the alabama or bama as it s often abbreviated football team.
Bama fans yell roll tide to encourage the team not that they need encouraging because they re pretty good at winning.
Below are the lyrics of the chorus with the alabama fan mostly student created lyrics between each line.
Smith to say roll tide on first take and it did not go very well.
This is the original version sung by alabama fans for years while the one at the bottom is a current adaptation of alabama s famous song.
There s nothing alabama crimson tide fans love more than watching their favorite college football team dominate and win national championships.
The origins of the phrase are unclear.
An alabama fan asked stephen a.
The usage of roll tide also becomes increasingly obvious after watching a game with other crimson tide fans.
The official athletics website for the university of alabama crimson tide.
We are all reasonably familiar with the genesis of the various traditions associated with alabama football but it recently occurred to me the origin of the phrase roll tide is oddly.
They are constantly in the college football playoff and find themselves in the title.
Well today is your lucky day.
Roll tide is a rallying cry among fans of the university of alabama s sports teams particularly its football team known as the crimson tide.
When auburn fans say roll tide updated mar 06 2019.
The newer version is rated pg 13.
Its ubiquity has been propagated by several viral videos in which people getting arrested say the phrase.
Viewer discretion is advised.
A close second is to say roll tide at every possible moment what one man did took that love to the next level.
Dorothy worden an assistant professor of applied linguistics is new to tuscaloosa and the english department this year.