TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It’s fitting that Ole Miss is Alabama's opponent this week, just like it was in 1930 when the football team landed its unofficial nickname (before Crimson Tide) and was commonly referred to as the Red Elephants.
Writing about that 64-0 win over the Rebels, Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal famously penned the following: “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.