I am sure now they would have added another strip as in 2017, Crimson Tide has won their 17th Championship too! A beautiful church inside the UA campusĪnd while you checking all this out, knowing about the significance and meaning of Roll Tide becomes necessary. They serve a Champions Burger that has over a pound of meat including 16 strips of bacon – one for each year the team won the National Championship. In fact, a small but popular eatery just outside the stadium – Rama Jama’s – has further iconised Crimson Tide’s achievements. At mealtimes, people have to queue up for ordering food. No trip around the city is complete without visiting the hallowed innards of this magnificent stadium. Besides the usual offices, team, and visitors changing rooms, conference rooms, auditoriums, cheerleaders’ room, a walk of champions, etc., it also houses a memorabilia museum. Like most football stadia, even Bryant-Denny Stadium is rich in infrastructure. Interestingly, the Bryant-Denny Stadium seats almost 102,000 people while the population of the city is a shade fewer than 100,000! Rama Jama’s – the eatery famous for serving the Champions Burger Its location and history make it an intrinsic part of Tuscaloosa’s folklore. The centrepiece of this gigantic campus is the Bryant-Denny Football Stadium – the home stadium of Crimson Tide. The sprawling university campus is spread over an area of almost 2000 acre and is seamlessly intertwined with the town. Crimson Tide Cheerleaders’ Buggy So why did I talk about ‘Roll Tide’? Little wonder the team’s call of inspiration is today a bond that unites the people of Tuscaloosa. It is like cricket and Bollywood for India. In short, college football is as much a part of life for a Tuscaloosa family as breakfast. Important social events avoid any clash of dates with a football match. Their weddings get planned around the football calendar – they want their friends around when an important match has to happen. In fact, it has won 4 national titles in the last 10 years alone, including the 2017 title! For a town with a population of 100,000, such victories are a heady mix. Bryant-Denny Stadium – the home of Crimson Tide How did Roll Tide become all pervading?Īlabama’s Crimson Tide is one of the all-time ‘Top 5’ college football teams in the US. In fact, today it bonds not just the Tuscaloosa folks, but people across Alabama. It is used as a phrase of hope, a grunt of disgust, a chuckle of ‘how-did-you-manage-to-get-into-this-mess’, an acknowledgement of ‘see-you-for-coffee-at-4′, and more. But today, it could mean anything from hello to goodbye and all things in between. During a game, the crazed fans would urge their team to do better by screaming ‘Roll Tide’. It originated as a clarion call for the Crimson Tide – University of Alabama’s Football Team. The second phrase – Roll Tide – is a bit more complex. Right from the Bama Theatre, a hub of community events and cultural activity in Tuscaloosa, to Bama Belle, a pedal wheel cruiser on the Black Warrior River, you’ll find Bama everywhere. First, Bama is Alabama for short and you will find this word used variously here. Well, it is time to introduce you to some Tuscaloosa slang. (To read the Part-I, click ‘Black Warrior Alert – Tuscaloosa’) Tuscaloosa – Roll Tide! It deals with everything connected with the University of Alabama. ‘Tuscaloosa – Roll Tide!’ is the second part of a two-part story.
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