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Crimson tide has dual meaning. The Crimson tide is what it's called when a perticular type of sea weed dies and all comes up on shore (the sea weed is a deep red) this happens along the gulf coast, including Alabama.
The first nickname to become popular and used by headline writers was the Thin Red Line.. The nickname was used until 1906. The name Crimson Tide is supposed to have first been used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald.