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The elephant's association with Alabama dates back to the 1930 football season. Officially, following the 1930 game versus Ole Miss, Atlanta Journal sports writer Everett 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. It was the first time that I had seen it and the size of the entire eleven nearly knocked me cold, men that I had seen play last year looking like they had nearly doubled in size." Sports writers continued to refer to Alabama as the "Red Elephants" afterwards, referring to their crimson jerseys. To read more about Alabama Crimson Tide Football, please
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Auburn Tigers Football 
The mascot for Auburn is a tiger named Aubie. He first appeared on a football program cover in 1959 and has been around ever since. He was created by Phil Neel of the Birmingham Post-Herald.To read more about Auburn Tigers Football, please
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Florida Gators Football 
With the state of Florida being home to an estimated million alligators, the American Alligator, often just called a "Gator" for short, was chosen as the mascot to represent the University of Florida in 1911. The official costumed mascots of the Florida Gators are Albert (Albert E. Gator) and Alberta.To read more about Florida Gators Football, please
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Georgia Bulldogs Football 
It was not until 1920 that the nickname "Bulldog" was used to describe the football team, a name bestowed by sportswriters. On November 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story about school nicknames and proposed:The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity. To read about Georgia Bulldogs Football, please
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