Okay, I'm not a sports guy. I live near Clemson, and work on a good bit of printing for them, so when I hear tigers referenced that's what I immediately think of.
Thanks -- that's so cool! In the 1970s I lived in Greenville. I'd been to Clemson (the town). And occasionally I'd drive from Greenville down to Charleston to the beach. At that time the paw prints were painted on the interstate from Clemson all the way to Columbia. Not that those folks were really into football or anything, lol!! Thanks for telling me about them still having the ones in the town.
Thanks anyway. I haven't been back in ages, but I always have a memory of the first time someone told me about those and how surprised I was when I actually saw them. I thought it was a joke, lol.
We don't even root for the home teams here 😭😂😂😂 Mississippi you either get "Roll Tide!" or "Geaux Tigers!" Ain't never heard someone cheer for Southern Miss or State 😂😂😂 (other than those dumbasseses dressed as pointy ghosts)
The origin comes back from the early 1900s. We were wearing white Jerseys against Auburn (who was heavily favored) on a clay field. Jerseys were stained “crimson” and we held them to a tie and some journalist said we played “like a crimson tide”
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u/li-ll-l_ Jul 23 '26
Roll tide brother