Good catch! The Red Tide is exactly where Alabama got the nickname the “Crimson Tide”. The Red Tide is very efficient at killing everything that swims.
Hey, I’m just a poor little Auburn fan that lives in North Alabama.
On a related note, went on a charter bay fishing trip from Destin this past spring. The Boat captain said that red tide devastated his business about 4 years ago, but has recovered now. It happens. It is nature.
Why is Alabama the Crimson Tide?
Crimson Tide Story
The game was played in a sea of crimson mud and the Alabama players’ white uniforms were stained crimson. As a sports editor for the Birmingham Age-Herald, Hugh Roberts, left the field, he described Alabama as a Crimson Tide. Sports writers then popularized the name and it’s stuck ever since.
Crimson Tide - A-Book - The University of Alabama
https://abook.sa.ua.edu/ua-traditions/crimson-tide/