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Seth McLaughlin Brings Alabama's Tennessee Victory Cigar Tradition to the Ohio State Sideline

Seth McLaughlin wasn't able to play against Tennessee on Saturday night.

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But that didn't mean he couldn't celebrate his team's dominating 42-17 win the way he used to when he suited up for the Alabama Crimson Tide as an undergraduate student.

The cigar he had with him was not random or a prop. It was part of a tradition he learned in Tuscaloosa.

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— Chase Brown (@chaseabrown__) December 22, 2024

As the legend has it, in 1961 one of Bear Bryant's trainers lit up a stogie following a Tide win which had ended a five-game slide to the Volunteers.