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