🏈 Tennessee hate week has begun!

[BamaFan334]

So when did the cigar smoking start? I just noticed it during McCarron'S senior year I believe.

 

[utstnx]

Literally my license plate. I hate UT all year

 

[rick4bama]

So when did the cigar smoking start? I just noticed it during McCarron'S senior year I believe.

The tradition started in the 1950s when Jim Goostree, the head trainer for Alabama, handed them out to players after beating Tennessee. The Vols smoked them as well, after victories, but both sides kept it a secret until 2005. It was at that point that the Tide voluntarily reported the small violation.

However, coach Nick Saban doesn’t smoke – and he isn’t making any exceptions after the win.

 

[TheChief]

Head trainer Jim Goosetree began the tradition in the 1950s and kept it silent due to the extra benefit violation, until 2005 at which point the "extra benefit" began being disclosed voluntarily and with pride to the NCAA.

 

[rick4bama]

So when did the cigar smoking start? I just noticed it during McCarron'S senior year I believe.

What an old tradition. Who knows who started it?
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[psychojoe]

 

[PhillyGirl]

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"That is Alabama, you must never go there"

:shock:

 

[rueben]

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. This is especially true with slUT.

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

Umm, I vividly recal pics as a kid Jay Barker & Stalling's with cigars. This didn't just become public knowledge

 

[rammerjammer]

Stereotypes.................................they're based on reality.

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Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. This is especially true with slUT.

 

[TerryP]

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Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. This is especially true with slUT.

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[rueben]

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Memphis?

 

[TerryP]

Memphis?

There'd be a Tiger if it was Mphs. (There's another school that stuck with their traditional logo for a long, long time.)

Looks like it's Michigan or Missouri. I blew it up as far as I could on my phone and that's the best I can do.

 

[SnakeFan]

Umm, I vividly recal pics as a kid Jay Barker & Stalling's with cigars. This didn't just become public knowledge

I remember Shaun Alexander as well

 

[The Dude]

 

[The Dude]

 

[psychojoe]

I remember Coach Bryant talking about players getting a post game victory cigar if they beat UT.

 

[alabama mike]

The only school I hate is nd but I do have a strong dislike for a few, the viles being one of them.

 

[UAgrad93]

It looks like Meechigan on the tag @TerryP. I took part in that tradition back in '89 and '90!

 

[rueben]

The only school I hate is nd but I do have a strong dislike for a few, the viles being one of them.

I pretty much hate slUt and so glad to see their program in the dismal shape that it has been in, after all the lies, and secret witness B.S. through the Albert means debacle.