Alabama players give Butch Jones Gatorade bath, cigar after Tide beat Tennessee

Zac Al-Khateeb

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For the first time in his collegiate coaching career, Butch Jones has a win in the Third Saturday in October. That it came as an analyst for Alabama — or intern, depending on who you ask — instead of as Tennessee's head coach made no difference for Tide players on Saturday.

After Alabama finished its 58-21 drubbing of hometown Tennessee in Neyland Stadium, Tide players were seen on the sidelines dousing the former Tennessee head coach — who went 0-5 against Alabama — with Gatorade.

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Alabama players were pretty open about their desire to get Jones a win in the series before the teams faced off Saturday. The next question is whether Alabama will have a cigar ready — which traditionally goes to the winner of this game — for Jones?

UPDATE: They gave him a cigar.

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.