Alabama and Tennessee will meet in a top-ten matchup for the first time in over a decade on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville. As a result of the highly anticipated SEC rivalry game, many have found themselves thinking back on the last significant meetings between the two programs.
Ex-Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy became the latest member of the Crimson Tide to share a story about a past “Third Saturday in October” game. He specifically pointed to the 2008 matchup in Knoxville, when No. 2 Alabama came into the contest as a clear favorite.
The former Crimson Tide signal-caller revealed that his team came to Neyland Stadium prepared to celebrate, laden with cigars for the postgame locker room shenanigans. However, the players realized they had forgotten to buy lighters, so they began asking fans in the stands for them as the game clock wound down.
