Alabama gives Butch Jones a Gatorade shower after beating Tennessee (Video)

Alabama Crimson Tide offensive analyst Butch Jones gets doused in Gatorade after beating his former team in the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday afternoon.

It took six tries, but football coach Butch Jones finally knows what it means to be a “Champion of Life” when it comes to the huge football rivalry that is the Third Saturday in October. Jones’ employer in the Alabama Crimson Tide thrashed his former employer in the Tennessee Volunteers 58-21 in Knoxville Saturday afternoon.

Jones serves on Nick Saban’s Alabama staff as a low-level offensive assistant. He was fired from Tennessee last season after going a winless 0-8 in SEC play. Though he did lead Tennessee to a few bowl games in five seasons, he went 0-5 as the Volunteers head coach in the Third Saturday in October rivalry versus Alabama.

Not expecting it at all, some Alabama players dumped a bucket of Gatorade on the unsuspecting offensive analyst for the Crimson Tide. It was everything you thought it would be.

He celebrated with his players, but how sure are we that he doesn’t get that he’s being trolled with this over-the-top gesture? Water, electrolytes and sugar bath. He’s got a “Five-Star Heart”, he’ll figure it out.

Or not. In the locker room, he was seen smoking one of his patented victory cigars. Fact: no victory cigar is better than when you win the Third Saturday in October. The Ghost of Red Auerbach would attest to this no doubt. Why beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the old Boston Garden, when you can beat either Alabama or Tennessee on a Southeastern collegiate football stage?

At 8-0 on the year, Alabama is the No.1 team in the country. The Crimson Tide’s star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is pretty much running away with the Heisman Trophy. He’d be the first Alabama quarterback to win the award and the third Crimson Tide player to win it during the Saban era in Tuscaloosa, joining running backs Mark Ingram Jr. and Derrick Henry.

More importantly, is there a direct correlation with Jones’ arrival in Tuscaloosa and the Crimson Tide looking better than they have ever been? Let’s hope there is, or better yet, more victory cigars for Jones and whichever Crimson Tide offensive lineman wants to join him in this celebratory smoke.

Clearly, Jones is getting the Saban treatment, which is necessary to rid one of the stench associated with a terrible previous coaching stint. It worked well for Lane Kiffin, who also never beat Alabama in the Third Saturday in October during his delightful 12 months in Knoxville. Let’s go, Florida Atlantic Owls!

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We can only expect Jones to build his reputation back “Brick by Brick”, one victory cigar at a time now that he’s Saban’s most trusted overqualified offensive analyst on his coaching staff. This has to be one of the five greatest Gatorade baths of all-time.