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Look: Kid Rock shows up to Alabama football game with victory cigar in hand

By Scott Rogust

Kid Rock lights up a cigar before tees off at the 15th hole during the AREA 313 Celebrity Challenge of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Tuesday, June 25, 2019.06252019 Pga Celebritychallenge 9
Kid Rock lights up a cigar before tees off at the 15th hole during the AREA 313 Celebrity Challenge of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Tuesday, June 25, 2019.06252019 Pga Celebritychallenge 9 /
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Singer and songwriter Kid Rock showed up to Saturday’s Alabama, Tennessee game holding a victory cigar.

It is the Third Saturday of October, which means that the Alabama Crimson Tide and Tennessee Volunteers will do battle on the football field. There is the longstanding tradition that the winner of this SEC rivalry game that the winning team smokes a victory cigar.

As it turns out, singer and songwriter Kid Rock got a head start, as he was spotted inside Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa with a victory cigar in hand.

The Alabama-Tennessee victory cigar tradition

The tradition of victory cigars began back in the 1950s when former Alabama athletic trainer Jim Goostree handed out cigars to Crimson Tide players following a win over Tennessee. This tradition has continued ever since.

In the all-time series, Alabama has won 57 of the 100 games. The Crimson Tide currently has a 14-game winning streak, as the Volunteers have failed to win a game since 2006.

Can the Crimson Tide make it 15 wins in a row against their rivals? Or will Tennessee join Texas A&M Aggies as the teams to score an upset win over the defending National Champions?

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