NCAA-FOOTBALL

Alabama-Tennessee cigar tradition: Explaining why winner smokes after 'Third Saturday in October'

October 15, 2022
Posted by Zac Al-Khateeb
NCAA-FOOTBALL, NCAA-FOOTBALL

Regardless of who wins Saturday’s meeting between Alabama and Tennessee, CBS cameras are likely to find fans in the stands with victory cigars pressed between their lips. The tradition has become a bit lopsided in recent years, but the practice of smoking a cigar following a victory in the “Third Saturday in October” rivalry is one shared by both the Crimson Tide and Volunteers.

Manti Te'o emotional in Notre Dame return: 'There's no place like home'

September 17, 2022
Posted by David Suggs
NCAA-FOOTBALL, AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Manti Te’o made his long-awaited return to South Bend on Saturday. The 2012 Heisman runner-up hadn’t been back on Notre Dame’s campus in nearly a decade after falling victim to a catfishing scheme involving a fake girlfriend.