Tennessee had a tobacco-infused celebration for the ages after finally defeating Nick Saban’s Alabama. RossDellenger on the cigars, the chaos and the kick that cleared the crossbar
. And they then smoked ’em off the field, long and deep into the October night—a tobacco-infused celebration for the ages.Donald Page/Getty Images
Despite all the yards , it took a kick, of all things, to send the Volunteers to their first 6–0 start since 1998. Chase McGrath, a veteran transfer kicker from USC, booted a 40-yard field as time expired that had just enough distance to barely hurdle over the crossbar. It didn’t matter that Alabama’s Byron Young burst through the center of the offensive line and got a couple of fingers on the ball. His wobbly duck of a kick elicited one of the wildest field stormings you’ll ever see.
“The fans deserve this,” says Ryan Alpert, one of Tennessee’s deputy athletic directors. “It was a long time coming.”
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