The third Saturday in October is always one to remember. This Saturday night, Alabama and Tennessee will face off for the 102nd time. Since 1901, this rivalry has become full of traditions. One of the most popular traditions started in 1961, a tradition that still lives on today. What’s the tradition? The winning team smokes a cigar.

There are many tales as to how this tradition started, but the most likely answer is simply this: A man named Jim Goostree, who was an Alabama athletic trainer who had graduated from Tennessee. In 1961, Alabama had been on a 7 game losing streak (although there was a tie of 7-7 in 1959) and was eager for a win. Jim made a deal with the 1954 Crimson Tide squad: if they won, he’d dance naked in the locker room. The Tide went on to win 34-3, and Jim was true to his deal. Not only did he dance naked in the locker room, he did so with a cigar in his mouth. The rest is history.

So on this third Saturday in October, the tradition lives on. Not only do fans participate in smoking a celebratory cigar, but so do the players. Although there is technically a “no smoking” rule for the athletes in the locker room, the NCAA makes an exception to this rule, since Alabama publicly reinstated the tradition in 2005, and they’ve been faithful and honest to report the smoking of cigars as a secondary violation every single year since.

This Saturday night, Tennessee hopes to light up their cigar for the first time in 13 years. Alabama fans consider it part of the yearly tradition at this point. When the clock strikes zero, not only will Bryant Denny Stadium be full of loud voices singing Rammer Jammer, it will also be filled with a cloud of smoke from cigars, a tradition unlike any other.