Hello again, Kalen DeBoer.
Welcome to Alabama.
Back on Jan. 12, we offered an initial greeting upon your whirlwind hire while everyone was digesting Nick Saban’s retirement and your arrival from Washington.
All along, we’ve talked about this moment — at least the idea of it. Because you’re not really at Alabama until you lose. It’s just a honeymoon until you’re christened in the cauldron of losing a game you were favored to win by 23 points.
Well, it’s bubbling over.
Hope you like the heat because we weren’t expecting to have this chat on the first Sunday of October.
Vanderbilt?
And it wasn’t some fluky play or sequence that forced you to navigate private school Brads and Chads on your way to the locker room Saturday. The Commodores beat your team straight up, 40-35.
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Vanderbilt’s offense made your defense submit. They scored on six of nine possessions but the ninth was the most insulting. Needing just one stop, they bled you out with three brutal third downs.
Vanderbilt.
Ever heard of Finebaum Christmas?
It’s coming Monday and everyone’s getting a Red Ryder BB gun. You’ll probably want to avoid the SEC Network from 2-6 p.m. because they’re gonna roast you
