This ain't your granddaddy's Crimson Tide. Entering Year 2 of the Kalen DeBoer era, loaded Alabama lacking its Nick Saban mystique.

Kalen DeBoer said he thought former Alabama football coach Nick Saban was enjoying his current role with ESPN.

Four years without a national championship feels like a severe drought for veteran Alabama players. Similarly, one year of missing the College Football Playoff has second-year coach Kalen DeBoer feeling the pressure to restore the Crimson Tide's status as one of the nation's top teams in 2025.

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, a former offensive coordinator for Saban at Alabama, said he wouldn't be surprised. "I kind of always thought that was going to happen. I kind of thoug

Alabama football’s Kalen DeBoer shared when the Crimson Tide will begin preseason camp for the 2025 season. DeBoer, speaking to reporters at SEC media days in Atlanta, said UA will begin on July 30. “So excited about two weeks from today,” DeBoer said Wednesday. “Think we’ll be on the football field practicing, for Practice 1.”