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From Bryant to Saban: Inside the Alabama football dynasty
Four-time Pro Bowler Marlon Humphrey gives an inside look at his new documentary on Alabama football, spotlighting the program's rise under two legendary coaches — Paul 'Bear' Bryant and Nick Saban. From Bryant to Saban: Inside the Alabama football dynasty originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
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Alabama football's Tim Keenan III talks about confidence in Kalen DeBoer at SEC media days
Watch as Alabama football defensive lineman Tim Keenan III expresses his confidence in his head coach as Kalen DeBoer turns the page to season No. 2 in Tuscaloosa.
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Where Alabama lands in preseason SEC football power rankings
How good will Alabama be in 2025, and will it be enough to carry them back to the College Football Playoff or the SEC Championship Game? USA TODAY Sports college football analyst Paul Myerberg has made an early evaluation of the Crimson Tide and the rest of the SEC with just over a month remaining until the 2025 college football season kicks off. In his preseason SEC football power rankings this week, the veteran college football scribe has Alabama at No. 3 behind Texas and Georgia -- the two teams who met in last year's conference title game. Myerberg said of the Crimson Tide: "It won't hurt to have slightly lower expectations and a somewhat softer spotlight on Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide after winning nine games in his debut. Ty Simpson is expected to take over under center and will operate behind a very strong offensive line with plenty of weapons at his disposal. The defense is the best in the front seven. Overall, this is a very talented team capable of winning the SEC and the national title." Anything related to "lower expectations" for Alabama is highly debatable; expectations for the Crimson Tide are always high. That was true long before Nick Saban, as previous coaches at Alabama can attest all too well. Still, Myerberg's overall point is solid. Alabama does have playmakers -- Ryan Williams being the most explosive on offense, with LT Overton, Tim Keenan, Deontae Lawson, Domani Jackson and others on defense -- that could put them back in the SEC title game or even the national championship if things break their way. Alabama football schedule 2025 Alabama will open the 2025 season against Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee on Aug. 30. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ABC. Aug. 30: at Florida State, 2:30 p.m., ABC Sept. 6: vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network Sept. 13: vs. Wisconsin, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN Sept. 27: at Georgia, 6:30 p.m., ABC Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt, TBA Oct. 11: at Missouri, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee, TBA Oct. 25: at South Carolina, TBA Nov. 8: vs. LSU, prime time Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma, TBA Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois, 1 p.m., ESPN+ Nov. 29: at Auburn, TBA Contact/Follow us @RollTideWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Alabama Crimson Tide news, notes and opinions. This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: Alabama football, Kalen DeBoer high in preseason SEC power rankings
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Could Alabama football's Florida State opener define 2025 season trajectory?
ATLANTA — Kadyn Proctor knows what Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos said. And he's not giving in. It's outside of Alabama football's overall focus, he said, one that is set on the day-to-day, the current moment. The Crimson Tide hasn't made it to fall camp yet, Proctor said. 'We're not really giving into whatever anybody else is saying,' Proctor said at SEC media days. 'It's all internal. Keeping it in house.' Kalen DeBoer knows how big Alabama's opener against Florida State is. It's the only game the Crimson Tide coach brought up unprompted. It's a test against a team that has 'something to prove, as well.' It's a true road game, a setting Alabama struggled with in its first year of the DeBoer era with losses to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma away from Tuscaloosa. But to DeBoer, it all boils down to one simple reality: Florida State is first up for Alabama. It's the opponent currently in the way of each of the Crimson Tides 2025 hopes. 'We don't need to look anything beyond that as far as our preparation or what might lie because none of it matters unless we take care of business and do what we're doing, being our best in that week one game against Florida State,' DeBoer said. For fifth-year defensive lineman Tim Keenan III, Florida State is Alabama's first chance to debut the new-and-improved Crimson Tide: one that is dominant, that plays to the whistle, that gives opponents a beating. 'Just taking it to the next man the best we can, as hard as we can,' Keenan said. It's what Alabama did not do in 2024, falling to both the Volunteers and Commodores by one score before a 21-point drubbing against the Sooners in Norman. 'A lot of it comes down to those big moments, building a culture where you keep fighting till the very end,' DeBoer said. 'There's going to be a lot of close games. A lot of those wins you're talking about came down to the very end, moments where it looked bleak at times. You fight, execute, find a way to win. That's what we've got to do here going into year two at Alabama, as well.' Expectations are high for Alabama. And they are self-imposed. Proctor said the whole roster realizes how long it's been since the Crimson Tide won a championship. And the junior offensive lineman is not afraid to say that's the team's overall goal. 'It's all through preparation,' Proctor said. 'We're trying to do our best 1-0 day in and day out, honestly. But there's always that hunger, that yearn and burn and desire to win every game. You have to have that focus and that level of intent to do so.' Florida State is just the first team in Alabama's way. The Crimson Tide opens the 2025 season against the Seminoles in Tallahassee Aug. 30. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football's Florida State opener could define its 2025 season
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Kalen DeBoer did not look for Alabama football quarterback in NCAA transfer portal. Here's why
ATLANTA — Kalen DeBoer may not know who his starting quarterback will definitively be for Alabama football's season opener against Florida State Aug. 30. But he knows one thing for certain: there were no better options than what he had in Ty Simpson, Austin Mack and Keelon Russell. "I just felt like anyone reaching out to us or that was there, you could really not make an argument that they were better than what we had," DeBoer said at SEC media days. "That's just, hopefully, another level of confidence that we had some players in our program that we believe in: Ty, Austin and knowing Keelon was coming too. The skillsets are there. There's inexperience, and that's probably what you would be gaining if you brought someone in is experience. But there is also growth to our offense. There is also a level of understanding." No quarterback on Alabama's roster has 200 snaps of in-game experience according to Pro Football Focus. Simpson, the presumed favorite heading into fall camp July 30, is heading into his fourth season with the Crimson Tide. Simpson, DeBoer said, is the best example of how he wants his quarterback room to be built: "Just stay the course, just keep plugging away." "It's just honing in on the tools and the skillsets our guys have," DeBoer said. "I still feel like we made the right choice, and I feel like it ... adds to and sets the direction of what you want your culture to be. If I just continue to stay the course, if I continue to believe in the development I'm going to get from our coaching staff, that time will come." DeBoer was also complimentary of both Mack and Russell, saying he wants "all three of them to have success." And that stems back to why DeBoer didn't feel he needed the portal to decide who the Crimson Tide's starting quarterback would be. "Just a lot of feelings that we had what we needed," DeBoer said. "Probably the better way to put it is what we felt was out there really was not much better than what we had, if at all." Alabama opens the 2025 season at Florida State Aug. 30. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Kalen DeBoer did not look for Alabama football quarterback in NCAA transfer portal
