Bulldogs Face Tough 2024 Slate; Saban’s Era Ends at Alabama

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00:00The Bulldogs didn't have to play anybody in 2023. Now, the

00:09third most difficult schedule nationally entering 2024 in a

00:13regular season matchup against the Crimson Tide for just the

00:17third time since 2015 and we'll get to the newcomers in OU in

00:21Texas in just a moment and elsewhere around the

00:24Southeastern Conference but Kev, that's where we go next.

00:27We joked about the SEC Championship game victory for

00:31Alabama led by Jalen Milrow but a familiar sight under Nick

00:35Saban. Seventeen years at the helm in Tuscaloosa has come to

00:39a close. With all the changes around the landscape of CFP

00:43this season, one that will also be a huge factor, Nick Saban is

00:47no longer a head coach at Alabama. They have won seven of

00:52the last ten SEC titles. They have played in seven of the

00:56last ten SEC Championship games. Nick Saban bids adieu

01:00after 17 years. Now, it's Kalen DeBoer who led Washington to a

01:04national championship game a season ago. Will there be a

01:08drop off of a big kind in Tuscaloosa? So, it's really

01:11interesting. I wanna respect Nick Saban by acknowledging he

01:14is probably the best college football coach of all time. No

01:16worse than top three in terms of that slot. We were asking

01:20questions about where Saban was lining up amongst the rest of

01:24the college football landscape towards the end of his time at

01:27Alabama. Have you ranked head coaches? I promise you that you

01:30are more than likely way too low on Kalen DeBoer. His resume

01:33right now is much better than Dan Lanning of Oregon despite

01:36the fact that everybody has completely lied to themselves

01:39about that fact. I don't know based off of him beating Dan

01:42Lanning both times last year. In fact, also Kalen DeBoer with

01:46uh preparation time, the ball games against Texas or the

01:50bye-weeks at where he beat ranked teams suggest he has a

01:53really good chance to knock off Georgia. The thing is I

01:56worry about what happens beyond that. At Tennessee, at LSU, at

01:59um at Oklahoma right before the Iron Bowl, it's a tough

02:03schedule. I think this team's a very good chance. I think they

02:06can make the college football playoff but I'm not in love

02:08with this team because I thought we would get much better

02:11prices with Saban being gone and we're just not getting.