Fans aren’t going to settle for anything less than a playoff run in Tuscaloosa this year. Kalen DeB oe r’s 9-4 debut is respectable but not up to Bama standards. If Year 2 doesn’t end with the Tide back in the sport’s biggest stage, there’s going to skeptics all around. But this conversation isn’t even about the playoffs. It’s about a single October Saturday where Alabama might not walk out with a win.

Last fall, Alabama was pushed back to the brink in Bryant-Denny by a team nobody saw coming. A narrow 27-25 escape was the only thing standing between them and outright embarrassment. This year, the rematch is on the road in one of the most underrated hornet’s nests in the SEC. In a new episode on The Next Round on August 8, Jim Dunaway predicts Kalen DeBoer and co. will los

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