Kalen DeBoer heads into Tallahassee facing far more uncertainty than he hoped for at this stage of the season. If the Crimson Tide had spent the preseason scripting how to roll its offense into a hostile opener, that plan did not include a highlight reel of walking wounded. Senior running back Jam Miller , the team’s top returning rusher, is a definite scratch after “suffering an upper-body injury in Saturday’s scrimmage.” He’s not expected back until Alabama’s SEC opener at Georgia, leaving a major gap in a running back rotation designed to keep defenses on their heels.

Alabama’s running game isn’t the only part of the attack hobbling toward Saturday. Starting right guard Jaeden Roberts remains “still uncertain, given what he’s experiencing in the protocol and process,” head coa

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