This is an opinion column.

Sometimes you need a good night’s sleep to avoid snap judgments.

Deep breath. Clear the mind.

OK, are we overreacting to Alabama’s season-opening loss at Florida State?

Did emotions get the best of us?

Did the Kalen DeBoer era clip the iceberg in Season 2, Episode 1?

Let’s dig into this 31-17 loss and see what clarity can be found this side of a night’s sleep.

First, this is a perfect intersection of a few incriminating plotlines. The promise of a new day after a four-loss hiccup was the steady drumbeat since Jan. 1.

The internal messaging sold the idea that this coaching staff had a full, non-chaotic offseason to fully integrate. DeBoer was hired late in the coaching-change timeline before the 2024 season but this a return to normalcy.

Even better,

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