Alabama football did not start the 2025 season the way they intended. The Crimson Tide were crushed by the Seminoles 31-17 in the season opener. Now there is already talk that Alabama's head coach could be on the hot seat and it isn't even Labor Day yet.
ESPN's Paul Finebaum declared that DeBoer is already on a “scorching” hot seat after the terrible season opener.
“It was a shattering loss for Kalen DeBoer . He had built up tremendous good will in the offseason. People believed in him after failing to believe in him at the end of last season. But there’s no escaping it,” Finebaum said on SportsCenter on Sunday morning, per On3's Alex Byington. “You started hearing words last night like ‘hot seat,’ ‘buyout,’ which my the way is $70 million. So it was get to the Playoffs or bust,