After Alabama football finished beating Tennessee on Saturday , Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer fielded yet another question about his signature garment. Is he just wearing the black hoodie to humor fans, or is he actually superstitious about how much better his record with the Crimson Tide is when he wears it?

DeBoer, of course clad in the hoodie during his postgame press conference, laughed at the query.

“This isn’t new,” DeBoer said. “I’ve done this for years. But we’re gonna ride the momentum. I told the guys not to put any ashes, or get any ashes on it. Whatever works.”

A quick glance back through the internet archive shows DeBoer wearing a similar hoodie while the head coach at Washington and Fresno State. The current model remained undamaged from postgame victory cigars

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