Hope does indeed spring eternal every summer, but there are still plenty of programs who realistically have no shot at even making a College Football Playoff appearance.One juggernaut who has historically been among the "haves" rather than the "have nots" is the Alabama Crimson Tide, but according to college football commentator Paul Finebaum, Bama's days of owning the lion's share of championship trophies may have come to an abrupt halt.And it's all thanks to the man they hired to fill the team-issued polo previously worn by Nick Saban.DID ALABAMA DOOM THEMSELVES TO MEDIOCRITY WITH KALEN DEBOER EXTENSION?"I'm selling that," Finebaum said on Crane & Co.when asked if he would "buy or sell" Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer winning a natty while in Tuscaloosa.
"I'll spare you the 'I think Kalen DeBoer is a good football coach.' I think everybody does.The question is, 'is he going to win a championship at Alabama?' And my answer is no."Finebaum goes on to call the "culture fit" between DeBoer and Bama "okay," and says Alabama is a unique job where sometimes really good football coaches don't necessarily win titles due to factors that go far beyond the painted lines of Bryant Denny Stadium."In the last 60 years, only three people have won national championships, two of them happen to be the greatest coach of all-time on the day they retired," Finebaum stated.
"At Alabama, you can be unique, you can be different, but Kalen DeBoer, to me, just doesn't have the right ingredients to win the title there."'HOT SEAT RANKINGS' FOR ALL 16 SEC COACHES AS BEGINNING OF 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON DRAWS NEARERNov 9, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer looks on against the LSU Tigers during the second half at Tiger Stadium.(Stephen Lew-Imagn Images)It's interesting to hear Finebaum say that DeBoer doesn't have the right "ingredients" to win at Bama, but if you know what he means by that, it makes a ton of sense."Ingredients," in this insta...