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Kalen DeBoer sat stunned in the post-game press conference for the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl against top-seed Indiana.
What was expected to be a gritty slogfest of a brawl between two great teams on a surprisingly rainy day in Los Angeles turned into a historic blowout.
Alabama could not hang with Indiana’s offense, defense, or even special teams, as it got walloped 38-3 for the first time the Crimson Tide have lost a game by more than 30 points in the 21st century.
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"Frustrated. Upset. It doesn't sit well with us,” Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer said. “But after today, all we can do is move on."
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While fans in Tuscaloosa are irate over the embarrassing defeat, DeBoer tried to preach patience. He admitted that today's team wasn’t cut out to go further in the CFP, but he believes his team knows what they need to do to get there in 2026.
“I know that the fine line between what we had out there today and being at the very top is such a fine line,” he admitted. “You've got to go back to starting over from scratch with putting people around you, the right people, and committing to a common goal together. ... I can tell you it’s a fine line between being here and being at the top.”
DeBoer has little time to decompress over the massive defeat, as the transfer portal opens up in only a few hours. Indiana proved what can happen when a team invests heavily in the transfer window, and Alabama, a team that has prided itself on high school recruitment, might have been left behind.
While Alabama and its fans might need to move on, their philosophy might need to as well to compete in this new world of college football.
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